Do I need to audition in order to be admitted into the Theatre Arts Department?
No, there is no audition necessary to declare a theatre major. Once you are admitted to the university you may declare a theatre major.
No, there is no audition necessary to declare a theatre major. Once you are admitted to the university you may declare a theatre major.
The “new student audition” gives incoming theatre majors an opportunity to meet the faculty and be placed into an appropriate acting class.
The “new student audition” usually occurs the Friday before classes in both the Fall and Spring semesters.
Yes. Technical students will have an opportunity to meet technical faculty, tour the facility, and receive a portfolio review. Any student can declare a technical option upon entering the department.
The Theatre Department offers a BA in Theatre (general, performance, and technical). The department also offers MFAs in acting, design, and management. For more info on the graduate program click here.
The Theatre Department offers the BA with a general option or an emphasis in performance. All incoming students, including transfer students, must be in the general track upon entrance to the department. There are specific course requirements and an audition in order to be admitted into the performance option in the third year.
Yes, there is a 21-unit minor available. Please see undergraduate advisor Barbara Matthews for details (562.985.4042 or via email: jmatthew@csulb.edu)
Barbara Matthews is the undergraduate advisor who is responsible for any academic questions. Every student should meet with her upon entering the department. She can be reached at 562.985.4042 or via email: .
No. The Theatre Department often produces musical performances in conjunction with the Music Department, but there is no degree in musical theatre.
Yes, any student enrolled in the university is eligible to audition for undergraduate productions.
Generally, the auditions occur during finals week of the previous semester.
Ten shows a season are produced at CSULB Theatre Arts Department. Six undergraduate (three in the Fall semester, three in the Spring) and four graduate productions are mounted each season. Only graduate students are eligible to audition for the graduate productions.
CSULB Theatre Arts Department hosts a weekly Friday showcase of student-directed, acted, and designed one-acts throughout the semester. All theatre majors are required to enroll in Showcase each semester (Theatre 010).
Yes. There are scholarship auditions each spring.
Yes! We encourage our majors to get involved as soon as possible.
The University Theatre rental is handled through College of the Arts Facilities Coordinator, Colleen Ryan. She can be reached by calling 562.985.4911 or via email: cryan2@csulb.edu.
The CSULB College of the Arts is six unique, artistically engaging and academically challenging departments: The Departments of Art, Dance, Design, Film, Music and Theatre, along with five auxiliary arts and letters organizations: the University Art Museum, the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, the Center for First Amendment Studies, the California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz and California Repertory Company (theatre arts graduate company). Together they comprise one of the largest and most comprehensive arts colleges west of the Mississippi River. For more info about COTA please visit :http://cota.csulb.edu/
Please send your name and mailing address to: calreptickets@yahoo.com or by calling the Cal Rep management office at (562) 985-4500. You can also register to receive e-blast reminders about Cal Rep/UP shows at www.calrep.org.