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Curriculum

​​MFA Acting

The MFA Acting program is designed to be completed in two years. The coursework and production requirements span 45 classes (120 credit hours) over six quarters.

First Year

Fall Quarter 2024
PRF 511 - GRADUATE ACTING I: Truth in Action
PRF 531 - GRADUATE VOICE I: Breath, Impulse, & Channel 
PRF 524 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Patterns & Contact
PRF 520 - GRADUATE SPEECH I: Vowels & Consonants 
PRF 521 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Yoga for Actors
PRF 551 - MFA 1 IMPROVISATION 1
PRF 571 - MFA 1 WORKSHOP
THE 601 - GRADUATE SEMINAR I: Theatre – Now/Then 

Winter Quarter 2025
PRF 512 -  GRADUATE ACTING I: Scene Study
PRF 532 - GRADUATE VOICE I: Resonance & Play
PRF 530 - GRADUATE SPEECH I: Phonetics & Idiolect
PRF 525 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Awareness, Radiance
PRF 552 - MFA 1 IMPROVISATION 2 
PRF 572 - MFA 1 WORKSHOP: Makeup and Monologues 
PRF REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE I : Casting Pool

Spring Quarter 2025
PRF 513 - GRADUATE ACTING I: Ensemble 
PRF 533 - GRADUATE VOICE I: High Stakes Full Expression 
PRF 540 - GRADUATE SPEECH I: Dialects 
PRF 523 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Laban and MPA 
PRF 620 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Neutral & Corporeal 
PRF 588 - GRADUATE ON-CAMERA I: Film  (with FILM488)
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE I: Casting Pool

Second Year

Fall Quarter 2024
PRF 611 - GRADUATE ACTING II: Shakespeare
PRF 621 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: World of the Play 
PRF 580 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Unarmed Combat for Stage and Screen
PRF 630 - GRADUATE SPEECH II: Voicing Shakespeare 
PRF 631 - GRADUATE VOICE II: Advanced Dialects 
PRF 671 - GRADUATE ACTING II: Auditioning for the Camera 
PRF 714 – GRADUATE ACTING II: Auditioning for Theater
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE II: Casting Pool

​Winter Quarter 2025
PRF 716 - GRADUATE ACTING II: Graduate Showcase 
PRF 622 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Mask/Whole Body 
PRF 624 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Weapons & Mo-Cap
PRF 633 - GRADUATE SPEECH II: Voice-over 
PRF 720 - GRADUATE ON-CAMERA II: Audition for Camera
PRF 672 - MFA WORKSHOP II: Business and Company Creation
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE II: Casting Pool

​Spring Quarter 2025
PRF 612 - GRADUATE ACTING II: Activism & Community 
PRF 688 - GRADUATE ON-CAMERA: Acting for Camera II 
PRF 623 - GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Red Nose/Flying 
PRF 632 - GRADUATE VOICE II: Extended Voice