The BFA in musical theatre is a pre-professional degree that integrates music, theatre, and dance to prepare you for a life in the arts. Classes are taught by industry professionals, Nazareth faculty, and visiting guest artists in a rigorous and supportive environment.
Our liberal arts-based education teaches critical, analytical, and independent thinking, which are essential for creative work. Small class sizes enable individual attention from the faculty, who help you grow vocally, physically, intellectually, and emotionally.
The department produces musicals, dramas, comedies, classics, dance concerts, and more in a state-of-the-art theater. Our collaboration with the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival enhances training and learning opportunities and creates an intensive professional track training program, rivaling many national programs. That three-stage festival won NY Theatre Guide's Best of 2015 Reader's Choice Award for best professional theatre (non/off-Broadway).
Through intensive rehearsing, you'll learn firsthand the commitment and discipline required for professional performance in music, dance, and drama. You'll also learn about production: set design, costuming, make-up, and lighting.
Auditions are required for this major. View audition details and register.
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"Nazareth's musical theatre program taught me the perfect balance of the triple threat mentality that I think many other big MT programs push, while also really stressing the importance of being an individual and cultivating my own unique talents and personal touches to my work. I'm not just another chorus girl entering the audition rooms of NYC. Naz taught me to be comfortable in my own shoes. The implementation of the program's stress on bringing in industry professionals has taught me how to walk into a room confident in the strengths I possess in my toolbox while also recognizing what I need to keep working on to constantly evolve and hone my craft."
Anna Kostakis is playing Bernadette in the off-Broadway premiere of "Romeo & Bernadette"