Acting

Preparation + professionalism

If you're passionate about acting and aspire to pursue a professional career in the performing arts, our Acting major is your ideal next step! This audition-based program is designed for students who have ambitions to perform on stage, work behind the scenes, or lead from the director’s chair.

Our students receive a tremendous amount of individualized attention. And, rather than being confined to traditional classroom learning, they engage in immersive studio and stage experiences. They develop practical skills through hands-on training, rehearsals, and live performances. Emphasizing collaboration, creativity, and artistic growth, this program will support you at all levels—from foundational learning to advanced roles.

Throughout the curriculum, our students cultivate critical thinking, embrace creative risk-taking, and evolve as well-rounded performers and artists. With opportunities ranging from major productions to original student-led projects, you'll leave our program equipped with the skills, experience, and confidence needed to succeed in today’s dynamic entertainment industry. 

 

B.F.A. in Theatre, Acting Concentration degree requirements

Explore detailed information about our in-person degree, including a program overview, the classes in which you'll enroll, your projected coursework sequence, and more.

 
 

Facilities

Whether you’re designing or building scenery, acting in front of an audience, producing costumes for American musicals or Greek tragedies, working on a student-directed project, designing or making costumes, rehearsing choreography, or studying, our facilities will augment your artistic and educational experiences. You’ll have access to two theaters, makeup and dressing rooms, design studios, scene and costume shops, and other spaces in which to perform and work.

 

Meet our faculty

Our dedicated and professionally involved faculty are active directors, designers, actors, and scholars. And, they bring that knowledge gained to every interaction they’ll have with you. They aspire to nurture the unique aspirations and qualities of our students, mentoring them through the program as well as after graduation.
 

 

Todd Dicken, Senior Lecturer

 twdicken@ysu.edu
 330.941.1857
Office: Bliss Hall 1026

 

 

Adam Howard, Lecturer

 adhoward@ysu.edu
 330.941.3633
Office: Bliss Hall 1244