Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Contemporary Theatre and Performance (MFA)
The New School - School of Drama · Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In person3 years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Graduate program combining advanced training in acting, directing and writing, with integrated pathways such as actor-director and actor-writer, or a path anchored in acting.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- The New School
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 3 years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Credits
- 60 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- The New School - School of Drama
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Admissions and auditions
Selection depends on pathway
- Audition detail
- Two rounds: first-round application and portfolio (priority deadline December 1; year not stated on page), then a second-round portfolio conference by invitation.
- Interview
- Second-round portfolio conference by invitation
- Prior education
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or the equivalent foreign degree, completed before the start of the term
- Intakes
- Fall
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Fees
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Sources and verification
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Sources and how this was checked
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