UVA’s MFA in Drama delivers professional-caliber training in performance, scenic and costume design, lighting, and stage direction. Students receive hands-on experience through fully mounted productions at the Helms Theatre and Ruth Caplin Theatre while studying dramatic theory, stagecraft, and production management. The program fosters artistic innovation, collaboration, and portfolio development, preparing graduates for careers in regional theater, film, teaching, and Broadway-level production.
Direction of a modern adaptation of a Shakespeare play
Costume design portfolio for multicultural historical drama
Set construction for immersive audience staging
Acting showcase based on character archetype transformations
Lighting design study for expressionist theatre
Original short play written and produced for festival circuit
Devised theater performance based on oral history interviews
Sound design for minimalist stage productions
Theater-in-education module for rural schools
Analysis of performance theory in postmodern works
Stage management logistics for repertory theatre
Scene study of absurdist plays through gendered lens
Design of a bilingual children’s play with puppetry
Virtual reality-enhanced rehearsal system for remote direction
Repertory calendar strategy for regional theater company
Scenographic analysis of environmental sustainability in set design
Directorial notebook for contemporary political drama
Makeup design thesis focused on transformation in myth-based plays
Transform performance into profession through UVA’s immersive MFA in Drama.
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