The Program

The BFA Acting Program is currently ranked among the top five undergraduate conservatory actor training programs in the country.  The program offers an integrated and challenging four-year course of study for serious students who aspire to careers as professional actors. Personal attention is assured, as classes are limited in size; a faculty of outstanding master teachers and professional artists tracks each student’s progress. Acting, voice, speech and movement constitute the program’s integrated core augmented by courses in clown, script analysis, performance ensemble, dialects and acting for the camera.

Rutgers’s BFA Acting Program features a one-of-a-kind training opportunity with the junior year spent at Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare’s Globe in London immersed in the study of classical acting.

Info Session /Tours     

                          Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:00 p.m.                         

                          Friday, November 6, 2009, 10:00 a.m.                                                                       Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 5:00 p.m.

                          Monday March 29, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

                          Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

Please email Barbara Harwanko if you will attend.  Note "Open House" and desired date in the subject line.

Audition Requirements

• If you are planning to audition at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, we suggest you submit your application to Rutgers University prior to scheduling an audition.  After you do so, you will receive a letter from the Theater Arts Department with information on how to schedule your audition at the Rutgers campus or on our National Audition Tour.
• A $50.00 non-refundable talent assessment fee.  (This fee is in addition to the university’s standard application fee.)
• Audition:  Actors should present two contrasting monologues, preferably one contemporary and one classical.  They should be memorized.  The combined total of both monologues may not exceed 4 minutes.
• Resume and a headshot or a picture.

Acting Application Deadline

Apply online at http://admissions.rutgers.edu/ by January 15, 2010.

Audition Dates

There is a $50.00 non-refundable talent assessment fee made payable by check, cash or money order.  Payments should be made to Rutgers University.   (This fee is in addition to the university’s standard application fee and is due no later than the time of the appointment.)

B.F.A. Acting National Audition Tour for Fall 2010 Admissions*

*New York City: January 30, 2010

*Chicago:          February 1, 2, and 3, 2010

*San Francisco: February 5 and 6, 2010 (morning only on 2/6/10)

*Los Angeles:    February 7, 2010

*Miami:             February 20, 2010

Rutgers, New Brunswick On Campus audition dates:        

                        February 13 and 14, 2010 (by appointment only)

*walk-ins are welcome

For Fall 2010 Admissions

If you choose to audition at the Rutgers University/New Brunswick campus, please note that an information session and tour of our Theater Arts facilities is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on each audition day in New Brunswick.

Please apply to the program by January 15, 2010.  You can do so at http://admissions.rutgers.edu.  The Theater Arts Department will contact you with information about how to schedule your acting audition.