Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
MFA Acting
University of Houston, School of Theatre & Dance · Houston, Texas, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts in Acting
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personThree years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Three-year conservatory-style graduate program aimed at regional theatre careers; in the third year students move to the Alley Theatre and work with its Resident Acting Company.
- 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 Houston
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 Houston School of Theatre & Dance
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Self-tape
- Yes
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- In-person auditions and interviews through URTA; video audition option, not to exceed 2 minutes 30 seconds.
- Interview
- Interviews held at URTA auditions
- Deadlines
- Video submissions should be received by January 15 for priority consideration (year not printed) (2027)
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
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Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Productions
- In the third year students transition to the Alley Theatre and work alongside the Resident Acting Company.
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)