The BFA in Performance provides students with performance and production skills and gain a solid and thorough knowledge of acting and directing. Theatre students will be prepared to pursue a professional career in Theatre or continue onto graduate studies in acting or directing. Course work exposes students to theatre history, acting, directing, singing, dancing and design.  Students must take each of the following theatre courses:

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David Thompson
David Thompson
Professor of Music
dthompson@limestone.edu
Course Requirements
TH101 - Drama Appreciation
TH102 - Acting: Basics
TH103 - History of Theatre
TH116 - Fundamentals of Makeup
TH202 - Acting: Voice and Performance
TH203 - Improvisation
TH204 - Acting: Audition
TH302 - Acting: Style
TH303 - Musical Theatre Performance I
TH307 - Directing
TH319 - History of Musical Theatre
TH401 - History of Theatrical Performance
TH407 - Advanced Directing
TH405 - Shakespeare in Performance
EN311 - Studies in African-American Literature
TH330 - Sustainability in the Arts

Requirement Notes

  1. Limestone's required Competency & General Education courses
  2. A total of 120 credit hours
  3. The required courses listed below (48 credit hours)
  4. Additional Theater courses: TH110 or 125; TH220, 222 or 225 (6 credit hours)
  5. Experiential Theatre courses: TH111 and 114 (repeat 3 times each), and TH115 - repeat 2 times)
  6. Theatre Production or Internship: TH480 or TH490 (1 credit)
  7. Two dance courses: PE135, 136, 137, 138, 142, 143, or 144. (4 credit hours)

* This major includes one AWE course (3 credit hours)

For a 4-Year Degree Plan
See the Degree in the Academic Catalog
Financial Aid Information

Undergraduate Costs for 2021-2022

Undergraduate Tuition will be frozen for 2022-2023.

Semesters

FALL 2021
August - December

SPRING 2022
January - April

TUITION
(Maximum 18 semester hours)		$12,600$12,600
Day Student Fee$550$550
ROOM$2,282 - $3,195
depending on housing choice		$2,282 - $3,195
depending on housing choice

Housing Options

  • Ebert, Eunice Ford, Fort Hall, Greer, Ball Residence Halls - Double Occupancy: $2,282 per semester
  • Brown Residence Hall - Double Occupancy: $2,609 per semester
  • Off-campus Student Housing (Agape House, Griffith, Landon House, Smith House, The Cedars, Walton Ridge): $2,546 per semester
  • Ebert, Eunice Ford, Fort Hall, Greer, Ball Residence Halls - Single Occupancy: $3,195 per semester
  • Brown Residence Hall - Single Occupancy: $3,195 per semester
BOARD (MEAL PLAN)$2,584$2,584
  • Certain courses may require additional Laboratory or Music Fees - see Academic Catalog for details
  • Students who enroll in fewer than 12 semester hours are classified as part-time students. Part-time students pay $1050.00 per credit hour.
  • Students who wish to audit a course are assessed a $50.00 per credit hour fee.
  • Textbook costs vary by course. Students have the option to order books from the University's textbook vendor directly from their course schedules posted in the Halo.
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