Program Recognition
•Bullet: Two-year MFA with concentration in Pedagogy/Performance, tailored to early- to mid-career theatre professionals
•Bullet: Combines pedagogy, performance studies, dramaturgy, and critical studies with production work and undergraduate teaching
•Bullet: Requires minimum 60 credit hours including written thesis in final semester
•Bullet: Students take 15 credits per semester and teach/assist in undergraduate classrooms during second year
•Bullet: Professionalization training for the academic job market
•Bullet: VCUarts ranked #4 among graduate arts programs; Theatre ranked among the nation’s top Drama Programs
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Tonia Sina (MFA ’06) — coined the term “Intimacy Director” in her VCU thesis; founder of Intimacy Directors International; choreographed intimacy at Chicago Lyric Opera, Stratford Festival, and the Guthrie Theatre •Bullet: 100+ alumni hold faculty positions at Michigan State, Boston University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Connecticut, SUNY Albany, and Loyola Marymount
•Bullet: Alumni serve in education departments of major LORT theatres nationwide
Location
•Bullet: Richmond, VA — 90 minutes from Washington, D.C. and one hour from Williamsburg
