Theatre (BFA)

Train for Opportunities On Stage and Back Stage with a Theatre Degree

The BFA program in theatre provides you with the first-hand knowledge and skills required to succeed within the industry. With five tracks available, you have an opportunity to study in a discipline that aligns with your professional and personal goals.

Theatre UCF is located in Orlando, an entertainment mecca. Here, you spend time creating productions, participating in professional internships and making connections with top employers around Central Florida. Busy production seasons provide you with an opportunity to apply what you learn in the classroom. Plus, you gain valuable experience working with the Celebration of the Arts each year at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, a state-of-the-art performing arts venue in downtown Orlando.

Acting Track
Cover different areas of acting in your coursework, including various styles of stage and film acting, applied voice, dance, stagecraft, stage combat, history, script analysis, makeup, directing, career/business planning and auditioning. Plus, there are many ways to get involved, like Project Spotlight, a student organization that develops new works and provides opportunities with our Orlando partners such as Disney, Orlando Shakes, The Orlando Repertory Theatre, Universal and others.

Design and Technology Track
Learn how to analyze dramatic material ” scripts, scores and outlines ” for their thematic and emotional impact and conceptualize dynamic design ideas which engage audiences™ senses. Plus, gain experience bringing a vision to life through teamwork and implement practical skills such as traditional/digital drawing and painting, virtual modeling, audio/video/lighting programing, fabric patterning, and welding/carpentry/computer-controlled fabrication.

Musical Theatre Track
Gain skills in music theory, piano, acting, applied voice, dance, stagecraft, history, script analysis, makeup, directing, career/business planning and auditioning. A professional internship is also required before graduating. Many graduates go on to work for partners, including Disney and Universal.

Stage Management Track
Learn the art and craft of stage managing through courses that focus on management theory, rehearsal and performance management, paperwork, organizational theory, theatrical unions, contracts and the business of theatre. You gain experience managing a variety of live events both on campus and at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, including traditional plays, musicals, corporate events, concerts, opera, dance, devised work, touring and industry presentations.

• High school seniors
• High school students or graduates who earned dual enrollment credit or an AA degree but have not completed more than 11 semester hours of college coursework after high school graduation
• High school graduates who have never enrolled in college

• those who are from countries where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university;
• those who have earned a degree from a country where English is the only official language;
• those who have earned a degree from a university at which English is the only official language of instruction; or
• those who have successfully completed UCF English Language Institute Level 8 or higher with a grade of “B” or better at UCF Global.