Course General Description

The academic program of Theater is aimed at training young students interested in their social reality and aware of the current aesthetic of the theater, to do research and create new forms of dramatic expression. Our goal is to enable our students to develop a strong vocation and devotion for the art, based on profound ethical principles and to devote to the permanent refinement technique in order to reach the highest levels of artistic quality. Our curriculum offers a thorough training in the fundamental disciplines of the actor: acting technique, body and voice control, training to perform in the theater, movies or television, and in styles that range from naturalism to clown and musical comedy. The academic training will provide you with the experience of knowing and practicing a wide range of theater techniques and methods.

School General Description

Founded in 1917 by Catholic priest Father Jorge Dintilhac SS.CC as Peru's first non-profit private institution of higher learning, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú or PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. Students can study courses in architecture and urbanism, arts, performing arts, science, engineering, communications, accounting, social sciences and management. It is home to 19,000 full-time undergraduate students, 5,600 graduate students and over 500 international students. The main campus is located in the Lima district of San Miguel, with the newly built Mac Gregor complex. PUCP is dedicated to promoting and developing new research - it has 17 institutes and research centres, with notable mention for the Structures Laboratory and the Centre of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (CETAM).