Savannah College of Art and Design Performing Arts Program

Performing arts graduates work in multimedia entertainment, television, film and the performing arts in a variety of roles associated with acting, playwriting, casting, directing and management.

Performing arts students develop skills within an arts environment that emphasizes visual creativity, advanced design technologies, hands-on production and cultural dialogue.
Minors in vocal performance and dance may complement the major program of study. The department also offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in dramatic writing.
M.F.A. students spend their final term in residence at the Woodruff Art Center’s nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.
Student productions may be held in the 1,200-seat historic Lucas Theatre for the Arts; the 1,100-seat Trustees Theater; the 90-seat Afifi Amphitheater at the Pei Ling Chan Garden for the Arts; or the 150-seat black box Mondanaro Theater, located in Crites Hall.
In collaboration with the film and television department, the fashion department and others, students develop and produce a range of projects including student videos, fashion shows and student productions.
Six Main Stage productions are offered per year — one for first-year and transfer students only.
Performing arts students participate in original student-written plays, new interpretations of classical and modern plays, musical revues, dance concerts, senior projects and thesis shows.
Student productions have been adjudicated, nominated and selected for performance at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for regional and national competition

Auditions
The admission department holds auditions for incoming undergraduate students for scholarship consideration and for incoming graduate students for fellowship consideration and/or acceptance into the graduate program.

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08/14/08

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07/28/08

Employers converge for SCAD Career Fair
04/21/08

Edgy new designs
08/12/07

SCAD, Performing Arts, Betty and Bo, 2007

Careers
• performer/actor, multimedia entertainer, model
• stage manager
• producer or designer - costume, scenic, lighting, set
• agent - media relations/publicity, casting
• voiceover actor or narrator
• playwright/scriptwriter
• choreographer or stunt person
• director - art, casting, technical
• drama teacher or dramatic coach
• impersonator
• news anchor
• novelist
• theater consultant

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni

• Avenue Q – Las Vegas
• Bread and Puppet Theater Co.
• Clear Channel Radio
• Climb Theatre Co.
• Colorado Shakespeare Festival
• Cristo and Jean-Claude
• HBO Films
• Mali Finn Casting
• Martha Graham Dance Co.
• New Jersey Shakespeare Festival
• New York Fringe Festival
• Playbill

• Playwrite Horizons
• Roundabout Theater Company
• Savannah Music Festival
• Savannah Theater Company
• "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
• Shubert Organization
• Smithsonian
• The Groundlings Improv Group
• "The O.C." (FOX)
• Walt Disney Company
• "Will & Grace" (NBC)
• Williamstown Theatre Festival