Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BFA in Performance (Acting)
Utah Valley University Department of Theatre · Orem, Utah, United States
- Award
- BFA in Performance
- Audience & level
- Adults (not specified)
- Format
- In personfour years of full-time study
- Price
- $3,102per term, Fall 2026 - Summer 2027
About this program
A four-year full-time performance BFA. Incoming students apply with a video submission followed by invited in-person auditions; current and transfer students can audition for sophomore acceptance in March.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- BFA in Performance
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Utah Valley University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- four years of full-time study
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Utah Valley University, Orem campus800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Video: two contrasting monologues, each no longer than one minute, plus one song; entire video no longer than three minutes
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Limited candidates are invited to an in-person audition after video review; prepare headshot and resume; callbacks by invitation on February 27, 2027.
- Deadlines
- Video submissions will open late November and will be accepted through January 31 (2027)
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition at 12 credit hours, Utah resident (student fees of $334.55 charged separately)Tuition · mandatory | $3,102per term, Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 | In-state residents | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Tuition at 12 credit hours, non-resident (student fees of $334.55 charged separately)Tuition · mandatory | $9,454per term, Fall 2026 - Summer 2027 | Out-of-state students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: 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)