Humber’s Theatre Arts - Performance program is known for its rigorous training in physical and devised theatre that enables you to find success wherever your career path takes you. We are nationally known for our innovative curriculum based in the creation of original work.
We believe in:
Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:
Perform dramatic roles in a variety of styles, such as in children's plays, plays geared for school audiences, experimental plays presented by alternate theatres, in standard repertoire of current and classical plays presented by regional theatres and festivals, as well as in musicals, revues and cabaret productions.
Perform non-classical, vocal material – solo and choral - and execute basic dance steps and choreography as required by musical productions and classical plays.
Apply different techniques required to perform on proscenium, thrust or arena stages, as well as open air theatres.
Adapt performing style to the electronic media; working for the camera (film, television and video production) as well as the microphone as in various aspects in radio broadcasting.
Provide services as drama resource person for community theatre, recreational programs, children's programs and private teaching.
Accept employment as a professional actor and provide services to professional standards.
Students in Humber's Theatre Arts - Performance program are on stage throughout their time at school, building hours and hours of in-class experience.
Each year, Humber Theatre presents a number of original productions which demand the full creative engagement of performance and production students under the guidance of internationally recognized artists.
Approaching Zero
A Field Guide to Fevers and Curses
A Midsummer Night's Dream
And the King Dances
Blood and Roses
Community Week
Community Week 2016
Danceries
Delete After Death
Grimm
Pentheus
Poetry Project
Shadowplay
Stop/Look
Survivalists: A Radio play
Swimming for Shore
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Clowns
The Country of the Blind
The Idiot
The Scattered Dust of Antigone
Theatre for Young Audiences '14
Theatre for Young Audiences '15
Theatre for Young Audiences '16
This Side of Heaven
Till Eulenspiegel
Tir Na Nog: A Visitor's Tale
Tristram Shandy
Unfinished Passage
Wasted on the Young
Year 25 Vigil
TomorrowLove
Songs of Class and Dirt
The Humans
Pandora in Blue Jeans
Elektra
Infinity Machine
Sycorax Brood
U-R-U
Carlos Albornoz
Bilal Baig
Maddie Bautista
Shayana Burnett
Jordan Campbell
Christopher Cruz
Sabio Emerencia-Collins
Ashleigh Genrick-Moss
Jessica Grossi
Ceridwen Kingstone
Kwaku Okyere
Vivian Or
Ellyn O’Keefe
Lou Robson
Jonathan Sconza
Grace Thompson
Steven Vlahos
Katherine Walker-Jones
Jessica Bowmer
Ryan Breton
Andrew Cameron
Brendan Chandler
Olivia Croft
Jason Houle
Gabriella Kosmidis
Shea McCallum
Matthew McMillan
Allesha Narine
Kitty Orsten
Joan Marlene Pham
Ella Plut
Dimitrije Popovic
Elliot Ritter
Julia Vande Burgt
William Warren
Clayton Batson
Jeysa Caridad
Leo Dragonieri
Justin Dubois
John Echano
Nicholas Maillet
Grant McLeod
Tatyana Mitchell
Prasanna Mondal
Adriana Moraes-Mendoza
Iliana Spirakis
Abi Stushnoff
Whitney K. Ampadu
Matthew Atwell
Sophie Brender
Jordan Burns
Austin Costello
Daniela Donayre
Rosina Bethlehem Ferede
Keira Marie Elaine Forde
Celia Jade Green
Paxton Hummer
Jeremy Jacklin
Shayna Linds
Connor McIntyre
Walter Moraes-Mendoza
Elijah Mucciaccio
Shayna Robinson
Julien Rutherford
Julia Scaringi
Kit Simmons
Stephon Smith
Sasha Wakelin (Flengas)
Rebecca Wolfe
Katherine Hope Basile
Hannah Mae Beatty
Kelisha Daleyann Daley
Keely Krall
Ericka Leobrera
Yago Mesquita
Henrique Santsper
Virginia Stephenson
Daniel Sutherland
Christian William Teasdale
Lorena Ivette Villegas Mejía
Renée Wong
Nathaniel Zane
Caleigh Adams
Silvana Herrera Cespede
Taija Shonée Chung
Aaron Crose
Ashanté Hussey
Josiah Jones
Octavia Kaliszak
Christopher Nesbitt
Brooklyn Dakota Olinyk
Qwynne Palladine
Jona Sagadraca
Spencer Mullins
Madeleine Szlafarski
Alexis Celestine Wilson
Ece Aydin
Tessa Bourchier
Oliver Brunello
Victoria Gallant
Natasha Kruse
Sage Montgomery
Cassandra Sinnaeve
Remote auditions are available.
Faculty are nationally and internationally recognized theatre artists and teachers with acclaimed professional careers.
Paul de Jong is a voice, speech, text, and dialect instructor/coach.
He was recently appointed as the head of coaching at the Stratford Festival, where he has worked as coach for ten seasons. He teaches for the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre and is also a professor of voice and speech at the Humber College Theatre Arts - Performance program.
