{"id":1615,"date":"2022-06-09T17:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T21:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-music-and-theatre-arts\/?page_id=1615"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:58:10","slug":"minor-in-musical-theatre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-music-and-theatre-arts\/programs-of-study\/minor-in-musical-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Musical Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-program\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Pursue your passion for musical theatre by adding this minor to your major program of study. Learn from our Broadway-seasoned faculty while you immerse yourself in acting, singing, dancing, and stage production.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"core-courses\">Core Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Group Voice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acting I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Musical Theatre History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theatre Performance Practicum I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.monmouth.edu\/undergraduate-catalog\/wayne-d-mcmurray-humanities-social-sciences\/music-theatre-arts\/musical-theatre-minor\/\">View Curriculum &amp; Sequence Charts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"undergraduate-research-amp-internships\">Undergraduate Research &amp; Internships<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>Theatre students can hone their performance abilities by participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/mu-players\/\">MU Players<\/a>, Monmouth\u2019s student-run theatre organization. MU Players allows students to gain experience in every level of production, including their own fully-staged musicals. Students assume all leadership responsibilities, from the securing of rights and budgeting to performance, direction, musical direction, design, and choreography. The organization produces several events each year, including Cabaret For A Cause, which raises thousands of dollars annually for Broadway Cares\/Equity Fights AIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<nav  aria-labelledby=\"h69e8493f64e12\"  class=\"wp-block-group related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 id=\"h69e8493f64e12\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center component-title\" id=\"related-links\">Related Links<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  role=\"list\" class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div  role=\"listitem\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actorsequity.org\/join\/emc\/\">Equity Membership <br>Candidate Program<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1559\" height=\"1559\" style=\"object-position: 51.155% 41.18%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011.jpg 1559w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2014\/07\/Joseph-Rapolla-Headshots_20130722_JR_011-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1559px) 100vw, 1559px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/joe-rapolla\/\">Joe Rapolla<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Chair;<br>Specialist Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">Music and Theatre Arts<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">Lauren K. Woods Theatre Complex, 215<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5214\">732-263-5214<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:jrapolla@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Joe'>jrapolla@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Program Pursue your passion for musical theatre by adding this minor to your major program of study. Learn from our Broadway-seasoned faculty while you immerse yourself in acting, singing, dancing, and stage production. 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