The MFA programs provide specialized training in acting, directing, playwriting, design (sets, lights, costumes, sound) and technology (tech direction, scenic painting, properties construction, costume technology, costume craft technology). Students in these programs are required or encouraged to spend a portion of their studies in an internship with a professional theater or studio. Program thesis requirements include realized production work and performance or portfolio work in preparation for professional auditions.

The MA program provides a rich mixture of practical and theoretical tools for understanding and creating theater in order to prepare majors to teach theater, work as dramaturges, or prepare for entry into PhD programs. The program provides training in theater history, dramatic theory, criticism, and dramaturgy.

Achievement of Training Objectives
To reach our training objectives we emphasize flexibility, collaboration, community, curiosity, eclecticism, and respect for the art of theater and one another. Our students are successfully working in a variety of professional theater and film venues during their training and after graduation.

During their training
Graduate Acting students intern at the Cincinnati Playhouse (for their entire third year) and the Monomoy Theater (summers) in Chatham Mass. Graduate design and technology students work at a wide spectrum of regional theaters, Hollywood and Broadway studios including: the Broadway design studios of Marty Pakledinaz, William Ivey Long, Santo Loquasto, Tony Walton, Paul Gallo, Michael Lincoln, Beverly Emmons, The New York: Costume Collection. The regional theaters: Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Williamstown Theater Festival, the Monomoy Theater, The Berkshire Theater Festival, Washington Opera, Arena Stage, Los Angeles Opera, The Shakespeare Theater, The Denver Center,

Admission Requirements
The process for admission into the graduate programs is discussed in each of the program entries. Generally, the student may be accepted after meeting the basic requirements of the graduate School. However, the bulk of recruiting in Theater is done at the URTA sessions, which meet in the winter during January and February, either through audition or portfolio review. Writing samples are mandated for the Playwriting Program and Theater History and Criticism. Interviews are conducted on site at the URTA or later, during a visit to Athens .

To Apply

IInstructions for onlne application can be found at www.ohio.edu/graduate, a resume, a statement of goals, and any other materials required by the program to which you are applying must be sent by March 15 to: Graduate Committee School of Theater Ohio University Kantner Hall 307 Athens, OH 45701-2979