Theatre Arts 2021

THEATRE
ARTS

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ON OUR MAINSTAGE AT
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN…
THEATRE
ARTS AT MMC
A liberal arts education is an integral part of
students’ theatre studies and training. It is our
philosophy that the more well-rounded the education
of theatre students, the better prepared they are to
create and produce compelling and imaginative
theatre. We take great pride in mentoring our
students. Faculty meet with students on an ongoing
basis to review class work, discuss progress, advise
on projects, and guide artistic growth.
COMMITMENT
TO EQUITY
The Theatre Arts Department faculty and staff pledge
to develop and implement recruitment strategies,
curriculum, pedagogy, and theatre production
practices that are anti-racist, anti-sexist, gender, body,
ability, national origin, and LGBTQIA+ inclusive. The
Department is committed to creating a culture and
curriculum that are ethical and equitable. Systemic
discrimination and oppression exist in society, including
in the professional theatre; therefore, academic
institutions like ours must work diligently to dismantle
and reform those systems. The Theatre Arts faculty
and staff will engage and collaborate with students
in teaching, service, and scholarship that challenges
racism, sexism, and all forms of bias and oppression,
while also empowering all of us to work to eradicate
these structures. We endeavor to hold our faculty, staff,
and students accountable to this ongoing work on equity
now and into the future.
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BFA IN ACTING
is a 60-credit major that studies a variety of styles and
genres of acting and theatre and is integrated
with courses in the liberal arts.
BFA IN MUSICAL THEATRE
is a 63-credit major that combines training in acting,
singing, and dancing with a liberal arts education.
BFA IN THEATRE
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
is a 60-credit major that offers the opportunity
to study with New York design professionals and
design MMC productions while gaining a liberal arts
education.
BFA IN STAGE & PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT
is a 60-credit major that provides opportunities to
stage manage department productions; study with
New York theatre professionals; establish professional
contacts; and obtain internships with some of New
York’s best theatres.
BA IN THEATRE ARTS
is a 42-credit major with options to concentrate in:
• Directing
• Theatre History and Performance Texts
• Theatre and New Media
• Writing for the Stage
OPTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
(SAMPLING):
• Arts for Communities
• Arts Management
• Dance
• Digital Media and Video Production
• Drama Therapy
• Fashion Studies
• Music
• Music Industry
Theatre is literature...
Into the Woods
Theatre is philosophy...
Waiting for Godot
Theatre is history...
Our Country’s Good
Theatre is mathematics...
Arcadia
Theatre is psychology...
Reckless
Theatre is politics...
Angels in America
Theatre is ethics...
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Theatre is sociology...
Carousel
Theatre is activism...
A Political Review
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Theatre is law...
The Old Law
Theatre is classical
antiquity...
Antigone
Theatre is religion...
Major Barbara
Theatre is rhetoric...
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Theatre is logic...
Triumph of Love
Theatre is gender studies...
Cloud Nine
Theatre is citizenship...
Ragtime
Theatre is economics...
The Grapes of Wrath
Theatre is technology...
The Adding Machine
“A true testament to a school is its teachers. I was
trained by teachers that I will consider mentors
for the rest of my life. Plus, I got to go to college in
New York City … I mean, come on!”
—Dan Bittner ’04
Broadway: The Vertical Hour; Film: That Awkward Moment, The Producers and
The Wolf of Wall Street; TV: Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, The Leftovers, Elementary,
Person of Interest and Law & Order
Theatre is adaptation...
Native Son
Theatre is American...
Our Town
Theatre is international...
Ruined
Theatre is dance...
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Theatre is music...
The Light in the Piazza
Theatre is art...
The Colored Museum
Theatre is global conflict...
Trojan Women
Theatre is life...
A View from the Bridge
THEATRE IS
THE LIBERAL
ARTS.
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BFA in MUSICAL THEATRE (Audition Required)
BFA IN
ACTING
(Audition Required)
The BFA in Acting is an intensive acting program that
prepares students for professional careers, and offers
education and training in contemporary realistic acting,
as well as in a variety of genres and styles from across the
globe, Shakespeare, and acting for film and digital media.
The BFA in Musical Theatre is a rigorous program
combining training in acting, singing, and dancing
with a robust liberal arts education. Our curriculum
prepares our students for successful professional
careers in the musical theatre industry while also
giving them the education to be global citizens and
contributors to society.
