The overture is playing, and the curtain is rising on your future!
Coming to Florida Southern in Fall 2013, is a new, innovative Musical Theatre program designed to provide you with in-depth, hands-on experiences that will prepare you for a professional career in musical theatre.
Top Reasons to CHOOSE FSC FOR MUSICAL THEATER
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From your first year, you will have an opportunity to perform. We present four main stage productions annually.
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With Junior Journey, you’ll have study experience in the theatre in New York City.
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We have a great track record for graduate school placement—Brandeis, CalArts, Purdue, and Harvard.
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Our artist-level faculty bring to their teaching a combination of academic expertise and extensive performance experience.
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Four-year scholarships available for theatre majors.
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Our internship guarantee means you’ll have the experience you need to “break in” to the industry.
Engaged Learning in the Classroom
Doing is learning, which is why we guarantee you an active, engaged learning, and highly-involved curriculum. From your first year through senior year, you’ll play a leading role as an active participant in the experiential process both in the classroom and on stage.
Engaged learning is at the heart of Florida Southern’s distinctive approach to education. The philosophy is that you learn most effectively by doing.
Course Information
Musical theatre is a performance medium—at FSC you will enjoy small, personalized classes in music, theatre, and dance, including private voice study. Your faculty will mentor, guide and tailor your individualized path to elevate your specific talents and interests. The opportunities offered allow you to gain exciting on-stage experience, many times in-front of large public audiences.
See a list of our theatre and music offerings »
Special Features
At FSC, you’ll have the opportunity to perform major roles right away and continue throughout your four years.
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Teaching from professional, real-world experience our faculty will help you develop a competitive real-world focus.
The FSC campus boasts three fully-equipped performance facilities dedicated to undergraduate performance.
Gain off-campus experience with faculty-led study abroad trips and our junior study trip to New York City.
Clubs & Organizations
The Vagabonds, the oldest student organization on campus, provides performance opportunities in lab productions, improv, and student cabarets.
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Four-year scholarships are available to theatre majors. These are based on an audition, interview, and or portfolio review. In addition, we give a special scholarship, the Tinthoff Award, to an outstanding first-year student, and the Francine Krutchfield Rising Star Award to an outstanding junior.
Graduate & Professional Opportunities
Our graduates are qualified for all manner and variety of work in any theatre setting. FSC alum have worked as company manager of the touring production of “Hair”; costume designer for numerous productions, including the Coen brother’s “Offices”; stage manager for the original Broadway production of “Mary Poppins”; and manager of all the touring productions of “Jersey Boys.” Others have worked at theatres in major metropolitan areas from Washington DC to San Francisco.
Our graduates have also gone on to study in such prestigious graduate programs at:
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Harvard University
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Brandeis University
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California Institute of the Arts
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Purdue University
Florida Southern is your ticket to starring in your own career script!
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