Acting - Regent University

Acting from Regent University is a Campus Master Acting degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The MFA is a terminal degree that places more emphasis on skills and performance than on original research. The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Acting is offered by the Department of Theatre Arts. It is the mission of the Department of Theatre Arts to educate and train undergraduate and graduate students to incisively examine and effectively communicate, through intellectual analysis and the realization of live theatrical performance, the great truths of the human condition as perceived through the lens of a Christian worldview. The department is dedicated to equipping artists of the theatre with the skills, insight, and knowledge required for successful and influential careers in professional theatre, the academy, and ministry. The department seeks to develop professional caliber artists who will function with moral and spiritual integrity offering redemptive messages creatively and thoughtfully expressed through the theatre arts. The MFA in Acting degree requires a minimum of 60 credit hours which must be taken over six (6) semesters of residency. The degree is primarily designed to prepare actors to enter the marketplace and compete as professional actors. As a terminal degree, it is also preparatory for a teaching career in higher education. The degree includes an intensive study in stage acting techniques, camera acting technique, vocal production, stage dialects, movement, stage combat, and textual analysis. The MFA in Acting culminates in a Thesis/Creative Project where the student is either assigned a major role in a Mainstage production or required to create a recital consisting of a predetermined list of scenes and monologues culled from a variety of dramatic genres, periods, and styles. The written (or ―Thesis‖) portion of the Creative Project consists of a detailed character analysis, play analysis, historical research, a production journal, reviews and a prescribed list of appendices. The MFA in Acting degree offers two distinct concentrations. The first is a general concentration which allows students to choose nine (9) hours of elective coursework in addition to the 51 hours of required courses. The second is a directing concentration which allows students to take nine (9) hours of prescribed coursework in directing to supplement the required core of 51 hours. The directing concentration affords students who have exhibited acumen?and who have a strong desire to explore directing in more depth?the opportunity to do so alongside their primary studies in acting . View more details on Regent University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Acting courses.