Acting, singing, and dancing are at the center of
our musical theatre curriculum. Our students take
acting classes dedicated to spoken word and singing
alongside daily dance (four full years of dance, five days
a week) and a weekly private voice lesson. Additional
program requirements include Music Fundamentals,
Musical Theatre History, Voice and Speech, and
Professional Preparation: Musical Theatre.
Performance opportunities include three musicals
per year in either The Theresa Lang Theatre or at offcampus
venues, with partners including The National
Dance Institute and The York Theatre Company. In
addition, we offer elective performance classes in
Cabaret Performance and Rock/Pop Performance
as well as a variety of master classes and lectures
with leaders in our industry. Past guests include Rob
Berman, Jason Gotay, Betty Buckley, Jeff Calhoun,
Adam Guettel, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Donna
McKechnie, Lonny Price, Hal Prince, Chita Rivera,
Stephen Sondheim, Tommy Tune, and Frank Wildhorn.
The curriculum prepares students for professional
careers with courses such as Professional Preparation:
Musical Theatre and Song Portfolio, as well as showcase
opportunities with agents, managers, and casting
directors in New York and Los Angeles.
Our faculty roster includes a large and diverse group of
working professionals and academics representing the
finest New York City has to offer.
Our BFA in Acting major is an atypical 60-credit
program. Most conservatory-style BFA programs require
90-credits in theatre and cannot offer the integrated
liberal arts education that Marymount Manhattan
College provides — this curriculum prepares students for
the wide range of drama and life experience presented in
the professional world of acting in theatre, film, television,
and digital media. BFA in Acting majors are exposed
to a wide variety of writers and acting styles, and the
curriculum prepares them for professional careers with
courses such as Professional Preparation: The Business
of Acting, and showcase opportunities with agents,
managers, and casting directors in New York and Los
Angeles, while also educating students to be responsible
global citizens and contributors to society.
The acting, voice and speech, and movement faculty
in the BFA in Acting is comprised of a diverse group of
theatre professionals that represents the finest New York
City has to offer.
Beginning in the spring semester of the first year, BFA
in Acting students audition for main stage and studio
productions that are produced in the Theresa Lang
Theatre or off-campus at a professional venue, and
student directing projects and advanced playwriting
projects produced in the J. William Bordeau Box Theatre.
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James Cusati-Moyer (right) in Fire and Air, at Classic Stage Company
“MMC, with its strong liberal arts
foundation and passionate faculty,
provided me with the opportunity
to grow ... as an artist and as a
human being ... opening my eyes to
imagine my future…with curiosity,
hope, and a viewpoint of limitless
possibilities.”
— James Cusati-Moyer ’11
Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation, Slave Play
(Tony nomination); Off-Broadway: Fire and Air at
Classic Stage Company; Regional: Portland Stage
Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival; screen
credits: Inventing Anna, False Positive, Prodigal Son,
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Path, Red
Oaks, Blue Bloods and Time After Time. MFA: Yale
School of Drama
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“I always knew that my
opportunity to become a better
artist would start with living in
New York City. I could further my
education as a performer
with all the best resources at my
fingertips. Marymount Manhattan
College and New York City were a
perfect match for me.”
—Annaleigh Ashford ’05
2015 Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actress
in a Play (You Can’t Take It With You); Other
Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park with
George, Kinky Boots, Wicked, and Legally Blonde;
Television: Masters of Sex (Showtime), Unbelievable
(Netflix), Bad Education (HBO), B Positive (CBS),
Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
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BFA IN THEATRE
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
(Interview required)
The BFA in Theatre Design and Technology major
offers students the opportunity to study with New York
design and theatre professionals, design mainstage
productions, establish professional contacts, and
obtain internships with some of New York’s influential
theatre designers and theatres, while completing
the 60-credit BFA course of study. This exciting BFA
program combines the study of theatre design with
a robust liberal arts education. Students study one
or more areas of theatre design: Scenic, Lighting,
Costumes, Sound, Theatrical Media, or Technical
Production. Students work on premieres of new
works, contemporary and period plays, and film/video
projects, as well as musicals and dance concerts in
the Theresa Lang Theatre and the J. William Bordeau
Box Theatre. Our curriculum prepares students for
successful professional careers in theatre design and
technology while also offering the education needed
to be global citizens and contributors to society.
