THEATRE

Acting Head of the Department and Director of Graduate Studies: Robert Graves

Correspondence and Admission Information: Head, Department of Theatre, 4-122 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-2371; E-mail: theatre@uiuc.edu

URL: www.theatre.uiuc.edu/theatre

ADMISSION

Candidates should apply to one of the nine graduate programs offered: Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with specialization in acting, costume design, costume-shop management and technology, lighting design, scene design, stage management, or theatre technology; the Master of Arts in Theatre with specialization in theatre history; or the Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre with specialization in theatre history. All applicants should present transcripts documenting undergraduate or graduate study of theatre practice, dramatic literature, and theatre history with a cumulative grade point average in these subjects of at least 3.0 (A = 4.0). Applicants whose first language is not English must submit recent Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores; the current minimum score for consideration is 550 on the paper-based test (213 on the computer-based version).

Candidates for the M.F.A. degree must demonstrate talent in theatrical performance or production by audition or by the presentation of a portfolio of their work to an admissions committee of the faculty, either on campus or at one of the regional University/Resident Theatre Association (U/RTA) audition sites. M.F.A. candidates are admitted in the fall term only. The M.F.A. acting program accepts applications only every three years; the next academic year in