Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Master of Fine Arts - Drama (Acting)
The Juilliard School · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person4 years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Four-year graduate acting program for students who already hold a bachelor's degree, studying with BFA actors in the same voice, movement and scene study studios.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training
- Advertised approaches
- Alexander TechniqueAs 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
- Master of Fine Arts
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- The Juilliard School
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 4 years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- The Juilliard School (Lincoln Center)60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
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Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Four memorized monologues (two heightened text, at least one Shakespeare and at least one in verse; two contemporary), each about two minutes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Memorized monologues plus 16 bars of a cappella song; in-person auditions held in New York City, San Francisco and Chicago (New York City dates: January 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 2027), callback weekend March 11-14, 2027; Zoom prescreening required for applicants residing outside the United States and Canada.
- Intakes
- Fall 2027
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Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orientation Fee (all new students)Mandatory fee · mandatory | $250one-time, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Funding
MFA Acting tuition-free Tuition waiver
Guaranteed for eligible students · Tuition-free for all four years; the fourth year also includes a living stipend; students pay living expenses and fees
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)