Ready to take center stage?
There’s no such thing as a typical Purchase actor. What they have in common is raw talent, creativity, and daring. Your cohort is your “company,” sharing the intensity of the four-year sequential program that will test the depths of your instrument—your body, voice, and personality—to reveal your essence as an artist.
Your BFA acting practice is informed by dramatic literature and analysis, the history of theatre, stage combat, improvisation, physical comedy, makeup, acting for the camera, the business of acting, and audition technique.
Senior acting students perform a showcase of theatrical scenes for industry professionals each year. Purchase College is a member of the distinctive Consortium of Conservatory Theater Training Programs.
Purchase Repertory Theatre
Each year, the conservatory presents several seasonal productions—exciting and bold interpretations of classic and contemporary plays that bring to the stage for the first time the next generation of actors, designers, and technicians. All conservatory productions are designed and produced exclusively by students under the mentorship of faculty and staff.
2022–23 Productions
Serious Money
Conduct of Life
Orpheus Descending
Cyrano de Bergerac
Good Goods
Orestes
Twelfth Night
Previous Seasons
Upcoming Performances
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Meet a few of our acting alumni carving unique paths throughout the industry.

Marisol by José Rivera / Directed by Dennis Hilton-Reid / See a gallery of recent performances.