23 Drama Masters Degree Programs

The Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing program focuses on helping students develop their craft through intensive coursework, workshops, and mentorship. It is designed for aspiring playwrights, sc...

The Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program in Dramatic Art is designed for students who want to deepen their skills in theatre and related performance arts. It offers training in acting, directing, writ...

The MA in Applied Theatre degree program, the first program of its kind in the United States, uses theatre as a medium for education, community development, and the pursuit of social justice.

Theatre for Young Audiences is a practical training program for performers and makers from a range of disciplines, that explores approaches to making work for, by, and with children and young people. Underpinning the course is the ambition to define Theatre for Young Audiences as a cutting-edge arts practice, outside (or perhaps alongside) the Applied Theatre framing that so often dominates this area of training, encouraging co-creative processes that balance the sensibilities of the adult artist and the creative voice of children and young people.

The program combines hands-on practice with analytical study to prepare students for careers in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism. It focuses on developing skills that help students analyze theater te...

The first and only MA of its kind to focus on queer performance, this course offers broad training in a range of queer performance practices, delivered by renowned queer artists, theatre-makers, academics, and researchers. Fiercely socially engaged, political, experimental, and interdisciplinary, the course provides an in-depth, comprehensive examination of queer performance practice, studying its themes, methodologies, and untapped possibilities.

The MFA program in Dramatic Art is designed for students who want to develop advanced skills in theater. It combines hands-on training with theoretical study, allowing students to refine their craft i...

The MSc Dramatherapy program focuses on combining theoretical understanding with practical skills to prepare students for a career in therapeutic storytelling and creative intervention. Students learn...