Course description
A Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre prepares students for professional careers in musical theatre. This program is intended to produce the highest achievement possible in the level of performance of the actor/dancer/singer through study of musical skills, theatrical skills and dance and movement skills. This degree prepares students to perform professionally in a variety of musical theatre styles.
The Musical Theatre program in the School of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Northern Colorado is designed to provide undergraduate students possessing talents in voice, acting and dance with a professionally structured training program in the art and craft of musical theatre. The program focuses on developing each student's potential through a progressive series of classroom experiences and public performances.
We encourage serious young artists seeking a career in professional musical theatre to refine their talents in this rigorous training program developed, managed and taught by professionals in the areas of Theatre, Music, Dance and Musical Theatre.
Training includes course work in Acting, Voice Training, Act/Sing, Broadway Show Dance, Musical Theatre Auditioning, Directing/Choreography, Scene Study, Individual Performance, and much more.
Performance Opportunities
The quality and quantity of UNC theatre productions is unparalleled in college/university programs in the Rocky Mountain region. UNC theatre students showcase their talents on the stages of the 600-seat Langworthy theatre, the 1700-seat Union Colony Civic Center, and the intimate 100-seat Norton Theatre. Throughout the year performances include 20 one-acts, five musicals, three operas, three dance productions and eight plays. Musical titles from a recent 12 month calendar include Jekyll and Hyde, No, No, Nanette!, Smokey Joe's Café, My Fair Lady and Urinetown. Recently UNC was the site of a preparation workshop for a new musical, Go Go Beach. The shows NYC creators spent several weeks working with UNC students as the cast and crew to polish the show.
Every year the seniors prepare numbers for the Senior Showcase production. They then travel to New York City during spring break to perform the show for an audience of invited theatre professionals including directors, casting agents and actors' representatives. There is now an active population of UNC alumni living and working in New York.
The Little Theatre of the Rockies Summer Company has been cited as a national model for educational stock theatre. Nationally known guest artists join UNC students for this intense professional-level eight-week program. Student performers and technicians receive both academic credit and a stipend for working with this equity-eligible program. The summer season includes both a large and a small scale musical production.
