NYU’s MFA in Drama is an intensive studio-based training program for actors, directors, playwrights, and performance makers. Grounded in classical technique and contemporary practice, the program emphasizes embodied storytelling, ensemble work, and creative experimentation. Students collaborate on full productions, develop original material, and work with New York’s vibrant theater community. Ideal for those seeking professional excellence and artistic innovation on stage and beyond.
Monologue sequence exploring memory and fragmented identity
Directing workshop based on Brechtian epic theatre
Devising a play based on oral histories from immigrant communities
Physical theatre adaptation of a Shakespearean tragedy
Reimagining a classic text through LGBTQ+ perspectives
Solo performance integrating movement, voice, and multimedia
Site-specific performance exploring gentrification and loss
Staging ritual-based theatre incorporating sound and gesture
Creating a devised ensemble piece on labor rights
Directing scenes using viewpoints and Suzuki technique
Developing a cross-cultural adaptation of a mythological epic
Choreographing movement sequences for emotionally intense dialogue
Collaborating with visual artists on set-based storytelling
Designing lighting to shape emotional tone in experimental works
Writing and staging a political satire for live audiences
Sound design project using found and environmental audio
Creating a theatre piece entirely through improvisation
Puppetry and object theatre for adult audiences
Building audience interactivity into live theatre
Exploring trauma recovery through performance and ritual
Transform your theatrical voice in NYU’s immersive, interdisciplinary Drama MFA program.
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