Students at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy experience world-renowned performing arts training in entertainment capitals New York and Los Angeles, with programs in Acting, Music Theatre, Dance Theatre, and Performing Arts. In New York City, AMDA offers two-year Certificate programs. The Los Angeles campus offers four Bachelor of Fine Arts programs and three Associates of Occupational Studies programs. From the moment students arrive until the day they graduate, AMDA provides emerging artists with training to leave its doors as professionals, ready to work in today’s competitive industry.
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, with campuses in New York and Los Angeles, is one of America’s premier institutions for the performing arts. It is one of the only performing arts colleges to offer Bachelor of Fine Arts and Conservatory Programs. Having received stellar reviews from industry professionals and graduates, AMDA is at the forefront of performance-based training and industry-focused education with a mission to inspire excellence and prepare artists with a deep appreciation for the universal power of transformation through art.
AMDA upholds its commitment to creating extraordinary learning environments through fostering inclusivity, celebrating diversity, and empowering all students to contribute to their community as artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, lifelong learners, and conscientious citizens of the world. Serving as both school and stage, AMDA offers students support and opportunity to define their personal objectives and to develop and refine their own distinctive artistic voices.
Over the past 55 years, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy has launched some of the most successful careers in theatre, film and television, receiving positive reviews from critics and audiences. Some of the academy’s notable graduates are Christopher Jackson (original cast of Hamilton on Broadway), Anthony Ramos (original cast of Hamilton on Broadway), Caissie Levy (currently originating the role of Elsa in Frozen on Broadway), Jeremy Pope (cast of Choir Boy and Ain’t Too Proud on Broadway), Jason Derulo (Billboard Top 10 Singer/Songwriter), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family on ABC), as well as industry titans Tyne Daly and Paul Sorvino.
In addition to these celebrated performers, AMDA alumni are working in every other area of the entertainment industry, including technical theatre, film/TV crews, playwriting, screenwriting, filmmaking, producing, directing, choreographing, editing, teaching, content development, etc. – and thousands more who are making a difference in the world every day in a multitude of fields beyond the performing arts.
AMDA creates industry professionals who don’t just wait for life to happen—they stage their own career path. Watched by the eyes of millions, AMDA graduates take on the world’s stages, film sets and movie screens, changing the way we think about art in the 21st century.
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