MFA Acting
Formerly structured in a three-year format, the MFA Acting program is now (beginning fall 2021) designed to be completed in two years. The coursework and production requirements listed below represent the requirements for the two-year format and span 45 classes (120 credit hours).
First Year
Fall Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING I: Truth in Action
GRADUATE VOICE I: Breath, Impulse, & Channel
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Patterns & Contact
GRADUATE SPEECH I: Vowels & Consonants
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Yoga for Actors
MFA 1 IMPROVISATION One
MFA 1 WORKSHOP IA Equilibrium IB Poetry
GRADUATE SEMINAR I: Theatre – Now/Then
December Intersession
GRADUATE SEMINAR I: Plays – Analysis/Structure
Winter Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING I: Scene Study
GRADUATE VOICE I: Resonance & Play
GRADUATE SPEECH I: Phonetics & Idiolect
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Awareness, Radiance
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Acro-Yoga for Actors
MFA 1 IMPROVISATION Two
MFA 1 WORKSHOP IA Make-up IB Monologues
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE I: Actors Project
Spring Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING I: Ensemble
GRADUATE VOICE I: High Stakes Full Expression
GRADUATE SPEECH I: Dialects
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Laban and MPA
GRADUATE MOVEMENT I: Neutral & Corporeal
MFA 1 WORKSHOP IA Community IB Dialogue
GRADUATE ON-CAMERA I: Film (with FILM488)
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE I: Casting Pool
Second Year
Fall Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING II: Shakespeare
GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Storytelling & WOP
GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Unarmed Combat
GRADUATE VOICE II: Shakespeare
GRADUATE SPEECH II: Text and Rhetoric
GRADUATE ACTING II: Audition for Theater
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE II: Casting Pool
MFA WORKSHOP II: IIA Marketing IIB Self-tapes
Winter Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING II: Graduate Showcase
GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Mask/Whole Body
GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Weapons & Mo-Cap
GRADUATE SPEECH II: Animation
GRADUATE ON-CAMERA II: Audition for Camera
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE II: Casting Pool
MFA WORKSHOP II: IIA Business IIB Co. Creation
Spring Quarter
GRADUATE ACTING II: Activism & Community
GRADUATE ON-CAMERA: Acting for Camera II
GRADUATE MOVEMENT II: Red Nose/Flying
GRADUATE VOICE II: Voiceover
REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE II: Casting Pool or Independent Project
In addition to completing the above requirements, each student must complete one analytical/reflective paper a minimum of 15 pages in length in conjunction with Rehearsal and Performance casting, Head of Program approved topic, or Independent Project in their final quarter of study.