Training
•Bullet: General preparation for professional design of scenery, costumes, sound, and lighting
•Bullet: Preparation for careers in theatre and/or film or graduate studies
•Bullet: Small-class studio courses, laboratories, and hands-on production involvement
•Bullet: 69 credit hours across Theatre & Dance, Visual Art, and Art History departments
•Bullet: Scenography faculty with professional and academic expertise
•Bullet: Integrated approach covering scenic, lighting, costume, and sound design
•Bullet: MFA Scenography program on campus provides mentorship opportunities
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Involvement in University Theatre and University Dance Company productions
•Bullet: Work alongside professional faculty and staff in fully-equipped facilities
•Bullet: Students regularly advance to Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Leah Mazur — KU MFA graduate, now area head of BFA in Design and Technology at the University of Texas-Arlington
•Bullet: Neil LaBute — playwright and filmmaker (In the Company of Men, The Shape of Things), completed graduate work at KU