Welcome Prospective Students!

On this page you can explore our programs, discover our department, and find resources to help you make the decision to join UB Theatre and Dance!

Department Overview:

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Upcoming Events for Prospective Students:

Undergraduate Informational Sessions

Are you interested in the Department of Theatre and Dance? Do not miss our Virtual Informational Sessions, happening this fall and early winter. Faculty and staff will provide an introduction to our SIX undergraduate degree program and answer your questions! To attend one of our upcoming Informational Sessions, please register here. 

You may also register for an audition here.

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Explore our Programs:

BA in Theatre
4/25/24
UB’s Theatre BA program includes study in a broad range of theatrical disciplines covering the artistic, literary, historical, and technical aspects of theatre and performance, while encouraging students to design their curriculum around a specific focus in production or scholarship. The flexibility of the degree allows for an open exploration and adaptability based on a students’ unique area of interest. 
BFA in Theatre: Performance
4/25/24
The Theatre Performance BFA program at UB integrates artistic experiential training and interdisciplinary study to transform students into engaged, versatile, and skilled theatre artists prepared for professional careers in the performing arts. Supported by close faculty mentorship, students train in acting styles and methods for both stage and film, from classical to contemporary, in addition to directing, voice, mime and movement, circus skills, audition techniques, dance, voiceover, and poetic text.
BA in Dance
10/21/24
The UB Dance Program is a nurturing and challenging artistic community where Versatility Matters. We value education fueled by performing and teaching experiences that prepare students for a variety of careers in the professional world of dance and beyond. Our BA and BFA programs include comprehensive training in modern, ballet, tap and jazz, along with coursework in choreography, pedagogy, somatic practices, Laban Movement Analysis, history and criticism, research, dance kinesiology, improvisation, music theatre dance, and social dance. 
BFA in Dance
10/21/24
The UB Dance Program is a nurturing and challenging artistic community where Versatility Matters. We value education fueled by performing and teaching experiences that prepare students for a variety of careers in the professional world of dance and beyond. Our BA and BFA programs include comprehensive training in modern, ballet, tap and jazz, along with coursework in choreography, pedagogy, somatic practices, Laban Movement Analysis, history and criticism, research, dance kinesiology, improvisation, music theatre dance, and social dance. 
BFA in Music Theatre
4/25/24
The Music Theatre program at UB embraces the ever-widening spectrum of musical theatre arts, including musicals, operetta, cabaret, and dance works. We are dedicated to theatre as collaboration, and actively pursue the research and creation of new works as well as the re-envisioning of the classics for our times. Our goal is to prepare our students to succeed as multi-faceted theatre professionals in an increasingly creative and challenging field.
BFA in Theatre: Design and Technology
4/25/24
UB’s BFA in Theatre, concentration in Design and Technology degree is for students interested in developing specific skills and who are willing to commit to structured, intensive, studio-based training. The cornerstone of UB’s Design and Technology program is practical application alongside supportive lecture. We provide students with challenging opportunities to learn in the classroom, and to apply that learning through hands-on experiences. In the classroom, you learn to recognize your inspiration, develop your ideas, and communicate your vision; in the Center for the Arts, you work with professionals to execute those ideas in production.
Minor in Theatre
3/13/24
The Minor in Theatre at UB offers study in a broad range of theatrical disciplines covering the artistic, literary, historical, and technical aspects of theatre and performance. Minors take a core curriculum in the fundamentals of theatre, and then choose from a wide variety of courses in their specific areas of interest, including acting, directing, dramaturgy, stage management, theatre studies, or design and technology. 
MFA in Dance
9/9/24
MFA Dance students focus on embodied inquiry through choreographic creation and performance, while engaging with a comprehensive core curriculum of practice and theory that emphasizes the development of the whole artist—body and mind. With close faculty mentorship and numerous opportunities to create and present work, students will cultivate the knowledge and skills necessary to become the next generation of innovative dance makers, leaders, teaching-artists, and artist-scholars.
MA in Theatre and Performance
9/9/24
UB’s MA in Theatre and Performance is a research-oriented program featuring an integration of scholarship and practice. By training students not only in a discipline, but also at the intersection of history, theory, and production, this program will equip students with the critical tools necessary to negotiate emerging fields and the scholarly rigor to produce high-level scholarship within the dynamic fields of theatre and performance studies. 
PhD in Theatre and Performance
9/9/24
UB’s PhD in Theatre and Performance is a 72-credit research-oriented program featuring an integration of scholarship and practice. By training students not only in a discipline, but also at the intersection of history, theory, and production, this program will equip students with the critical tools necessary to negotiate emerging fields and the scholarly rigor to produce high-level scholarship within the dynamic fields of theatre and performance studies. 
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Looking for information on Graduate Studies?

The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo offers a full range of graduate programs, providing students a breadth and depth of practical and scholarly opportunities with close faculty mentorship. Students study and engage with world-renowned scholars, artists, and educators from a broad range of disciplines as they hone their individual interests and talents. 

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All prospective UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS inquiries should be directed to
Theatre and Dance Staff at: td-theatredance@buffalo.edu

All prospective GRADUATE ADMISSIONS inquires should be directed to:
R. Macklin Olszewski
rachelol@buffalo.edu

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