Department of Performing Arts
Musical Theatre (BFA)
Julia Mattison on the Musical Theatre BFA Program
BFA candidate Julia Mattison talks about how Emerson's Musical Theatre program supports the individual in acting, singing, and dance and what a typical day looks like. (Filmed and edited by Emerson students.)
As a BFA Musical Theatre major, your first two years will be spent in technique classes with faculty from both the Musical Theatre and Acting programs. At the end of sophomore year, a re-audition will determine whether you will continue with the BFA program into the advanced Musical Theatre Studio in the junior and senior years.
Program Requirements
| PA 101 |
Languages of the Stage |
| TH 149 |
Emerson Stage Production Crew |
| TH 215 | World Drama in Its Context I |
| TH 216 | World Drama in Its Context II |
| TH 304 | Development of the American Musical |
| MU 204 | Music Analysis I |
| MU 205 | Music Analysis II |
| TH 123 | Acting I: Movement |
| TH 124 |
Acting II: Voice and Text |
| TH 221 |
Acting III: Basic Scene Study |
| TH 222 |
Acting IV: Ensemble Acting and Performance |
| TH 327 |
BFA Musical Theatre Studio I |
| TH 328 | BFA Musical Theatre Studio II |
| TH 427 | BFA Musical Theatre Studio III |
| TH 428 | BFA Musical Theatre Studio IV |
| Dance (6 credits) (technique course as approved) | |
| Applied Voice (6 credits) (as approved) | |
|
TH 329 & TH 429 |
Musical Theatre Dance Rep (8 credits) (as approved) |
Choose two of the following:
| TH 141 | Stagecraft: Special Topics |
| TH 142 |
Stagecraft: Electrics |
| TH 143 |
Stagecraft: Properties Construction |
| TH 144 |
Stagecraft: Costume Construction |
| TH 145 | Stagecraft: Scenic Construction |
| TH 146 | Stagecraft: Scene Painting |
| TH 147 |
Stagecraft: Costume Crafts |
| TH 148 |
Stagecraft: Masks |
Students are also required to complete 4 non-tuition credits in Chorus/Musicianship.
More than 60 students performed in a flash mob dance in the food court of Boston’s City Place. Celebrating the inaugural season of ArtsEmerson, students brought theater into a public space while comically deconstructing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.
