Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MFA Acting
University of Arkansas, Department of Theatre (MFA Acting) · Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts in Theatre (Acting)
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personThree years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Three-year professional actor-training MFA. The current cohort is at capacity and recruitment for the next cohort (2029-2031) begins in fall 2028.
- 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 Theatre (Acting)
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Arkansas
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Three years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- University of Arkansas campus, Department of Theatre
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Three contrasting monologues totalling no more than eight minutes; optional song up to one minute
- Self-tape
- Yes
- Audition detail
- All applicants must submit a video audition; final admission requires a formal application to the Graduate School.
- Deadlines
- Recruitment for the next cohort (2029-2031) will begin in fall 2028.
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
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Funding
Graduate assistantship Assistantship
Basis not stated · Pays all tuition (excluding fees); minimum 9-month stipend of $21,163 per academic year
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)