At Humber, Paul completed a three-year appointment as co-ordinator of the program, where he also served as the head of voice for six years.
He has taught at the National Theatre School of Canada, the Centre for Indigenous Theatre, the George Brown Theatre School, the Randolph Academy of Performing Arts, as well as at colleges in the United Kingdom.
He received his Master of Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London, England) and is a graduate of the Stratford Festival Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training.
As a freelance coach, Paul has worked on productions for Teatro Proscenium, Soulpepper, Globe Theatre, Artistic Fraud, Grand Theatre, and Shakespeare by The Sea.
In addition to working with actors, Paul has worked as a voice and speech consultant, training executives for such companies as the Aga Khan Museum, Bank of Montreal, Japan Foundation, Motorolla, Teranet, and Gandy Associates.
Paul is a recipient of a Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival) honouring his work mentoring young actors, as well as a Distinguished Faculty Award and Innovation of the Year Award from Humber College.
Viv Moore was born in England and has worked collaboratively and solo as a dancer, actor, choreographer and teacher for 40 years, in dance, theatre, film and video in Sweden, Australia, England and Canada. She has trained in ballet since the age of four, then later in social dance, jazz, national dance and modern at Chelsea College of P.E., Eastbourne. Extensive travel was then mixed with further training in Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver, performing with the Alberta vaudeville group Roaring Twenties (1974-78).
Viv co-founded Remote Control with Dave Wilson in 1979 (Vancouver) and participated in the inaugural fFIDA in 1991 (Toronto). She has co-written several publications, presented at international conferences and has worked with community dance in London, England and Canada (RNIB, CNIB, deaf and partial hearing, multi-abilities and psychiatric survivors).
Viv has taught at McMaster and Ryerson Universities, Seneca, George Brown and Sheridan Colleges. She has been teaching at Humber since 1985 (Theatre Arts - Performance and Acting for Film & Television), where she choreographed main stage productions and directed Decadance, dance company within the Theatre Department. Viv was co-choreographer to the Humber contingent of theatre students who represented Ontario at Expo 86 in Vancouver.
Viv received a Harold (1998) and was national-co-ordinator of Fight Directors, Canada (Advanced Combatant). She has a BFA (Dean’s Honours List) and an MA in dance from York University.
Selected credits: Viv has been an actor and company member of Theatre Rusticle (The Stronger, Birnam Wood, Peter & The Wolf, Our Town); and movement coach and choreographer for Theatre Direct (Dora-ominated Sanctuary Song) and on plays and films, including Hedda Gabler (Dir. Judith Thompson, Shaw Festival), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dir. Kate Lynch, Theatre Passe Muraille), La Danza (Quartetto Gelato), Emily's Piano, the Dora-nominated Between the Stairs, and Antigone (YPT). Viv has created work with EFDSS (English Folk Dance & Song Society) in England.
Dance films include Waking the Witch, Ohm, tra la la. She has danced in Denise Fujiwara’s Conference of the Birds and with Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre.
Some of Viv’s own dance theatre works include Bogie Woman (1999 Paula Citron fFIDA Award), Body Geometry-Seventh Angel (2002 Dora nomination), On Tenterhooks (Nuit Blanche-Distillery) and her solo show, Worcestershire Saucy, which she choreographed, produced and performed at Factory Theatre.
In 2012 Viv received a Chalmer's Fellowship of the Arts to further her studies in English step dance, weaponry and butoh. In 2014 she was artistic director and curator of the inaugural Body Percussion Festival and she has been curator and macro choreographer for 60x60.
She continues to study butoh, dance improvisation and physical theatre. Viv has recently acted in the films The Witch (Sundance 2015), God & Doubting Women and had a recurring acting role with stunts in the TV series Damien (A&E March 2016). She was featured as CADA’s (Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists) member of the month in October 2016.
We have a distinct identity in the professional world for producing graduates who are ground-breakers and explorers. They work as performers, directors, producers and writers, as well as film actors, music theatre actors, puppeteers and voice actors, and they are all part of the Humber network of artists. They are creators above all, transforming Canadian theatre with original voices that spring from a diversity of cultures and perspectives.
Watch the video to see what roles Giacomo Gianniotti has starred in since he graduated from Humber’s Theatre Performance program in 2012.
Grad Feature: Cassandra DePetrillo
Wed, April 07, 2021
Cassandra DePetrillo has been working in the film and television industry since she graduated from the Film and Television Production program in 2011.
Grad Feature: Anne Logan
Wed, April 07, 2021
Anne Logan graduated from the Creative Book Publishing program in 2008 and has been involved in the Canadian book industry for the past 12 years.
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Senior Dean Update: Media & Creative Arts Anti-Racism Action Plan
Fri, October 15, 2021
In June 2020, I committed the FMCA to seven action items to address the attitudes, behaviours and structures that act as barriers for students from Indigenous and equity-deserving communities.
