Acting

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.

Meet the Class of 2018 Acting Company

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:

2016/2017 Middletown Twelve Angry Jurors Seven Guitars A Lie of the Mind The Good Person of Szechwan The Winter’s Tale The Hot L Baltimore

2015/2016 In the Red and Brown Water The Women of Lockerbie Blues for Mister Charlie All’s Well That Ends Well Serious Money The Caucasian Chalk Circle The Coast of Utopia: Voyage

 

Tartuffe | 2011

Blues for Mister Charlie | 2015

Green Bird | 2015

Coast of Utopia | 2016

Serious Money | 2016

Middletown | 2016