Our faculty is composed of professional designers
with careers designing on and off Broadway, in
regional theatre, and in film and television. Students
often have the opportunity to learn from visiting
guest speakers, including Tony Award winners Tony
Walton and William Ivey Long, as well as Broadway
lighting designer Steven Louis Shelley. In addition,
our students have had the opportunity to work with
guest faculty in design, which includes a diverse
group of working professionals representing
the finest New York has to offer. Since MMC is
an undergraduate college, design students do
not compete with graduate students for design
opportunities. Our small class sizes allow students to
interact closely with the instructor and their peers.
BFA IN STAGE & PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT
(Interview required)
BA IN THEATRE ARTS
With its four concentrations, the 42-credit BA in
Theatre Arts offers students opportunities to study with
theatre professionals, work on main stage productions
or video/film projects, establish professional contacts,
and obtain internships with New York City’s major
theatres and professional organizations.
Directing (Audition and Interview Required)
Our student directors discover their artistic voices
through learning to analyze texts, making conceptual
choices and guiding actors in the rehearsal process,
as well as directing one-act plays and assisting faculty
and guest directors on the mainstage.
Theatre History and
Performance Texts
(Online Application Required)
Students explore many aspects of theatre studies
including dramatic literature, theatre history,
performance dramaturgy, and criticism. Elective
courses span a variety of fields, including
art history and film studies. This concentration
is particularly beneficial to students interested
in careers in literary management, dramaturgy,
education, journalism, historical research, and
directing.
Theatre and New Media
(Online Application Required)
Students interested in video, music, the web, social
media, writing, theatre, and performance will explore
emerging media technologies and learn to work across
media platforms to create their own content and modes
of expression. Internships, field trips, and projects with
innovative companies in the field connect students to
the digital arts scene in New York City.
Writing for the Stage
(Interview Required)
Students develop individual voices and writing
techniques through classwork and collaboration with
actors and directors to present their work in staged
readings and productions. Electives in creative writing
and screenplay, television, and webisode writing
help students to expand their abilities. An internship
in literary management places students in literary
offices and script departments of New York theatre
companies that match their interests.
In this 60-credit major, you call the shots and
watch your creative eye come to life in the heart of
New York City. As a stage or production manager,
you’ll blend critical logistics with artistic vision and
collaborate with production teams from first rehearsal
to closing curtain. Our program emphasizes the
interconnectivity between management, leadership,
and the technical aspects of theatre arts to bring
stories to life on stage. This program combines
classroom and practical applications within a
robust liberal arts education, preparing students for
successful professional careers while offering the
education needed to be global citizens.
Stage and Production Management students develop
management, organizational, technical, and cuecalling
skills that support a variety of production
styles and settings while working on College and
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professional productions. They build communication
and collaboration skills needed to become a successful
member of creative and production teams, and develop
the ability to discuss and problem solve physical and
technical production needs, including using nontraditional
research skills.
Students have the opportunity to stage manage
mainstage, studio, and off-site productions, studying
with New York theatre professionals. They establish
professional contacts with AEA Stage Managers,
especially through internships with some of New York’s
best theatres. Students learn to use New York City as
their campus. Whether attending productions on or
off-Broadway, in venues downtown or in Brooklyn,
or traveling to an off-campus internship, students
experience all that the city has to offer.
Lighting and Art
Direction class
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“The training I received and the teachers I studied
with at MMC were instrumental in preparing me for
a career in acting, especially in the theatre. Because
of the MMC community, I have met lifelong friends,
collaborators, and colleagues.”
Theatre of
Dionysus, in
Athens, Greece,
as part of Directed
Study: Theatre and
Drama of Ancient
Greece.
— William DeMeritt ’00
Film: HBO’s The Normal Heart; TV: Person of Interest, The Outs, Law
& Order SVU, Guiding Light, One Life to Live; London: Hamlet;
Regional: Shakespeare In Love and The Merry Wives of Windsor
(Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Sense and Sensibility (Dallas Theater
Center); Yale University School of Drama (MFA in Acting)
Love and Information,
Susan Cook Photography
“MMC provided the foundation of my success as a
playwright and TV writer. In addition to having a
deep-seated belief in the artistic merit of every student,
the distinguished faculty also brings with them a
wealth of knowledge about the business—offering
connections to institutions and arts organizations that
are essential for every young artist. I met and bonded
with lifelong mentors and my closest collaborators in
the hallways outside the Theresa Lang Theatre. MMC’s
Theatre Program helped me develop the confidence,
tenacity, and drive needed to apply for transformative
opportunities that have allowed my craft to flourish.”
