Bachelor of Fine Arts—Acting
For all BFA Degree Programs
- Visit the Admissions Page and complete an application for admission to the University of Mary Washington.
- Prospective Bachelor of Fine Arts students may provide the additional materials listed below in one of three ways:
- In person, by scheduling a campus visit.
- In person, at a regional event (Virginia Theatre Association, Virginia Thespian Festival, USITT, Pittsburgh Unified, MARCAS, SETC, etc.).
- Online, by submitting links, videos, and files through our BFA Materials Submission Form.
For the BFA in Acting
- Current resume that highlights all creative activities.
- Current headshot.
- A 60-90 second monologue from a published play or written by a professional writer, and a contrasting 60-90 second monologue from a play featuring heightened language. We invite you to interpret “heightened language” broadly. You may submit the two monologues as a single video* or as two separate videos.
- Optional: a slate video of ~10 seconds in which you state your name and the titles of the pieces included in the required videos above.
*Please submit a link to your video file(s) rather than uploading video files. Include your name in the video description so we can easily identify you. If your link is password-protected, please include the password in the text box at the bottom of the submission page labeled “What should we know that we haven’t already asked?”




