Overview

The vision of the Theatre - Acting program at Columbia University is to create a consistent and clear path of training, experience, and development – from Orientation until the last performance.

We cater the program to give each person the specific guidance they need to grow and mature as an artist while hand-crafting each class to build a core company of actors. With your ensemble, you will live and breathe your art together during an intense and invigorating three-year program. Constant attention to individual progress and teaching the skills of collaboration are fundamental to the training.

The program demands of its students curiosity, imagination, a keen analytical mind, and a willingness to discover many approaches to acting. Our curriculum focuses on rigorous discipline and improvisation, and always originates from a deep exploration of the text. Students investigate classic, modern, and contemporary playwrights through scene study and acting technique under the auspices of James Calleri, Peter Jay Fernandez, and Ron Van Lieu. It is about freeing your voice, body, and mind.

The training offered at Columbia provides graduates with the tools necessary to succeed in all forms of theatre, as well as television and film.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

History Of Performance
Scene Study
Acting
Voice & Text
Collaboration
Suzuki Technique
Dance for Actors

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-06 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Schedule TOEFL®

Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manhattan, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Schedule TOEFL®

Other requirements

General requirements

Brief autobiography: Approximately 500 words summarizing your life and theatrical experience.
Statement of theatrical and personal objectives: Approximately 500 words describing the theatrical people, places, and principles that have inspired and guided your aesthetic.
Current theatrical resume
A full-sized (8.5” x 11”) headshot in a high resolution format.

Two audition pieces. Please present two (2) contrasting monologues, one classical and one contemporary, each lasting one (1) to one and a half (1.5) minutes long.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

77840 USD / year

≈ 77840 USD / year
Out-of-State

77840 USD / year

≈ 77840 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

77840 USD / year

≈ 77840 USD / year

Additional Details

International Student Fee - $170 Per semester for all international students

Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Additional Details

Living costs

Manhattan

Financing

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