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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Playwriting


Our curriculum emphasizes intuition and spontaneity as well as discipline, technique, intellectual development, and social context. Our approach combines vocal and physical training, extensive work on the written word, and appreciation of style with a fierce commitment to emotional honesty, immense physical energy, and imaginative daring. We believe that this rigorous experience, along with our pledge to preparing young theater artists to take a place of responsibility in the community at large, have enabled 40 years of alumni to excel as artists, leaders and global citizens.

Acceptance Rate:

The Drama division at Julliard has a 2% acceptance rate.


Faculty Info:

Dwight Bacquie, Tanya Barfield, Elana Bell, Jessica Blank, Anne Cattaneo, Sarah Cimino, Michelle DiBucci, Steve Dougherty, Richard Feldman, David Gaines, Rebecca Guy, Deborah Hecht, Kati Koerner, Shana Komitee, Bob Krakower, Deborah Lapidus, Ellen Lauren, David Lindsay-Abaire, Jenny Lord, Beth McGuire, Kathleen McNenny, Charlotte Okie, Mark Olsen, Darryl Quinton, Dawn Akemi Saito, Carolyn Serota, Andrew Wade, Beth Whitaker, Kate Wilson, Stephanie Ybarra, Evan Yionoulis.



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