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Performing Arts & Social Justice, BA

Performance Opportunities & Spaces

USF provides you with a number of performance opportunities sponsored by PASJ and independent student-run groups sponsored by University Life. The performance spaces include Presentation Theater, Studio Theater, and smaller spaces throughout the campus and off campus.

Performance Opportunities

There are many performance opportunities at USF, and many ways for you to express yourself through theater, dance, and music.

I loved perform with my peers, and getting to be part of a creative community on campus that also got exposure to learning about social-justice issues that we were encouraged to understand through our artistic craft."

Felicitas Fischer ’19

Dance

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USF Dance Generators perform on the plaza

Study with guest choreographers in Dance Ensemble. Join a student club that specializes in folklorico or hip-hop. Perform with others in the community at festivals, schools, and senior centers in Dance Generators.

Music

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Student playing a guitar sings into a microphone in front of a hand made sign that reads KUSF

Rock out and explore various styles in Rock Band. Digitally create and manipulate sounds while performing with the Electrified Sound Collective. Create the soundtrack for USF athletics, campus, and community events in the Dons Marching Band.

Theater

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studio theater

Theater Mainstage Productions features students in high-quality productions directed by faculty and designed by professional guest artists. You can also work on a full-length musical in the student-run group College Players, or join the comedy improv team Awkward Silence. Want to hone your stagehand skills? We have paid positions and opportunities to work backstage on all of our productions.