New York Showcase Opens Doors for BYU Acting and MDT Students in the Big Apple

Department of Theatre and Media Arts

When it comes to the performing arts, an academic setting can only get you so far. Each student must ultimately make the leap from faculty-mentored shows and assignments to the professional world. The BYU New York Showcase helps BFA acting and Music Dance Theatre (MDT) majors navigate this challenging, but exciting, transition from campus to career.

2018 marks the 17th year in which BYU theatre faculty members have taken graduating seniors to New York City to guide and support them through their daunting first auditions and help them build a network.

“The purpose of the New York Showcase is to take BFA acting and MDT students to New York to perform for and potentially meet with casting directors and agents, so that if and when they move to New York, they will have a connection already made that we help foster through the university,” explained Stephanie Breinholt, the BFA acting faculty head who works alongside MDT faculty head Tim Threlfall to put the showcase together. READ MORE