Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama - Acting
University of Alberta, Department of Drama · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama - Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Intensive conservatory-style degree covering acting, movement, dance, singing, voice and stage combat. Entry combines academic requirements with a successful audition and portfolio submission.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Movement, Voice & speech, Musical theatre
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama - Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Alberta
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Class size
- 12 spots (6 male and 6 female) in each incoming class
- Teaching location
- Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta3-98 Fine Arts Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2C9
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two prepared and memorized selections, together no more than six minutes: one Shakespeare and one contemporary (1960s or later).
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Individual audition of about 30 minutes in Edmonton, with a Zoom option; includes a song excerpt, movement presentation, adjustments/improvisation and an interview. February 13-14, 2027 (callbacks February 20-21, 2027).
- Interview
- Audition includes a personal interview with the audition team.
- Intakes
- September
- Deadlines
- Audition application due February 1, 2027
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
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Fees
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Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, duration, 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)