Ready to take center stage?
Our BFA acting students’ practice is informed by offerings in dramatic literature and analysis, history of the theatre, stage combat, improvisation, physical comedy, makeup, acting for the camera, the business of acting, and audition technique. Purchase College is a member of the Consortium of Conservatory Theatre Training Programs.
Senior acting students perform a showcase of theatrical scenes for industry professionals in both Los Angeles and New York each year.
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.
Seasons have included the following plays:
2018-19
- The Brothers Size
- Bully
- We’re Gonna Be Okay
- Scenes from Metamorphoses
- Earthquakes in London
- Mr. Burns
- Exit Strategy
- Henry VI, Part I
2017-18
- Blacktop Sky
- The Antigone Project
- The Maids
- The Aliens
- The Bacchae of Euripides
- The Crucible
- Abigail 1702
- A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Recent Performances
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Bastille Day
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Bastille Day
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Bibles and Candy
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Bibles and Candy
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Blood Wedding
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Blood Wedding
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Blood Wedding
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Blood Wedding
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Fen
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Fen
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Fen
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Helen
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Helen
News:
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Meet Elizabeth Cook ’20: Thayer Fellowship Winner
The Acting major shares this year’s Thayer Fellowship award given by SUNY. -
Jasai Chase Owens ’17 Lands Role
He’s been promoted to a regular on Amazon’s The Expanse. -
From Purchase to Zombie Apocalypse: Colby Hollman ’19
The recent acting graduate earned a role on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead.