Performance & Productions
•Annual Linnell Festival of New Plays. Third-year students receive full productions
•MFA Reading Series each fall for public concert readings of completed scripts
•Five students have won national playwriting awards from Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Notable Alumni
•Aniello Fontano, award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Clifford Odets Ensemble Commission recipient, Netflix writer
Professional Development
•Coursework includes screenwriting, performance topics, and the business of making art
•Trips to Humana Festival of New American Plays, New York premieres, and Denver Center New Play Summit
•Guest artists include Pig Iron Theatre Company, Erik Ehn, Mac Wellman, and Migdalia Cruz
Degree Flexibility
•Three-year, 60-credit-hour MFA with intimate cohort of no more than 9 students (up to 3 admitted per year)
•Graduate with portfolio of minimum 6 scripts: 3 full-length stage plays, 1 full-length screenplay, 1 short piece, and dissertation work
•Four intensive semester-long writing seminars confronting principles and craft of dramatic writing