— Monet Hurst-Mendoza ’09
Television: Law and Order SVU; Theatre: Rising Circle Theater Collective, New
Dramatists (Van Lier Fellow 2016-2018), The Public Theater, WP Theater
(Playwrights Lab 2014-2016), the claque, Lookingglass Theatre Company, The
Kupferberg Center for the Arts, and The Classical Theatre of Harlem.
Theatre
Scholarships
Theatre Arts Awards for all
majors are available. These
competitive awards are based
on auditions or portfolio reviews.
Theatre Arts Awards are
renewable each year for students
who maintain the required
GPA. Your admissions file to the
College must be completed in
the Office of Admission by March
15, 2022 to be considered
for a Theatre Arts Award. Any
admissions file completed after
this date will be considered for
a Theatre Arts Award based on
remaining funds available. No
additional written application is
required for Theatre Arts Awards.
If you have questions regarding
academic scholarships, please
contact the College’s Admission
Office at 1-800-MARYMOUNT.
Internships
Marymount Manhattan College
offers excellent internships
that help students gain work
experience, earn resume
credits, and develop professional
relationships. Theatre Arts
students have interned with Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop, The
Audio Engineering Society,
HB Playwrights Foundation Inc.,
Playwrights Horizons, New York
Shakespeare Festival, Saturday
Night Live, New Dramatists,
Ensemble Studio Theatre, Circle
Repertory Theatre, Negro
Ensemble Company, New York
Theatre Workshop, Joyce Soho,
P.S. 122, Willow Cabin Theatre
Company, HERE Performance
Space, Nuyorican Poets Café,
Manhattan Theatre Club, Second
Stage Theatre, PBS, HBO, CBS,
NBC, and ABC, as well as with
many Broadway and Off-Broadway
theatres, New York City cultural
institutions, and in the offices of
numerous producers, casting
directors, and theatrical agents.
Study Abroad
Students in Theatre Arts have
studied abroad in a variety of
countries, including through the
Semester at Sea program and in
fields other than theatre. Many
of our students study each year at
the British American Dramatic
Academy (London), the Guildhall
School of Music & Drama
(London), L’École Internationale
de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq (Paris),
and the Accademia dell’Arte
(Arezzo, Italy). Additionally,
each year the department offers
courses with opportunities to
study theatre abroad, such as
Performing Arts in London and
Directed Study: Theatre and
Drama of Ancient Greece.
“Learning from
professors
who are also
working theatre
professionals
afforded me hands–
on experiences…
and prepared me
for an immediate
career in the arts.”
—Cati Pishal ’11
Stage Manager–Broadway Asia,
Off-Broadway: The Bad Years,
Sleep No More
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STUDENT AND ALUMNI CREDITS
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Broadway
Act One
After Midnight
Aida
Aladdin the Musical
American Buffalo
American Son
A Night with Janis Joplin
Bandstand
Beautiful—
The Carole King Musical
Big Fish
Book of Mormon
Boys in the Band
Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in
Da’ Funk
Bring It On: The Musical
Bullets Over Broadway
Chaucer in Rome
Hair
Hairspray
Hamilton
Hand to God
Hands on a Hard Body
How to Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying
Jekyll & Hyde
Kinky Boots
Leap of Faith
Legally Blonde
Little Shop of Horrors
Mamma Mia
Mary Poppins
Next to Normal
Once
Paramour
Peter and the Starcatcher
Rent
Rock ’n’ Roll
Shuffle Along: Or, The Making
of the Musical
Sensation of 1921 and all
that Followed
Sister Act
Six Degrees of Separation
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Spring Awakening
Suddenly Last Summer
Sunday in the Park with
George
Sylvia
Tarzan
The Father
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The Heiress
The King and I
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Lion King
The Vertical Hour
Wicked
TINA, The Tina Turner Musical
You Can’t Take It With You
Off-Broadway
and New York
City
54 Below
Atlantic Theater Company
Birdland
Broadway’s Rising Stars
Classic Stage Company
Classical Theatre of Harlem
Encores! Off-Center, New York
City Center
La MaMa
Lincoln Center Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Club
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Room
Midtown Theatre Festival
New World Stages
New York Classical Theatre
New York International
Fringe Festival
New York Music Theatre
Festival
New York Shakespeare
Festival/Public Theater
New York Theatre Workshop
Pearl Theatre
Playwrights Horizon
The Public Theater
Rattlestick Playwrights
Theater
Red Bull Theater
Repertorio Español
Roundabout Theatre
Company/Studio 54
Second Stage Theatre
Signature Theatre Company
Sleep No More NYC
Theatre for New York City
The Kitchen
The Manhattan Repertory
Theatre
The Mint Theatre
The New Group
“...the professors
give generously of
themselves in the
classroom and as
lifetime mentors ...
they encouraged
and allowed me
to emerge as
the artist I was
destined to be.”
