Demonstrate technical and artistic proficiency in acting, voice and speech, and movement and speech through integrated, embodied performance practice.
Have the technical ability to perform in a variety of theatrical and media contexts — across genres, styles, and performance environments.
Demonstrate the integration of craft and imagination by synthesizing acting, voice, movement, and textual analysis to serve story, style, and character.
Demonstrate artistic autonomy and adaptability by embracing collaboration, and applying professional standards of discipline, presence, and preparation.
Have the technical ability to apply analytical and interpretive skills that reveal the playwright’s language, structure, and rhetorical devices as the foundation for clear, dynamic storytelling.
Demonstrate fluency in critical, historical, and aesthetic inquiry necessary for the exploration and realization of character and for a broad understanding of theatre’s evolution and contexts.
Demonstrate an understanding of professional ethics and cultural responsibility by engaging with the social, environmental, and global dimensions of performance, promoting equity, inclusivity, and sustainability.
Attain readiness for employment and continued growth as self-aware, collaborative artists capable of navigating diverse creative industries with skill, adaptability, and expressive clarity.
Year by Year Training
Technical Ability
Free physical and vocal expression through breath, alignment, and embodied awareness
Build ensemble responsiveness through listening, presence, and play
Recognize and begin releasing habitual tension
Understanding
The actor’s instrument as an integrated body–voice–imagination system
Curiosity and discovery as drivers of learning
Collaboration as a creative and ethical practice
Craft Application
Cultivate openness and embodied awareness for storytelling
Engage diverse perspectives as sources of creative inspiration
Technical Ability
Integrate voice and movement into text and character work
Use a shared vocabulary to pursue clear, playable actions
Sustain truthful behavior in more complex structures
Understanding
The relationship between impulse, action, and language
How choices communicate perspective and emotional truth
Voice and speech as adaptable expressive tools
Craft Application
Integrate technique and imagination in service of story and audience
Develop discipline, reflection, and adaptability
Technical Ability
Perform complex verse and prose with precision and clarity
Align physical, vocal, and emotional choices with narrative intent
Adapt work across styles, genres, and media
Understanding
Language as structure, action, and cultural expression
Dramaturgy as a bridge between analysis and performance
The actor’s responsibility to interpret text with clarity and empathy
Craft Application
Synthesize technical, intellectual, and creative processes
Apply historical and cultural awareness to nuanced storytelling
Technical Ability
Deliver fully integrated performances across disciplines
Prepare and execute work with independence and professionalism
Adapt technique across theatre, film, and voice-over
Understanding
Professional, ethical, and collaborative responsibilities
The social impact of performance and its role in advancing equity
Historical and aesthetic contexts shaping contemporary work
Craft Application
Integrate technique, imagination, and critical awareness
Demonstrate artistic autonomy and socially conscious practice
