Prospective and Transfer Students may audition for the BFA program as incoming freshmen in an audition held in either December or April prior to their matriculation at NKU. 

Current NKU theatre and dance students may audition for the BFA program at the end of the fall and spring semesters.  Instructions for auditions are posted on the BFA callboard next to the production callboard well in advance of December and April of each year.  Applications will be accepted through the online callboard a few weeks prior to the auditions. 

The audition process for the BFA is 1, 1, 1 process.

·         1 free audition for BFA as a high school student

·         1 audition after becoming a NKU student.

·         1 petition to audition for the BFA having already been declined after becoming an NKU student.

·         What are the qualifications for the BFA program?

BFA candidates in NKU’s Theatre and Dance program must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the major (Theatre and Dance) course work as well as an overall 2.5 GPA for all NKU coursework.  Students falling below the required GPA's will go on probation for 1 semester.  Students on probation must (improve) achieve the required GPA minimums in order to be removed from probation.  Failure to achieve the minimum GPA will result in the student being removed from the BFA program.  BFA Students receiving a grade of D or F in Theatre and Dance BFA courses results in removal from the BFA program.  Students removed for a D can petition the BFA Review Committee to retake a course and re-enter the BFA. (This appeal should be made within 30 days from receiving the D.)  Students removed for a F cannot re-enter the BFA program for any reason.  Please note that you must complete 4 semesters residency (not counting summers) after being admitted into a BFA program.