Theatre (Dramatic Writing), MFA

ASU's Gammage theatre is one of the world's largest university-based presenters of performing arts, and hosts Broadway shows in Phoenix. Theatre students have state-of-the-art facilities including multiple performance venues, rehearsal studios, a theatre scene shop, costume shop, and lighting and sound workshops. The concentration in dramatic writing under the Master of Fine Arts program in theatre includes coursework in playwriting, screenwriting, historical studies in theatre, and dramatic theory. Students direct new work, study dramaturgy and literary management, and pursue related topics such as writing for solo performance, storytelling, devising and collaborative writing in a variety of genres such as comedy, horror, science fiction and fantasy. The School of Music, Dance and Theatre supports the production of new plays and performance works written by its MFA students. Student-written work is showcased in annual Theatre Labs and is considered for main stage productions.

3.0 GPA or equivalent