Acting for Stage and Screen

Humber’s two-year Acting for Stage and Screen diploma offers comprehensive twenty-first century training for actors. Through scene study, exercises, and collaborative projects, students build the foundational performance skills needed to pursue creative work in the theatre and in front of the camera.

This program combines education in the art and craft of acting with training in business protocols and professional standards. Under guidance of working actors and distinguished directors with decades of experience in theatre, film, television, and multimedia, students develop and apply skills in voice, speech, singing, movement, dance, physical theatre, improvisation, and character work. Students practice auditioning and showcasing their talent and learn to create and build a personal brand while meeting the financial challenges of a freelance acting career. Creativity and technologies that support acting are emphasized.

In their fourth semester, students specialize in either stage performance or on-camera performance, and further personalize their skillset by attending a choice of specialized workshops—from motion capture, voice-over, screen demo and green screen, to virtual production, improvisation and intimacy direction.