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UC Irvine Department of Drama

Irvine, California, United States · trading as Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Drama

Overview

The drama department of the University of California, Irvine in Orange County, whose M.F.A. in Drama includes an Acting emphasis for working professional actors.

Verified training fields: Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, Movement

Programs and classes

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Degrees

  • M.F.A. in Drama: Acting

    M.F.A. in Drama (Acting emphasis) · Adults

    Theatre acting, Screen acting, Voice & speech, MovementIn personthree years (Year One, Year Two, Year Three)EnglishUC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts

    Price not published

Teaching locations

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  • UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts

    4000 Mesa Road, Irvine, CA 92697-2775, Irvine, Orange County, California, United States

    • Claire Trevor Theatre
    • Robert Cohen Theatre

Recognition

Recognition is described exactly as sourced. There is no universal acting accreditation, and association membership is not accreditation. Many good studios hold no accreditation at all; that is normal for non-degree training.

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Sources and verification

How this profile was verified

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Sources (checked 16 October 2026)

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