Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MFA in Theatre (Acting)
Louisiana State University, Department of Theatre (MFA in Theatre, Acting) · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
- Award
- MFA in Theatre (Acting)
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personSix consecutive semesters; accelerated two-year program
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Six-semester accelerated graduate acting program; admission only by audition and interview with the program heads, with a new cohort every two years.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- Advertised approaches
- Seven Pillars Acting (Meisner/Stanislavski based)As advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- MFA in Theatre (Acting)
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Louisiana State University
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Six consecutive semesters; accelerated two-year program
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- LSU campus, Department of Theatre
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Minimum of two contrasting monologues of one minute each (YouTube video for direct applicants)
- Self-tape
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Admitted only through an audition and interview with the program heads.
- Interview
- Interview with the program heads
- Intakes
- Fall 2027
- Deadlines
- Non-URTA applicants: submit by January 1st, 2027 for the fall 2027 cohort
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
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Funding
Graduate assistantship Assistantship
Basis not stated · assistantships of $30,667 annually, plus a tuition waiver and a 75% health insurance waiver
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)