College | Theater | New World School of the Arts (NWSA)

College Program

Curriculum

Led by faculty who are professional actors, directors, playwrights and designers, the theater curriculum are a progressive process of continuous exploration toward the ownership of a personal technique and comprehensive methodology of work. The faculty guide the student through the discovery and exploration of self, the learning of diverse techniques used in the craft, intensive rehearsal process, and ultimately the application of this knowledge into dramatic forms and styles in productions. To this end, college freshmen perform in a Discovery Play Project at the beginning of the year. Sophomores perform in a full-length play in the studio theater. Juniors perform a full-length classical play in the studio. Seniors, as part of their BFA degree requirement, present their One-Person Show, a performing thesis, which requires the students to create, direct and act in their own thirty-minute monologue.

New York City Showcase

A trip to New York City marks the culmination of the BFA theater program, presenting seniors with an unrivalled artistic experience that has the potential to jump-start their careers as professional artists. A performance showcase offers the first step for Acting and Music Theater majors to meet, interact and network with agents and casting directors in New York. This is an opportunity for students to experience, for the first time, professional auditions when agents send them to callbacks for Broadway and Off-Broadway castings. Historically, the majority of NWSA students who embark in this New York City adventure receive positive feedback from industry agents who specifically attend the showcase in search of their next artistic discovery. Many students can end up meeting with more than just one or a couple of agents, sometimes fast tracking their artistic careers into high gear.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: Theater

Acting

Freshman Year - Fall

Freshman Year - Fall
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 1100	Acting I	3
TPP 1120	Improvisation	3
TPP 1160	Voice and Movement I	3
TPA 1200	Stagecraft	3
THE 2000	Theater Appreciation	3
		15

Freshman Year - Spring

Freshman Year - Spring
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 1110	Acting I-II	3
TPP 1150	Scene Study I	3
TPP 1161	Voice and Movement I-II	3
		9

Sophomore Year - Fall

Sophomore Year - Fall
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 2111	Acting II	3
TPP 2151	Advanced Scene Study	3
TPA 2233	Makeup/ Costume Production	1
TPP 2162	Voice and Movement	3
		10

Sophomore Year - Spring

Sophomore Year - Spring
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 2112	Acting II-II	3
TPP 2152	Scene Study III	3
TPP 2163	Voice and Movement II-II	3
		9

Junior Year - Fall

Junior Year - Fall
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 3113	Acting III	3
TPP 3164	Voice and Movement	3
TPP 4920	Actor's Workshop	3
THE 4110	Theater History I	3
TPP 4930	Production Design	3
TPA 4946	Production Practicum	3
		18

Junior Year - Spring

Junior Year - Spring
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 3112	Acting III-II	3
TPP 3165	Voice and Movement III-II	3
TPP 4921	Actor's Workshop II	3
THE 4111	Theater History II	3
TPP 4600	Playwriting	3
TPA 4946	Production Practicum	1
		16

Senior Year - Fall

Senior Year - Fall
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 4114	Acting IV	3
TPP 4952	Repertory Company	5
THE 4916	Theater Research	1
THE 4959	Senior Project (one person show)	3
TPP 3310	Directing	3
		15

Senior Year - Spring

Senior Year - Spring
Course	Course Name	Credits
TPP 4117	Acting IV-II	3
TPP 4953	Repertory Company II	7
TPP 2260	Acting for the Cameras	3
		13

Students must take 33 additional hours of General Education courses.

General Education courses may be taken during the major terms or during the summer terms.
Students must earn a minimum of 12 credits hours in General Education during the academic year.
Students must complete their AA requirements by the end of the 3rd year.

Lower Division Credit Total: 43

Upper Division Credit Total: 60

Academics: 33

Total Credits: 136

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