Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BFA in Acting
Department of Theatre, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Award
- BFA in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Undergraduate acting concentration with training in acting, voice and speech, movement, stage combat and dialects, with scene work spanning modern and contemporary plays, musical theatre, Shakespeare and acting for the camera.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, Movement
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- BFA in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Not published
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Teaching location
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Two contrasting monologues, each no more than 60 seconds; optional song no more than one minute
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Audition days on campus, at Chicago Unifieds and at Illinois High School Theatrefest
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
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.
- Productions
- From the second year onward students audition for department productions.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, duration, schedule, 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)