Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Dramatic Arts (BFA)
The New School - School of Drama · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dramatic Arts
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person4 years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Four-year interdisciplinary BFA in which students pursue acting, directing, playwriting or creative technologies; the acting strand covers stage and camera technique with voice, speech, dance and movement.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Dramatic Arts
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- The New School
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 4 years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- The New School - School of Drama
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Audition detail
- Common Application plus Artist Portfolio; invitations for auditions and/or interviews follow a complete application. Early Action deadline November 1; Regular Decision deadline extended to March 1 (year not stated on page).
- Intakes
- Fall
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Fees
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Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Showcase
- Yes
- Who takes part
- Senior-year industry showcase (as published)
- Productions
- Studio presentations, mainstage productions and student-produced projects
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)