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Acting

    Bachelor of Fine Arts
    Erie, Pennsylvania

Gain Experience Acting on Stage and Screen with a Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree from Gannon University

With a comprehensive curriculum and performance opportunities, the BFA in Acting prepares graduates to thrive in today’s diverse entertainment industry. Whether you aspire to perform on Broadway, in Hollywood, or beyond, Gannon University provides the foundation to make your mark.

  • Immerse yourself in a dynamic, hands-on program that blends contemporary and classical techniques
  • Train via a comprehensive curriculum and performance opportunities designed for aspiring actors ready to excel both on stage and on screen.
  • Learn from faculty who've trained with legendary talents across the globe, performed internationally and hold MFA degrees

Learn to Lead the Way in Acting Across Media

  • Build a portfolio of work that highlights versatility and essential skills for theatre performers in the professional world.
  • Learn to develop advanced performance, critical and analytical skills while learning to work with technologies in film and performance spaces.
  • Gain specialized skills in dialect work, voiceover, stage combat and musical theatre.

Experience an Exceptional Learning Environment

  • Gain valuable experience through on-campus, local, national or international internship placements. 
  • The program’s location in the Center for Communication and the Arts and the Schuster Theatre puts access to the resources of all the university’s arts and media technologies at your fingertips. 
  • Begin performing in shows at the Schuster Theatre in your first year.

Inspire Your Academic Success

Gain real-world knowledge through key courses including:

Performance for Stage and Screen: Gain a strong foundation in learning the varying acting styles for performance on stage versus film.

Stage Combat: Explore the fundamental craft of combat in a theatrical and screen driven world. Build, create and engage in differing styles of combat including hand to hand, dagger, bo staff, and sword and rapier.

Musical Theatre Acting:  Engage in in differing styles of musical theatre and learn to adapt acting skills to the audition and song appropriately.

Achieve Your Possibilities

Our Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting program is designed for your success. Through a flexible curriculum and high-quality educational opportunities, you can:

  • Perform, design and experience the Schuster Theatre’s black box-style performance space.
  • Discover real-world internship possibilities in media performance locally in Erie or in the surrounding region.
  • Find careers in in acting, producing, directing, content writing, social media management, within academia, working in commercials, and writing for community and nonprofit organizations.

Our Faculty Experts

Jennifer Allen Catellier

Associate Professor
Strategic Communication Prgm

Co-Director
Communication and The Arts

Associate Professor
Communication and The Arts

Lindsey DiTirro

Assistant Professor
Communication and The Arts

Program Director
Communication and The Arts

Assistant Professor
Strategic Communication Prgm

Mary Gensheimer

Assistant Professor
Communication and The Arts

Program Director
Communication and The Arts

Assistant Professor
Theatre Program

Ethan Hayden

Assistant Teaching Professor,
Communication and The Arts

Angela Howell

Assistant Teaching Professor,
Theatre Program

Technical Director
Theatre Program

Pegene Watts

Visiting Professor
Communication and The Arts

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Communication and The Arts

Jordan Wolfe

Assistant Teaching Professor,
Theatre Program

Program Director, Theatre and
Theatre Program

Megan Woller

Associate Professor
Fine Arts Program

Associate Professor
Communication and The Arts

Co-Director
Communication and The Arts

Daniel Adamus

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Alexandra Anthes

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

Shawn Clerkin

Adjunct Faculty
Theatre Program

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

Benito DiStefano

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Laura Domencic

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

John-Patrick Driscoll

Adjunct Faculty
Theatre Program

Thomas Edmonds

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

Brian Kuzman

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Natalie Lander

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Chester LaPrice

Operations Manager
WERG

Adjunct Faculty
Strategic Communication Prgm

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Megan Loibl

Adjunct Faculty
Strategic Communication Prgm

Alaina Manchester

Adjunct Faculty
Theatre Program

Molly Minman

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Adjunct Faculty
Master of Public Admin

Sean Morphy

Digital Media Center Dir
Communication and The Arts

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Linda Mukina Felker

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Jamie Murphy

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Anne O'Neill

Adjunct Faculty
Communication and The Arts

Lee Steadman

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

Adjunct Faculty
Theatre Program

Kathleen Thiem

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program

Adjunct Faculty
Theatre Program

Alexander Woller

Adjunct Faculty
Fine Arts Program