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The Theatre Arts Department offers:

ACADEMICS. . .
        Overall theatre training required to complete the A.A. Degree and transfer requirements to universities. Santa Monica College is the leading transfer school to the University of California system, USC and Loyola Marymount and the leading transfer school to the combined UC and CSU systems. We have also had an exceptional transfer rate of students accepted into Juilliard -- 8 of our students accepted and 2 students wait listed in 8 consecutive years with only 20 accepted nationwide per year!!


PERFORMANCE TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES. . .
        Intense classes specifically for the training of the actor including Acting classes in Modern Realism and various historical styles, vocal production for the stage and stage movement.

Our department produces five Main Stage productions a year including 2-3 musicals, as well as offering several additional performance presentations. Every year we enter several of our shows into the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival competition for colleges and universities (including Grad schools) nationwide. Every year we have several students nominated to compete for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. We have had students advance to the regional finals for the Irene Ryan award out of hundreds who compete and have had several receive Best of Festival Award recognition. We've also had several productions invited to compete at the regional festival and have had one invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.; ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (full production). In addition, mentor projects are often entered into competition under a variety of categories such as playwriting, acting, directing and/or musical directing. Several of our mentor projects have also been invited to perform at the regional festival and one was invited to perform at the Kennedy Center as well;  SLAVERY (playwriting, acting & directing mentor project).


UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. . .

        ˇGuest lecturers
          ˇMaster classes
          ˇResidencies
         ˇIndependent studies
         ˇMentorships
         ˇHigh School recruiting events
       


EXCELLENT TECHNICAL THEATRE TRAINING. . .
        ...including Stagecraft, Costuming, Make-Up, Sound and Lighting classes. Our program offers numerous opportunities to work in a variety of technical areas on department productions.
        In addition to entering productions and actors into the KC/ACTF competition, we also regularly enter student designers (Costume, Make-Up, Lighting, Set Design, Sound Design), working under the supervision of a mentor, into competition.

Past recognition:


ACCEPTANCE / ENROLLMENT. . .
No audition is required for acceptance into the Theatre Arts program. There are some classes, however, that require audition before enrollment. Audition information is available for those classes on our Audition webpage.

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