Friday, July 11, 2008

Graduate Degree Programs

Schools offering MA or MFA degrees in Dramaturgy are:

University of Kent in England the name of the degree is MA Theatre Dramaturgy 60 credit hours or 2 years. The most notable feature of this program is they work with professional theatres and also allow the student to pursue their own areas of interest.

University of Iowa in Iowa City offers a MFA with 64 credit hours. They focus on teaching the student how to help develop a new work and have playwrights come in residence the students help develop the new play

Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana offers a MFA 60 credit hours over 3 years.
Kent State University in Kent Ohio offers a MFA 60-73 hours and must include 2 professional internships

Hunter College in New York City offers a MFA 30-credits they are employed as dramaturges by the college and will collaborate with playwright during their annual festival.

Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec offers a MFA with 72-credits. They work with professional Canadian Theatres while completing their degree

California State in Long Beach, California offers a MFA with 60-units. They work with California Repertory that is an extension the department and are a professional equity theatre.

Depaul University in Chicago, Illinois offers a MFA a 3 year program and students intern with Chicago theatres.

Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia offers a Mlitt/MFA. The first the student studies scholarly and theatrical conventions of modern theatre. In the second year declare emphasis in Dramaturgy and complete 36 hours.



University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama offers a MFA a 3 years program the students both apprentice literary managers and dramaturges for new play readings and productions. They also may complete the 3rd year with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival