M.F.A. 导演
美术硕士
The Professional 导演 Program prepares advanced students for careers as professional directors.
The program is 设计ed to train and prepare directors for a career in the professional theater. All training is centered on the principle of collaboration with actors, 设计ers, and playwrights.
课程
During a three-year course of study, directors develop and practice their craft in a variety of ways ranging from acting scene work to directing fully supported main stage productions.
第一年:
The initial year typically includes fundamentals in directing (a two-semester journey through the directing process, from pre-production work through opening night, 包括试镜, 表工作, rehearsal techniques and the tech process), the director-设计er collaboration, and developing skills working with actors and playwrights. Realized production will include directing a “Realism Project”.
第二年:
The second year is focused on student directed “Style Projects” and practicum experiences, as well as 研讨会 in period style and sound 设计 for the director. Students are also typically assigned to work with playwrights in the MFA 剧本创作 program on new work, culminating in readings, 研讨会, or full productions for the annual Seabury Quinn Jr. 剧本创作 Festival in the spring semester. 表演课程, 剧本创作, 设计, theater history and criticism, and electives complete the first two years.
三年级:
The third year is the culmination of the previous two and serves as an entry into the professional theater. Qualified students direct a fully supported main stage project and intern at a League of Resident 剧院s (LORT) theater or an equivalent producing organization.
机会
Students have interned at the Victory Gardens 剧院, 古德曼剧院, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical 剧院, 阿宾登剧院, 格斯里剧院, 迷宫剧院, American Conservatory 剧院, 舞台的中心, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Cleveland Play House, 老环球剧院, 剧作家的视野, 圣地亚哥剧团, and Denver 剧院 Center, and 发脾气剧院 in Dublin, 俄亥俄州, 等.
入学 to the program is by interview and audition at the annual U/RTA sites and at scheduled interviews on campus. The Professional 导演 program is open to a limited number of talented, 成熟的, and committed students.