BFA in Theatre
Randolph College — Lynchburg, VA
About this program
Randolph College is a private, nationally recognized liberal arts and sciences institution in Lynchburg, Virginia, with an enrollment of approximately 700 undergraduates. The BFA in Theatre is the college's intensive professional theatre training degree — it devotes a higher proportion of coursework to theatre-specific study than the liberal arts BA, and is designed for students seeking professional performance, directing, design, or production careers. Like the BA, the BFA benefits from the on-campus presence of Endstation Theatre Company, a professional Actors' Equity Association resident theatre company. Led by Associate Professor and Head of Undergraduate Theatre Stephanie Holladay Earl (who also serves as Endstation's Artistic Director), the company immerses BFA students in working equity productions alongside professional artists, providing genuine professional résumé credits while still enrolled. This direct integration of professional practice into the academic environment is rare at a college of Randolph's size. The BFA requires an audition for admission and is awarded to students who complete the full professional concentration in theatre. Productions are staged in the Thoreson Theatre (200-seat mainstage) and the Lab Theatre (black box). The capstone senior project gives graduating BFA students the opportunity to research, conceive, and produce a self-directed work under faculty mentorship.
Audition & application overview
- Requires a live or recorded audition
- Requires a monologue
- Requires a dance audition
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