Program:Theatre
Program | Theatre | Faculty | School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design |
Credential | BA, BFA | Duration | 4 Years |
Starting Month | Fall, Summer | Available for | Full-Time and Part-Time |
Program Description:
One of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in Canada.
Learn what “doing theatre” is all about: onstage, backstage, front-of-house. Work hands-on with practicing professionals in exceptional production and performance facilities. program deals with the creative processes and technical skills involved in performance, directing and production, lighting, costume and set design. Integrated with these are courses in dramatic literature and playwriting as well as theatre history, theory and criticism.
Showcase your talent in Theatre @ York’s annual season. Specialize in Production & Design (including stage management), Acting Conservatory (voice, movement, performance) or Theatre Studies (playwriting, dramaturgy, devised theatre, drama in education) in a premier program that’s launched a generation of celebrated talent for the stage and screen.
Students concentrating in studio work (performance or production) graduate with a BFA degree. Those concentrating in theatre studies (history, theory and criticism) graduate with a BA degree.
Admission Requirements:
Chinese High School
BA
· Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate
o Successful completion of the final year of Senior 3/Grade 12 level of student
· A supplementary evaluation is required after you apply for admission. Submit the online component by the deadline for guaranteed consideration to the program.
BFA
· Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate
o Successful completion of the final year of Senior 3/Grade 12 level of student
· A supplementary evaluation is required after you apply for admission. Submit the online component by the deadline for guaranteed consideration to the program.
Careers:
· Stage or screen actor
· Lighting, set or costume designer
· Theatre manager
· Artistic director
· Playwright
· Writer
· Technical director
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