Theatre Performance
Fall admission only
The Specialization in Theatre Performance is a strong and challenging program that trains students to be performers and creators at ease with the many forms of today's theatre and live performance. Dedicated students will gain profound knowledge from the program which they can apply either directly to the stage or use as a strong foundation for graduate/ specialized studies.
The first year centres on a broad base of theatre-making aspects intended to build a vocabulary for future collaborative projects and productions. Subsequent years involve specialized performance classes, guest artists and directors. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the student play festival (SIPA) and in directing classes.
Specialization in Theatre Performance — 60 credits
See Program-Specific Admission Requirements – In addition to the general admission requirements, this program have extra program-specific requirements. These additional requirements must be arranged with the departments to which you are applying.
See the BFA degree description for more information on general degree requirements. For a complete list of courses: Undergraduate Calendar
Sample courses include:
Acting, Character and Text, Theatre Movement, Acting Styles, Voice and Speech, Acting Elizabethan Text
Facilities
The Department boasts well-equipped facilities on both campuses. New acting studios and design classrooms (including a lighting lab) are located downtown near the D.B. Clarke Theatre, a traditional 380-seat proscenium theatre. Students have access to costume, prop and scene shops and other production spaces. Departmental productions are regularly performed on the Loyola campus in the Cazalet, a black-box theatre with flexible seating, and in the intimate F.C. Smith Auditorium. All students having the necessary prerequisites are eligible to participate in student-initiated or department productions.
Theatre Department
Theatre programs are designed to inspire and prepare students to enter Canada’s rapidly evolving performing arts culture. We value creativity, imagination and critical thinking, and support an entrepreneurial approach capable of meeting the demographic, technological, multicultural, funding and related challenges and opportunities of the years to come.
Students explore a wide range of past and present approaches to theatre combining traditional and innovative research through courses and creative projects that encourage the development of basic skills in acting, creative and theoretical research, production, design, playwriting, theatre for social change, and broad-based arts literacy courses for the wider university community.
Instructors are active at scholarly conferences, in professional theatre, publishing, innovative research and cutting-edge approaches to teaching and pedagogy. The Department fosters close links between teaching, research and creative activity to provide students with opportunities to explore their potential, and to intern and train with faculty members and artists.
Graduates are grounded in basic theatre skills and knowledge, and demonstrate enhanced research and problem-solving skills. They are well prepared for future training, competitive for entry to graduate schools and are sought out as interns and assistants by established theatre practitioners.
Admission Requirements
Theatre Performance (BFA - Specialization) requirements: Minimum cut-off averages, admission statistics and program requirements.
Undergraduate admissions guidelines: For information on international admission, required documents, proof of language proficiency, the university admissions timetable, selection and notification process.
