Texas State University

Theatre (Musical Theatre), B.F.A

Our goal is to provide holistic, wellness-based, customized training in musical theater performance to prepare students for the current professional market and develop artists who live with integrity in all aspects of their lives. As a Hispanic Serving Institution serving a majority-minority student body, our program strives to foster, and continue to evolve an environment where social justice and anti-racism are key pillars of education. The curriculum has a cutting-edge, innovative approach that was designed by industry professionals to support artists who will define the future of the art form.

Our mission as a community of artists: to combat and dismantle racism, sexism, and heteronormative cisgender dominance in theater and in theater training. Formalizing our goals in our syllabi, our classrooms, and our stages to breakdown and disrupt traditional theater training hierarchies; to hold space in creative collaboration in our classrooms and rehearsal spaces promoting and utilizing Antiracist Pedagogy and Culturally Responsive Teaching Methods. 

We are Bobcats and that means in part; being willing to be vulnerable and sitting with the discomfort that comes with taking on the hard conversations and doing the essential work of functioning as a community with a dedication to equitable anti-racist representation, and actively pursuing purposeful inclusion of marginalized groups and their contributions to the canon of theatre.

*Culturally Responsive Teaching is a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students’ cultural references in all aspects of learning;  is justice-oriented and reflects the social context were in now.