Overview

About the Theatre and Performance program

Our programs at the University at Buffalo are designed to foster scholar-artists who are well versed in research, scholarship, and performance practice. Theatre and Performance in this context includes not only drama, musical theatre, and dance, but also new forms such as intermedia performance and collaborations with art, media study, and music.

Working closely with faculty in a small cohort, graduate students develop their individual research by combining history, criticism, and theory with lab-based projects that explore research questions in performance. The intentionally small size allows for close mentorship in research, writing, and production within a program of study designed to best serve each individual student.

Unique to this program is the Graduate Studio, the artistic and experimental through-line of the program. In the Studio students explore their research and creative interests in a laboratory setting. With financial support, the Studio enables students to test their ideas in focused projects. In this structure, students graduate with a depth of knowledge in history, theory, and criticism, as well as a body of original creative work that they can use as a foundation for their production specialty.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Sources of Modern Theatre

Theatre and the Moving Image

Shakespeare on Stage

Major Principles of Acting Theory

Critical Theories of World Theatre & Performance

Dance Theory and Aesthetics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Buffalo, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Personal Statement (1-2 page statement outlining your professional goals and research interests)

unofficial academic transcript (official transcripts must be submitted upon acceptance.)

academic writing sample (e.g., scholarly essay or academic paper, performance or book review)

portfolio of creative activities

non-refundable application fee

3 letters of recommendation

a detailed professional resume or c.v.

samples of performance or production experience

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25740 USD / year

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Out-of-State

25740 USD / year

≈ 25740 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

11310 USD / year

≈ 11310 USD / year

Living costs

Buffalo

United States

920 - 1560 USD / month

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Overview

About the Theatre and Performance program

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Buffalo

Financing

Funding

Scholarships Information

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