戏剧-导演
概述
The MFA in Directing will accept its next class to begin in the Fall of 2025. Review of applications will begin in January 2025.
伊利诺斯州's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Directing program cultivates the next generation of creative leaders in the American theatre.
The Directing program accepts a select group of advanced students who have demonstrated the potential to succeed in long-term careers as professional directors. We nurture the emergence of a unique and personal aesthetic for each director, while at the same time fostering an appreciation for the skills and technique required to achieve sustainable success in the profession. Accepted candidates will demonstrate curiosity about their world and the capacity to lead with empathy.
The goals of the program challenge students to:
- Develop an individualized aesthetic that speaks to today's world
- Communicate effectively with performers
- Collaborate openly and creatively with a design team
- Analyze plays from multiple genres
- Embrace poetic language and rhetorical device in classical plays
- Master staging techniques for multiple space configurations
- 以专业严谨的态度工作
生产经验
Learn more about the production experience available during each of the Directing program's three years.
伊利诺斯州莎士比亚节
导演将为 伊利诺斯州莎士比亚节 for 10 hours per week as part of their graduate assistantship. 职责可能包括铸造, 教育, 市场营销, or company management depending on the student's interest and the needs of the Festival. All MFA students will also teach one 本科 theatre class per semester.
骄傲点
学院的 著名的校友 包括电影, 电视, and theatre professionals such as Jane Lynch, 肖恩·海耶斯, 约翰·马尔科维奇, 克雷格·罗宾逊, 特里Kinney, 杰夫•佩里, 劳里·梅特卡夫. Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre was created by theatre students while they were attending 伊利诺斯州.
研究生导师
Dr. 劳伦·洛厄尔
(309) 438-5135
百周年东- ce007
安排参观
Discover what life as an 伊利诺斯州 graduate student is like.
如何申请
大学入学要求
A student applying to a master's program must:
- have earned a four-year bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a college or university that is accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting association, 或者在一学年之内完成
- 最少2个.平均绩点8分(4分).0 scale) for the last 60 hours of 本科 work
- present unofficial transcripts from each college or university other than 伊利诺斯州 at which graduate, 本科, 或者获得非学位学分. The unofficial transcript should be easily readable and clearly indicate degree(s) awarded, courses and course grades for each term. If accepted, official transcripts can be emailed from the university to 研究生招生@IllinoisState.edu or mailed in a sealed envelope to: 伊利诺斯州 University, 研究生院, 209 Hovey Hall, Campus Box 4040, Normal, IL 61790-4040.
International students can learn more about specific application requirements by visiting the 招生办公室.
Additional Program Admission Requirements
A student applying to this program must:
- 提交一份最近的简历.
- provide three professional or academic letters of recommendation.
- interview with a member of the faculty. Interviews are held at U/RTA sites in Chicago and New York or on the 伊利诺斯州 campus.
- submit a letter of intent and statement of purpose addressing why you make theatre your professional and artistic goals and the appropriateness of advanced training at this time.
Directing written materials must be submitted by January 1 to:
戏剧、舞蹈和电影学院
校园信箱5700
正常,IL 61790-5700
For more information regarding MFA in Directing, contact 罗伯特•昆兰.
申请的最后期限
- Fall Term — Not accepting applications for Fall 2024. The next recruitment cycle will begin in Fall 2024 for a Fall 2025 cohort.
研究生助教奖学金
The University provides graduate assistantships as a means of financial support. They are intended as a way to facilitate a student's progress to degree while providing important professional development.
资格
To be eligible for an assistantship a student must, generally,
- be admitted unconditionally as a degree-seeking student into a graduate academic program, or have a minimum of 120 本科 hours if in an integrated degree program
- 信誉良好
- be enrolled full-time (typically at least 9 credit hours during the fall or spring semesters, or at least 6 hours during the summer session).
好处
研究生助理收到
- monthly wages paid in the form of either a stipend or an hourly wage
- a waiver for 100% of tuition during a semester of appointment
- a waiver for up to 12 credit hours of tuition for the summer term immediately following a fall or spring appointment
成本 & 资金
看到 学生账户 for information on tuition and fees. 资金 for graduate students is available from several different sources. 学生 who have been admitted from contiguous states including Iowa, 印第安纳州, 肯塔基州, 密歇根, 密苏里州, and Wisconsin will receive in-state tuition.
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