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Our core learning goals have been woven into all aspects of this rigorous four-year program from classroom and studio work, to rehearsals and productions in our mainstage season.

• Technique
• Analysis
• Professionalism
• Collaboration

ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½â€™s mainstage season provides performance majors with many opportunities to gain valuable onstage experience. A typical season will include:

• 2 musicals
• 2 plays
• 1 dance concert
• In alternating seasons an opera co-produced with the School of Music or a 3rd play

Performance opportunities are available to students beginning in their first semester. All BFA performance majors are required to audition for our mainstage season and freshmen are eligible for casting. Additional performance opportunities may include:

• The Studio Series
• Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre - (a student run theatre company)
• The Annual Children’s Show
• Student Cabarets
• The New Musicals Workshop
• Faculty Developed Works

The small school environment at ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ University offers students many advantages including:

• Individualized attention
• Studio classes capped at 16
• Faculty/student mentorships
• Interdisciplinary collaborations 

There are a number of things that help set Milllikin apart from other schools:

• Small school environment
• First-year students are eligible for casting
• New Center for Theatre and Dance
• Senior professional development experience (showcase)
• Master classes with working professionals
• Study abroad in our London Semester
• New Musicals Workshop
• Shakespeare Corrected
• Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre