Bachelor’s Degree in Acting
Acting at SUU teaches students to become outstanding performers through focused classes on movement, voice and specialized acting. Our curriculum is built on the idea that everyone has potential, and when you mix talent and passion with developed skills, it brings out a person's brilliance.
College: Performing and Visual Arts
Department: Theatre, Dance, and Arts Administration
Special Admission Requirements for Acting Majors
- Acceptd Application
- Resume
- One (1) Page Statement of Purpose
- Desired Audition Date and Time or Online Audition
- Admission to Southern Utah University
- Headshot
- One (1) Shakespeare VERSE monologue- no more than one (1) minute
- One (1) Contemporary monologue- no more than one (1) minute
Guiding Your Journey Beyond Graduation
We are committed to mentoring students to the next step after graduation, whether it is further training or a chosen career in regional theatre, improv, theme parks, touring, production event planning, arts administration, education and instruction, filmmaking, or entrepreneurship.
Where have SUU Acting majors been hired?
Data gathered by the SUU Career Center
Partnerships & Outreach
SUU’s Theatre program has relationships with prestigious members in the national theatre community. Student-faculty groups travel to regional and national auditions, the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the BFA Showcase in New York. SUU’s Theatre Arts program is enriched by invaluable interaction with the Tony-award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, the resident professional company on campus.
Create and Perform with SUU's Theatre Program
Together, students and faculty create multiple mainstage productions each academic year; plus four productions produced by Second Studio, our student theatre company; as well as black box grant productions. Students of merit also have the opportunity to produce a performance on their own.
Nationally Accredited Theatre Education
Our faculty members are dedicated to exceptional teaching. We have received the University’s awards for Outstanding Educators, and for our welcoming and respectful teaching approach. The department holds the specialized accreditation of the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) which guarantees that curriculum meets national standards.