音乐剧

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As a musical theatre major at Wilkes, your intense training in acting, voice and dance will be grounded in the liberal arts and sciences. 我们的 bachelor of fine arts program focuses on preprofessional training to give you a competitive edge.

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Why Study 音乐剧 at Wilkes?

The musical theatre program at Wilkes provides robust, preprofessional, conservatory-style theatre training grounded in the liberal arts and sciences. 我们致力于小 class sizes, individual support for each student and our program’s mission to create a skilled, accomplished theatre artist.

我们的 performers showcase their craft on our main stage in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing 艺术 and also explore innovative works in the intimate setting 我们的黑盒子剧院.

We stage a variety of productions, including Broadway musical hits, relevant modern dramas and Shakespearean classics, so you’ll perform in a variety of acting, voice 还有舞蹈风格.

What Will You Learn as a 音乐剧 Student?

Train with a musical theatre focus in an intensive course of study of acting, voice, and dance, with a well-rounded foundation of technical theatre skills.
接受 feedback with confidence and use it to enhance your growth as a theatre artist.
Work as part of a team to bring excellence to the stage.

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即将到来的试镜日期

Once you’re an admitted student, you must schedule an audition for admission to any theatre program and to be eligible for scholarship awards.

Find out more about requirements and schedule your theatre arts audition.

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项目的亮点

上台

We have a low student-to-faculty ratio and a collaborative, cohesive department that’s about the size of a small repertory company. 我们的 musical theatre BFA students have ample opportunity to practice their craft on the main stage starting with their first 在校时间.

业务重点

As a preprofessional training program, we prepare students for the business side of the profession and ready them to navigate the complex entertainment industry. 我们的 students also have advantage over the competition through extensive audition training, 指导和经验.

网络

我们的 students and productions earned recognition from the American College Theatre Festival sponsored by the Kennedy Center. The annual festival is only one of the industry networking opportunities available to our majors.

It’s nice because it’s small. 你不是一个数字. 你的教授认识你.
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main stage productions each year, including two musicals

black box productions annually

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seats in the Darling Theatre of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing 艺术

澳门赌场在线娱乐 Theatre stages four main stage productions each year, two musicals and two non-musicals, plus multiple black box productions.

我们的 main performance space, the Darling Theatre in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing 艺术, features a 34-foot-deep proscenium stage and 480 seats.

The theatre boasts a hydraulic orchestra pit, state-of-the-art lighting, a 36-line set and a scene shop with the most modern safety standards, as well as extensive costume 和道具设施.

You can create smaller, innovative work in our intimate black box theatre or explore a range of movement styles in our dance space.

The Darte Center, also known to the Wilkes community as the DDD, also hosts several rehearsal rooms for you to get your work up on its feet. As a musical theatre major at Wilkes, you have plenty of space outside the classroom to hone your talents.

职业生涯 & 结果

The entertainment field is one of the largest industries in this country and offers a wide variety of opportunities that both include and extend beyond the stage and 屏风制作空间. A musical theatre BFA prepares you for a variety of career opportunities in front of audiences, behind the scenes, or as part of the production 过程. Graduates from our program have gone on to pursue careers in performance, as well as writing and directing, film and theatrical production, and arts education.