Theatre Arts and Performance
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code6470
- SchoolSchool of Communications, Media, Arts and Design
- CredentialOntario College Advanced Diploma
- Program TypePost-secondary program
- Program Length3 years/ 6 semesters
- LocationPerforming Arts Centre
- Emailprobinson@centennialcollege.ca
- Telephone416-289-5000 ext. 52534
- Technology Requirements
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Technology Requirements
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Advising
- Entrepreneurism
The Centennial College Performing Arts Centre is Now Open!
With the expansion and growth of our performing arts programs over the past several years, a unified performing arts centre has been our goal for some time. We are excited that the dream has become a reality with the opening of our new performing arts centre. Learn more.
Centennial College’s Theatre Arts and Performance program is your open door to a groundbreaking professional career in theatre. You'll develop your technical skills, nurture your artistic voice and make crucial industry connections.
Classes in acting, movement and voice will expand your artistic range across different styles of classic and contemporary performance, including live and on-camera. You'll also build your audition skills, learn how to get an agent and create your own dynamic demo reel. Through independent “storefront” productions, meanwhile, you’ll gain experience as an actor-entrepreneur, pushing your creative boundaries to the front-line of theatre innovation and gaining the tools to succeed in Canada’s vibrant theatre scene.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to run your own theatre company or develop your career as a professional actor, director, stage manager, producer or instructor, in Canada and on the world stage.
Program Overview
The Centennial College Performing Arts Centre is Now Open!
With the expansion and growth of our performing arts programs over the past several years, a unified performing arts centre has been our goal for some time. We are excited that the dream has become a reality with the opening of our new performing arts centre. Learn more.
Centennial College’s Theatre Arts and Performance program is your open door to a groundbreaking professional career in theatre. You'll develop your technical skills, nurture your artistic voice and make crucial industry connections.
Classes in acting, movement and voice will expand your artistic range across different styles of classic and contemporary performance, including live and on-camera. You'll also build your audition skills, learn how to get an agent and create your own dynamic demo reel. Through independent “storefront” productions, meanwhile, you’ll gain experience as an actor-entrepreneur, pushing your creative boundaries to the front-line of theatre innovation and gaining the tools to succeed in Canada’s vibrant theatre scene.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to run your own theatre company or develop your career as a professional actor, director, stage manager, producer or instructor, in Canada and on the world stage.
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Program Highlights
- With instruction and guidance from industry-leading professionals, you'll train in various styles of acting for classical and contemporary scripts, written and improvised work, traditional and movement-based staging practices, live and on-screen, and more.
- A focus on entrepreneurship and networking will prepare you for a sustainable career in theatre arts.
- Opportunities will exist for you to collaborate with the students in photography, film and television, music, dance and art programs at the Story Arts Centre.
Career Outlook
- Actor
- Playwright
- Director
- Producer
- Stage manager
- Set designer
- Theatre technician
Education Pathways
Graduates of this Theatre Arts and Performance advanced diploma program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.
Please note that each partner pathway has minimum admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving partner institution.
| Partner Institution | Degree Program |
|---|---|
| Algoma University | Honours Bachelor of Arts in multiple majors |
| Bachelor of Science in multiple majors | |
| Lakehead University | Honours or Bachelor degree in any major |
| Laurentian University | Bachelor or Honours Bachelor of Arts in multiple majors |
| Nipissing University | Bachelor or Honours Bachelor of Arts in multiple majors |
| Ontario Tech University | Honours Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies |
| Ottawa, University of | Honours Bachelor of Commerce |
| Royal Roads University | Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communications |
| Seneca Polytechnic | Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | Honours Bachelor of Arts in multiple majors |
| Windsor, University of | Honours Bachelor of Arts in Drama |
| York University | Bachelor or Honours Bachelor degree in any major |
| Honours Bachelor of Communication Studies | |
| Bachelor or Honours Bachelor of Science |
Please visit our website at //centennial.adv-pub.moveonca.com/outgoing-home/ for more information on articulation agreements.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Areas of Employment
- Theatre
- Film
- TV
- Commercials
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
- Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial English Admission Test
Additional Requirements
- English language proficiency
- All candidates must attend a mandatory program admission session, where you will be required to audition. For the audition:
- Prepare two contrasting monologues – one classic and one contemporary (or self-written). Monologues should be no more than one and a half minutes in length.
- You may be asked to respond to additional coaching or direction
- Please bring a resume and be prepared to discuss your previous experience as well as your current interests in theatre practice.
- We highly recommend that candidates attend a program admission session in-person, but under extenuating circumstances, a video and resume can be submitted for review and evaluation. Please contact for the program coordinator for details.
After applying at Ontariocolleges.ca, you will receive a letter with additional instructions on how to prepare for and book your program admission session.
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please apply at the Employment Training Centre (Progress Campus). The Better Jobs Ontario Program is a funding initiative for those who have been laid-off and are in need of training. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee of $125 must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
Domestic applicants who attended school outside of Canada: If you are submitting transcripts to meet admission requirements, you must have the transcripts assessed by an independent credential assessment agency such as World Education Services (WES) or International Credential Assessment Service (ICAS). For more information go to Submitting your Transcripts.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Fall registration begins mid-July
January registration begins mid-December
May registration begins mid-April
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. The program's individual incidental fees have not been included. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2024.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $4,493.00 | $1,237.34 | $5,730.34 |
| International | $16,649.00 | $1,725.52 | $18,374.52 |
Technology Requirements
Technology Requirements
Bring IT programs will require students to own and use a mobile computing device that meets or exceeds the recommended hardware requirements.
Note: If you require accommodation for a documented disability, please consider your adaptive technology needs when you select a device for your BringIT programs (click for recommendations). If you wish to access disability services, please make an appointment with the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services, by calling 416-289-5000, ext. 3850, or by email at calcs@centennialcollege.ca.
Have questions? Check out Frequently Asked Questions for our Bring IT Program.
Students from this program will require to own/purchase a device and software relevant to the program:
Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications
- MacBook
OR - Laptop with Windows operating system
Minimum Required Software
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 2010 or higher version
- iTunes
You will need regular access to a computer with an internet connection. High speed broadband access (LAN, Cable or DSL) with minimum 10mbps download speed is highly recommended. Some courses have more advanced system requirements.
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Identify and use requisite entrepreneurial and communication skills needed to start and manage a theatre company within a community.
- Develop and present strategies for personal, career and professional development in the arts industry.
- Perform in a variety of theatrical contexts within a community by identifying and using different acting, movement, and voice techniques as required.
- Investigate and convey personal reasons for pursuing creative work in the theatre.
- Create, promote and produce an original theatre piece that is appropriate to its audience in collaboration with other theatre artists from a variety of specializations.
- Develop a project-financing plan to fund creative work based on appropriate public and private funding and financing sources.
- Analyze theatre traditions and trends from a variety of historical and cultural contexts to enhance personal creativity and theatrical performance.
- Complete all work in compliance with laws, regulations, industry standards and professional ethics.
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Patrick Robinson, Theatre Arts and Performance Program Coordinator.It was going out and creating my own theatre company that really helped me understand how this works. And I thought at the time, even in my 20s, if I'd been taught how to do this, I wouldn't be doing this backward. This is a program that starts from that position, from a position of agency, where you're in control, and aren't just sitting by the phone, waiting for someone to give you a job.
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