Theatre Arts - Performance
Program Overview
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:
- developing creative artists with a strong foundation in essential skills
- ensuring our graduates have the business skills to make their livings as artists/performers
- providing a well-rounded education as well as comprehensive training
- developing collaborative work that is original, thoughtful and challenging
- exploring intercultural and multidisciplinary theatre that speaks in the present to a vision of the future
Semester 2 |
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| THTR 170: Acting Techniques 2 |
| THTR 171: Voice 2 |
| THTR 172: Movement 2 |
| THTR 173: Introduction to Theatre 2: Performance |
| WRIT 200: Workplace Writing Skills |
| Select 1 from the following courses |
| GNED: General Elective |
Semester 3 |
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| THTR 230: Acting Techniques 3 |
| THTR 231: Voice 3 |
| THTR 232: Movement 3 |
| THTR 233: Theatre History 1 |
| THTR 234: On-Camera Performance |
| THTR 235: Stage Combat |
| Select 1 from the following courses |
| GNED: General Elective |
Semester 4 |
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| THTR 250: Acting Techniques 4 |
| THTR 251: Voice 4 |
| THTR 252: Movement 4 |
| THTR 253: Theatre History 2 |
Semester 5 |
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| THTR 340: Rehearsal and Performance 1 |
| THTR 341: Voice 5 |
| THTR 342: Movement 5 |
| THTR 343: Professional Orientation 1 |
| Select 1 from the following courses |
| GNED: General Elective |
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.
The Humber Advantage
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
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Grimm
Pentheus
Poetry Project
Shadowplay
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Stop/Look
Survivalists: A Radio play
Swimming for Shore
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Clowns
The Country of the Blind
The Idiot
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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
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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
Remote auditions are available.
Expert Faculty
Faculty are nationally and internationally recognized theatre artists and teachers with acclaimed professional careers.
Paul de Jong
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
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.
Your Career
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.
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Giacomo Gianniotti: Humber Graduate
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Music & Performing Arts Success Stories
Grad Feature: Cassandra DePetrillo
Wed, April 07, 2021
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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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Faculty of Media & Creative Arts News
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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Post-Admission Requirements
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
The 2020-2021 fee for two semesters is:
- domestic: $5,379.64
- international: $18,910.00
Fees are subject to change.
Fees by Semester
Domestic Fees International FeesAdditional Costs
$50 – theatre tickets (per semester).
Scholarships
Humber Scholarships
Find out more about scholarships and bursaries that you may be eligible for, visit Student Scholarships. International students can visit International Student Scholarships.
Humber Bursaries
Bursaries are available for Certificate, Diploma and Degree programs primarily based on financial need, visit Humber Bursaries.
External Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships
Find out more information about external scholarships and bursaries, visit External Awards.
Indigenous Student Awards, Bursaries & Scholarships
Humber offers a variety of bursaries and scholarships for Indigenous students, visit Indigenous Student Awards.
Pathways
Pathways are academic routes that students can take to move from one credential to another.
PATHWAYS OUT TO ANOTHER PROGRAM:
TO A PARTNER INSTITUTION
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) - Acting
Students must have graduated with a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 (B). Applicants must also attend an interview conducted by a faculty member of the Department of Theatre and be deemed successful, to be admitted to the BFA Honours program. Graduates will be granted a block of 60 credits towards the 120 required. Transferring students will be required to complete a minimum of 60 credits to receive their BFA degree.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution.
Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
BA (Hons) Performing Arts
Humber College and the University of Gloucestershire (UoG) have entered into an agreement to facilitate transfer from Humber's Theatre Arts – Performance Advanced Diploma program to the final year (Level 6) UoG's BA (Honours) Performing Arts.
International students should demonstrate and must provide evidence that they have attained a level of English equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing. Alternative acceptable English Language qualifications can be found at: https://www.glos.ac.uk/international/
Students will be expected to attend an Academic Induction preceding entry to the program. Students admitted to the UoG program will pay the appropriate annual tuition fee rate. The definitive fees will be those published here: http://www.glos.ac.uk/international
Students admitted to UoG from Humber will be eligible to receive the international bursary. This award, and its ruling terms and conditions, is subject to change on an annual basis. For September 2020/January 2021 entry, the applicable bursary is £3,000, and will be automatically applied against tuition for successful applicants from Humber. Please note that the bursary is only available to students who are studying full-time at the UoG on campus in the UK, and completing a full degree (not available for distance learning or master's stage students).
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
Contact us for more information:
Shandin Rickard-Hughes
International Marketing & Student Recruitment Manager, Americas
srickardhughes@glos.ac.uk
Law LLB
Humber students who have successfully completed a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in any field at Humber College and meet the requirements, will be considered for admission into the University of Gloucestershire's Bachelor of Law LLB program.
International students should demonstrate and must provide evidence that they have attained a level of English equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing. Alternative acceptable English Language qualifications can be found at: https://www.glos.ac.uk/international/
Students will be expected to attend an Academic Induction preceding entry to the program. Students admitted to the UoG program will pay the appropriate annual tuition fee rate. The definitive fees will be those published here: https://www.glos.ac.uk/international/
Students admitted to UoG from Humber will be eligible to receive the international bursary. This award, and its ruling terms and conditions, is subject to change on an annual basis. For September 2020/January 2021 entry, the applicable bursary is £3,000, and will be automatically applied against tuition for successful applicants from Humber. Please note that the bursary is only available to students who are studying full-time at the UoG on campus in the UK, and completing a full degree (not available for distance learning or master's stage students).
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
Contact us for more information:
Shandin Rickard-Hughes
International Marketing & Student Recruitment Manager, Americas
srickardhughes@glos.ac.uk
Bachelor of Media any major
Humber students who have successfully completed the Acting for Film and Television Diploma or the Theatre Performance Advanced Diploma with a GPA of 2.5 out of 4.0 (62.5%) or 4.5 out of 7.0 and who meet all other admission requirements will be granted 24 credit points (1 year) towards the Bachelor of Media, any major at Macquarie University. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution.
Business Bachelor of Business Administration
Students who complete a 3 year diploma at Humber: Davenport University will grant the student 90 credit hours towards the completion of a bachelor degree program. You will need to complete a minium of 30 credit hours (approximately one year of full-time attendance) to meet residency and program requirements. Students must complete a minimum total of 120 credit hours to earn a bachelors degree.
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution.
If you still have questions, reach out to the transfer admissions team at info@davenport.edu or 1.800.686.1600.
Honours Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Humber and Seneca Colleges have entered into an agreement that increases student opportunities for degree completion at both institutions. Humber graduates may transfer into Seneca’s Honours Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies with entry into Semester 5, Year 3 of the program.
Admissions:
All applicants to Seneca degree programs are required to have successfully completed the related Humber program with a minimum overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 (70%).
All applicants may apply through the Ontario College Application Service and must submit an official academic transcript for all course work completed at the postsecondary level. The application must be received no later than the stated deadline for the given term being applied for in order to qualify for admission.
For further information, please contact: academic.pathways@senecacollege.ca
Admission to the academic programs listed is at the sole discretion of the partner post-secondary institution. Please contact the institution for detailed admission requirements.
How to Apply
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.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
If you’re an international student, you can apply directly to Humber via our International Centre.