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On October 21, 2019, the Provincial Government of Ontario announced the renaming of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU). Both names may appear on this website.
Applicants must meet all the requirements below in order to meet minimum program eligibility. Meeting minimum eligibility requirements does not guarantee an offer of admission. Admission decisions will be available via MyHumber, or by email and mail. Admission decisions will not be released by phone.
To be eligible for admission, you must possess the following:
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An applicant is considered a mature applicant if they have not completed secondary school or other postsecondary school, and will be 19 or older as of the first day of classes. Humber will invite you for testing to demonstrate that you meet all listed course requirements.
An applicant is considered a mature applicant if they have not completed secondary school or attended postsecondary studies, and will be 21 or older as of the first day of classes. Mature applicants for degree programs will be required to meet course requirements at the U/M level or equivalent.
An applicant is considered a college transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a college-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or college courses and grades to determine program eligibility.
An applicant is considered a college transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a college-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or college courses and grades to determine program eligibility. Applicants must have an overall minimum grade point average (GPA) of 65 per cent in the program. Applicants are required to disclose and provide academic transcripts for all course work completed at the postsecondary level.
An applicant is considered a university transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a university-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or university courses and grades to determine program eligibility.
An applicant is considered a university transfer applicant if they have completed some or all of a university-level credential. Humber may use a combination of secondary school and/or university courses and grades to determine program eligibility. Applicants are required to disclose and provide academic transcripts for all course work completed at the postsecondary level.
Applicants will prepare two memorized monologues. One of these must be chosen from contemporary or classical theatre; the second can either be from contemporary or classical theatre OR a monologue you’ve written yourself. Neither can be any longer than 1.5 – 2 minutes in length. The character you play should be similar to your own age and your monologue should express something you are passionate about.
Applicants will participate in a faculty-led creative workshop where voice, movement and creativity will be assessed. Please wear clothing that allows you to move safely and easily.
All applicants whose first language is not English must meet Humber’s English Language Proficiency Policy.
Canadian citizens or permanent residents with international education are required to provide a WES or ICAS evaluation.
Admission equivalencies for Humber depend on your country of study. Please enter your location or choose detect my location to see the requirements for your country below.
Once you have been accepted, and have confirmed your offer, you may need to complete a further set of requirements related to your program (Post-Admission Requirements).
Fees are subject to change.
Fees by Semester
Domestic Fees International FeesSemester 1 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $2,689.82 |
Semester 2 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $2,689.82 |
Semester 3 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $2,689.82 |
Semester 4 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $2,689.82 |
Semester 5 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $400.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $3,039.82 |
Semester 6 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $2,120.91 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $400.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $3,039.82 |
Semester 1 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,676.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
Semester 2 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,676.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
Semester 3 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,676.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
Semester 4 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,676.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $50.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
Semester 5 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,326.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $400.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
Semester 6 | 2022-23 Fees |
Tuition | $8,326.09 |
Compulsory Ancillary Fee | $434.91 |
Compulsory Student Union Fee | $64.00 |
IGNITE Health and Dental Insurance Fee | $20.00 |
Enhanced Student Experience Fee (Optional) | $0.00 |
Program Ancillary Fee | $400.00 |
Co-op/Placement | $0.00 |
Total | $9,245.00 |
*Plus Mandatory Health Insurance fee once per academic year: Fall start - $420 Winter start - $280 Summer start - $140
$50 – theatre tickets (per semester).
Find out more about scholarships and bursaries that you may be eligible for, visit Student Scholarships. International students can visit International Student Scholarships.
Bursaries are available for Certificate, Diploma and Degree programs primarily based on financial need, visit Humber Bursaries.
Find out more information about external scholarships and bursaries, visit External Awards.
Humber offers a variety of bursaries and scholarships for Indigenous students, visit Indigenous Student Awards.
Humber Pathways include:
Phone: 416-675-5000
Email: enquiry@humber.ca
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Tanya Greve, program co-ordinator
416.675.6622 ext. 79059
tanya.greve@humber.ca
Applications to Humber are made through ontariocolleges.ca. Be sure to submit your application by the equal consideration deadline of February 1. You may apply after February 1, however, post-February 1 applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis depending on the availability of the space in the program. To check program availability refer to the Campus/Availability listing on Humber's program pages or ontariocolleges.ca.
If you’re an international student, you can apply directly to Humber via our International Centre.
Additional information will be made available to students from their program before the beginning of the Winter term. Courses with in-person requirements will likely also have online components. The delivery mode of some courses is still being determined. Humber may need to change plans for in-person learning, subject to government and public health directives and/or additional health and safety considerations.
You can find a complete list of programs with downloads including program and course details at Current Student Resources
Students in programs marked as online/in-person will have a combination of those two types of delivery. Additional information will be made available to students from their program in the first week of June. Courses with in-person requirements will likely also have online components. The delivery mode of some courses is still being determined. Humber may need to change plans for in-person learning, subject to government and public health directives and/or additional health and safety considerations.