Master’s degree · Initial professional preparation
Performance MFA (Theatre)
UNLV Department of Theatre · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Award
- Master of Fine Arts, Performance
- Audience & level
- Adults
- Format
- In personthree years
- Price
- Not published
About this program
A three-year MFA with an interdisciplinary acting education covering contemporary, classical and new works, acting for the camera and musical theatre. The Performance programme accepts a new class only every three years.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Screen acting, Musical theatre
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s degree
- Exact award
- Master of Fine Arts, Performance
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- three years
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Credits
- 72 US semester credit hours (minimum)Credit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- UNLV main campus4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
Admissions and auditions
Selection depends on pathway
- Audition detail
- Concentration-specific requirements not found on the graduate programmes page.
- Prior education
- An undergraduate degree in theatre (an acceptable alternative major with satisfactory practical experience may be deemed equivalent)
- References
- Two letters of recommendation
- Writing or research sample
- A written statement (500 words or less) of purpose
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
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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.
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