California Institute of the Arts
www.calarts.edu/schools/theater/index.html
DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA in Acting, Performing Arts Design (Costumes, Lighting, Scenery, Sound), Performing Arts Management , Performing Arts Technology, Directing, Integrated Media and Writing for Performance.
TYPE OF PROGRAM: An intensive training program and producing entity that includes schools of theatre, dance, art, film/video, music and critical writing. The faculty of outstanding active professionals and innovative guest artists from around the world continuously expand existing visions and structures. While we help students acquire the skills necessary for professional life, our primary commitment is to develop a vision of the theatre as a dynamic cultural force.
ACTING PROGRAM
(BFA, MFA)
This program accepts students only at the BFA1 (first-year undergraduate) and MFA1 (first-year graduate) levels. Acting student selections are based on the live audition only. Applicants are not required to submit a portfolio. Received acting portfolios will not be viewed or returned. The following is required for the live audition:
• Applicants must present two monologues (no longer than two minutes each) of contrasting nature. Choose one from Shakespeare. Faculty, however, may choose to see only one of the two. You should also prepare a third monologue to present at the faculty’s request.
• Applicants must bring a résumé and a recent photograph, preferably a headshot, to the audition.
University of Texas, Austin
www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad
DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA in Directing, Acting, Playwriting, Creative Drama/Theatre for Youth, Theatre Technology, Theatrical Design (scenery, costumes, lighting).THE PROGRAM: Preparation for entry into educational, regional, and professional theatre.
ADMISSIONS: The Acting Area in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas has embarked on a bold new plan that now recruits a new class only every three years. Our Acting class is a highly motivated and talented group of individuals wishing to pursue acting as a career. Talent and the content of successful application were the primary criteria for admission. This new class reflects a rich cultural diversity. We admitted sixteen actors in Fall of 2007, who will graduate in the class of 2010.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas / Nevada Conservatory Theatre
www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Fine_Arts/Theatre/
DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA Professional Training Programs in Performance, Design (Costume, Lighting & Scenery), Technical Direction, Playwriting, Directing and Stage Management. Also offer BA Theatre Arts.
THE PROGRAM: Performance and production intensive professional training program, emphasizing a balance between studio training and acting, design or production assignments with the Nevada Conservatory Theatre season-Las Vegas’ premiere regional theatre.
Admission Requirements
Students seeking an M.A. degree are admitted for
matriculation in the fall or spring semester of the academic
year. In addition to the general requirements for admission to
the Graduate College, applicants must submit the following
to the Department of Theatre:
1. An official transcript from all postsecondary institutions
attended, showing an undergraduate degree in theatre
and the date awarded. (An acceptable alternative
undergraduate major coupled with satisfactory practical
experience in theatre may be deemed equivalent to an
undergraduate major in theatre.)
2. A written statement (500 words or less) of the applicant’s
purpose in pursuing graduate study.
3. Two letters of recommendation sent by former instructors,
employers, or other professionals who can evaluate the
applicant’s potential to complete graduate study.
These materials may be sent to the following address:
Department of Theatre
Attn: Graduate Coordinator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Box 455036
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5036
