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On-campus Activities

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For first year and transfer students
AUGUST 20 | 3:30pm
Gordon Field House

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For ALL students interested in Performing Arts
AUGUST 25 | 2pm
SHED Atrium 

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RIT Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra Auditions
AUGUST 21-24 
LBR A269

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Concert Band Auditions
AUGUST 23-25 
SAU A130

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Vocal Performance Sessions
AUGUST 27 | 6pm
Allen Chapel

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Small Group Performance (Chamber Music) Information Session
AUGUST 27 | 6:30pm
Sklarsky Glass Box Theater, SHED

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2024-2025
Theatre and Dance Auditions
AUGUST 29-30
Panara Theatre & Dance Lab (LBJ-1845)

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RIT Dance Collective
Hip Hop Auditions
SEPTEMBER 1 | 11am
SHED Dance Studio

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RIT Dance Collective
Ballet Auditions
SEPTEMBER 1 | 1pm
SHED Dance Studio

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RIT Dance Collective
Modern/Contemporary
SEPTEMBER 1 | 3pm
SHED Dance Studio

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Off-campus Enrichment Events

All off campus events are free to attend, with round trip bussing provided from the RIT Campus to the off campus destination. 

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Sweeney Todd Dress Rehearsal
SEPTEMBER 5 | 7pm
Blackfriars Theatre
| THEATRE | 

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Endea Owens and The Cookout
SEPTEMBER 20 | 7:30pm
Eastman School of Music
| MUSIC | 

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Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony
SEPTEMBER 21 | 8pm
Kodak Theatre at Eastman School of Music
| MUSIC | 

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What the Constitution Means to Me
OCTOBER 10 | 7pm
JCC Centerstage Theatre
| THEATRE | 

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Meet the Faculty and Performing Arts Mentors

Performing Arts is abundant all over campus. RIT's faculty and staff (including those outside of the College of Liberal Arts) have a variety of performing arts interests ranging from bagpipes to bluegrass and stage design to dance. Our mentors are available for you to contact if you have a particular question or if you have an interest in learning more about their performing arts experiences. Meet all of the Performing Arts Mentors > 

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Christopher Ryan
Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre
School of Performing Arts

Currently Teaching: 
PRFL 130 - Introduction to Theatre
PRFL 235 - Fundamentals of Musical Theatre
PRFL 335 - Musical Theatre Scene Study

After finishing his MFA in Acting, Christopher Ryan worked as an educator, actor and dancer in the Orlando, FL market before moving to Germany, in 2008. Some highlights of Christopher’s 11 years in Europe were: directing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged for the Rover Rep theatre in Hamburg, touring the continent playing roles like: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, and Anthony in Sweeney Todd, playing Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in German, choreographing the original German language production of Bridges of Madison County, and playing dream roles, like: Emcee in Cabaret, Caiaphas and Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Mark in RENT, and the title character in Jekyll & Hyde. Christopher is grateful for the past two years which they spent as a faculty member at NKU School of the Arts! Some of their favorite creative projects, while at NKU, were choreographing Peter and the Starcatcher, directing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and creating original dances for the yearly dance concerts. At NKU, Christopher taught Dance and Theatre Performance Ensemble, a devised dance theatre course, Musical Theatre Dance, II, a survey of styles in musical theatre dance, Life as an Artist, a new course they created which addressed issues of self-worth, mental health, self-care, wellness, self-advocacy, and goal and boundary setting, for artists, as well as Dance Appreciation, and Theatre Appreciation.

During the summer of 2024, Christopher served as a Panelist contributing to the selection of choreographers for the third installment of the Synergy Dance Series in the greater Cincinnati, OH area. He performed for the third consecutive year in OUTLoud with Opera Tampa, and for the second consecutive year as a guest soloist with the Lobby Lounge Cabaret Series at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center. He also taught for the CCM Musical Theatre Workshop and for Mutual Dance’s summer study program.

Reminders and Announcements

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With so much to take in during your first few weeks on campus, we expect you may have more questions. Please visit our Performing Arts FAQ page for more informaiton, and email performingarts@rit.edu with your additional questions. 

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In The News

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RIT welcomes more than 3,100 new undergraduates this week

 
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