—Ryan Kasprzak ’03
Broadway: Bandstand; TV:
Smash [Assistant Choreographer], So You Think You
Can Dance; National Tour: Hamilton and Billy Elliot
Under the Radar Festival/
Public Theater
National Tours
101 Dalmatians
Aida
Aladdin the Musical
American Idiot
Basetrack Live
Beautiful –
The Carole King Musical
Billy Elliot
Bring It On: The Musical
Chicago
Dreamgirls
Evita
Fosse
Grease
Guys & Dolls
Hair
Jekyll & Hyde
Kinky Boots
La Cage Aux Folles
Legally Blonde
Mamma Mia
Mary Poppins
Mean Girls
Memphis
Next to Normal
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sister Act
Spamalot
Spring Awakening
The Book of Mormon
The King and I
The Lion King
The Producers
The Wizard of Oz
Urban Cowboy
War Horse
West Side Story
Wicked
Film and
Television
100 Center Street
666 Park Avenue
Adventureland
America’s Got Talent
American Idol
As the World Turns
The Big Bang Theory
The Black Donnellys
Bridge the Gap
Bringing Out the Dead
Burn Notice
Castle
Chaplin
Cold Case
Criminal Intent
CSI: Miami
The Cutting Edge
Drive, She Said
The Edge of Seventeen
El Cantante
ER
Our alumni and
current students can
also be seen on the
stages of regional
and international
theatres, festivals,
and cruise ships.
Field of Dreams
Glee
The Good Wife
Grand Street
Grease: You’re the One
That I Want
Greatest Mysteries:
Buckingham Palace
Greek
Guiding Light
Hairspray Live!
The Houseboy
Illegal Tender
In Living Color
Jerry Maguire
Julie & Julia
Kevin from Work
Last Resort
Law & Order
Law Abiding Citizen
The Leftovers
Leverage
Life on Mars
Little Children
Little Man
Little Odessa
Mad Men
Magic City
Make the Yuletide Gay
Masters of Sex
Medium
Men in Black III
Mooz-Lum
NCIS: Los Angeles
NUMB3RS
Nurse Jackie
The Office
One Life To Live
One Tree Hill
Orange is the New Black
Penny Dreadful
Peter Pan Live!
Person of Interest
Pride & Glory
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Normal Heart
The Producers
The Society
Rachel Getting Married
The Riches
Rockaway
“If you want to survive in this business, you have to
be open and adaptable to an array of working styles.
The college faculty is so talented and diverse, that I
was prepared for whatever was thrown at me during
professional auditions. In my classes, one day I was
doing Chekhov and Shakespeare scenes and the next
day, it was Carousel! Marymount is a place where you
don’t have to be the same. It’s OK if you march to the
beat of a different drummer. You don’t have to conform
or be linked with one particular group. I was able to be an
independent thinker at MMC and really do my own thing.”
— Jason Gotay ’11
Gossip Girl (HBO Max); Center’s acclaimed revival of Evita as Che; Broadway: Bring
It On, Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark; 50th Anniversary Concert of Joseph/Dreamcoat
(Lincoln Center), Call Me Madam (Encores!), Renascence (Transport Group). TV: Love
Life, Peter Pan Live! Regional: Disney’s Freaky Friday, A Bronx Tale, and The Prince of
Egypt (US and Denmark).
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sex and the City
Side Effects
Smash
So You Think You Can Dance
Super Clyde
Supergirl
The Men Who Built America
TMZ on TV
True Blood
The West Wing
White Collar
The Wiz Live!
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AUDITION AND INTERVIEW INFORMATION
BFA in Acting
Script Analysis
Acting: Process & Technique
Movement for Actors I
BFA in Musical Theatre
Script Analysis
Acting: Process & Technique
Fundamentals of Musical Theatre
Lab: Daily Dance
Lab: Private Voice
BFA in Theatre Design &
Technology
Script Analysis for Designers
Design Foundations
Scenic Design
Scenery and Prop Technology
Interactive Media for Theatre
“I moved to New York wanting to be
an actor. MMC helped me realize that
there were other careers in the theater.
