Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Master of Fine Arts in Acting
UMKC Conservatory - MFA in Acting · Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personThree years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Three-year, 60-credit in-person MFA acting conservatory program; the Conservatory plans its next cohort for fall 2027.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Three years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Credits
- 60 creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- UMKC Conservatory
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Audition detail
- Auditions via URTA dates around the country and virtual options; applicants submit the Audition Interest form materials (headshot/resume, essay, two letters of recommendation), requested by Feb. 7, 2027
- References
- Two letters of recommendation
- Writing or research sample
- Two-page essay or un-essay response to two prompts about theatre and life
- Intakes
- Next MFA Acting cohort planned for fall 2027, recruitment beginning fall 2026
- Deadlines
- Audition interest form materials requested by Feb. 7, 2027
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.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, schedule, 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)