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Acting Degree

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

Conservatory of Performing Arts

Rigorous, Rewarding, Career-Ready Conservatory Training

The B.F.A. in acting is a rigorous 121-credit program in stage performance that prepares graduates for a career as a professional actor. Accomplished instructors provide students with an eight-semester training program in Downtown Pittsburgh, a city endowed with a rich, vibrant theatre culture.

Students experience a combination of intensive training and practice in our production program through:

Conservatory Theatre Company, Point Park's student company which presents a six-show season of musicals and dramas directed by faculty and guest artists;
Student films, in collaboration with the Department of Cinema Arts; and
Senior showcase, top acting seniors travel and perform for casting directors, talent agents, managers and other industry professionals in New York City.

From your first semester to graduation, the B.F.A. in acting program emphasizes each student's unique talents and teaches them how to cultivate and apply techniques that best develop them as a person and an actor.

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Career Options

Graduates will be well-positioned to compete for jobs with professional acting companies, productions and associations. In addition, graduates will have a strong foundation to create and produce original work. You can find our alumni performing on Broadway, with national tours, in regional theatre, on web series, on television shows and in movies.

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Meet Our Faculty

Milia Ayache, director of acting

"The students are my favorite part of teaching here; their distinguishing characteristic — in addition to their openness, discipline and creativity — is their deep commitment to collaborating with each other, while artistically responding to the world around them."

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Samuel G.C. Muñoz, associate professor

"My teaching approach is physical, collaborative and ensemble-oriented. Where the process or journey of the task is to discover a truthful physical life of possibilities relating to performance."

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Richard Keitel, professor

"It inspires me to see a student go past their comfort zone and all of a sudden make a breakthrough. That’s the miracle of teaching the students at Point Park. "

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Robin Walsh, professor

"I have a very hands-on approach to teaching. We spend more time doing than talking. I aim for a class that is both challenging and fun."

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Philip Winters, professor

"The professors teaching our students are not retired actors or professionals that used to be designers. They are professionals auditioning for roles, showing their portfolio and trying to get a job to further their career."

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Meet Acting Students & Alumni

Pioneers Abroad: Acting Majors Travel to Japan to Study with Suzuki Company of Toga

Clark Eileen Atkinson and Elijah Corbin represented Point Park at the prestigious Suzuki Company of Toga camp under the direction of Suzuki Tadashi.

Get Career-Ready with: Bianca Dixon '28, B.F.A. Acting Major

"Point Park's Pittsburgh Playhouse is beautiful. The dance studios, the workspaces, the performance spaces, there's so much to talk about. I love spending time there and it really is a privilege as a student at Point Park."

Point Park University's Joseph Cannon '22 Lands Roles on Netflix's The Chair, Archive 81 and Episodes of Law & Order

"Point Park's Department of Theatre was very welcoming and made me feel like I could do anything I wanted to in this field. I was looking for a program that was both rigorous and inviting, and I definitely found it here at Point Park."

Acting Major Lands Leading Role in Xanadu at Madison Theatre

"The faculty I've worked with have created professional environments in the classroom, and worked with the students to create a safe and welcoming space to explore new sides of ourselves as actors."

2016 Theatre Alumnus Perris Drew Lands Role in The Bobby Brown Story on BET

2016 theatre alumnus Perris Drew highlights his career as a professional actor and offers career advice to Point Park students.