If not for the flexibility of MMC’s liberal
arts programs, I would not have been
able to make the transition from in
front of to behind the curtain so easily
or fruitfully.”
— Aaron Glick ’06 (right) with his husband Nick Coburn.
Aaron received the 2019 Best Revival of a Play Tony
Award, as a Producer of The Boys in the Band.
SAMPLING OF FIRST-SEMESTER THEATRE ARTS COURSES
Below are samples of Theatre Arts courses that most first-semester students are enrolled in. In addition to
the Theatre Arts courses, students also take a college writing course and a New York City Seminar, which
both fulfill requirements in MMC’s general education curriculum. Transfer students are placed in courses
based on their previously earned credits and their audition and interview.
Lighting Design
Introduction to Lighting & Art
Direction for Film & Video
Interactive Media for Theatre
Costume Design
Costume Construction
Sound Design
Audio Technology for
Performance
Digital Sound
Workshop
BFA in Stage and Production
Management
Script Analysis
Stagecraft for Stage Managers
History and Mission of Arts Institutions
Stage Management: Concepts and
Practices
BA in Theatre Arts:
Directing
Script Analysis
Acting: Process & Technique
Stagecraft or Stage Management
BA in Theatre Arts:
Theatre History &
Performance Texts
Script Analysis
Stagecraft
Exploring the Visual Arts
BA in Theatre Arts:
Theatre & New Media
Script Analysis
Theatre Games & Improvisation
Introduction to Acting for Majors
Introduction to Lighting & Art Direction for
Film & Video
Digital Sound Workshop
To schedule a Theatre Arts audition or interview,
please visit our website at www.mmm.edu and begin
your application to the College. Once a completed
application has been submitted, you will gain access
to your Admissions Portal, where you will be able to
schedule the type of audition or interview you prefer.
Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we will offer
three options for auditions or interviews for Spring and
Fall 2022:
1) In-person auditions or interviews conducted on
the MMC campus at 221 East 71st Street.
2) Live virtual auditions or interviews conducted
online through Acceptd - AuditionRoom.
3) Digital audition or interview materials submitted
through the MMC Admissions Portal.
Please check the Theatre Arts webpage at
www.mmm.edu/theatre where updated information
and specific guidelines will be posted regarding each
option for auditions and interviews, and instructions
to schedule the option that is best for you.
For the BFA in Acting, the In-person Audition or the
Live Virtual Audition consists of one contemporary
monologue (from a full-length play) no more than
two minutes in length.
For the BFA in Musical Theatre, the In-person
Audition or the Live Virtual Audition consists of one
contemporary monologue (from a full-length play) no
more than two minutes in length. In addition, please
prepare two contrasting 16-32 bar cuts (one song
should be written prior to 1970 and one should be
written after 1970). Sheet music is required for Inperson
Auditions, and pre-recorded accompaniment
is required for both Live Virtual and Digital auditions.
Only In-person and Live Virtual Auditions will hold a
brief dance call for placement purposes. Prospective
students auditioning for the BFA in Musical Theatre
program are automatically considered for the BFA in
Acting program at the time of their audition.
For the BFA in Theatrical Design and Technology or the
BFA in Stage and Production Management, students
participating in either the In-person Interview or the
Live Virtual Interview will be asked to share a portfolio
of their work with the faculty interviewer. This portfolio
serves as a starting point for a conversation about
theatre and your interests with the faculty conducting
the interview. Portfolios may include designs, sketches,
photographs, renderings, prompt books, or anything
that you feel comfortable sharing about your work.
For BA in Theatre Arts major with concentrations
in Directing or Writing for the Stage, students
participating in either the In-person Interview or the
Live Virtual Interview will be asked to share a portfolio
of their work with the faculty interviewer. This portfolio
serves as a starting point for a conversation about
theatre and your interests with the faculty conducting
the interview. Portfolios may include prompt books,
research, scripts, plays, creative writing, or anything
else that you feel comfortable sharing about your
work. Prospective students applying for Directing must
also present an acting audition that consists of one
contemporary monologue (from a full-length play) no
more than two minutes in length.
For the Theatre History and Performance Texts
or Theatre and New Media concentrations in the
BA Theatre Arts major, students applying to these
concentrations must complete an online application for
consideration and acceptance. The online application
is available on the MMC Admissions Portal.
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BA in Theatre Arts:
Writing for the Stage
Script Analysis
Introduction to Playwriting
Stagecraft
Theatre Arts students in
BFA in Theatre Design &
Technology create in the
design studio.
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