Graduate Admission Requirements
General Requirements
Each applicant must complete the Indiana University Application for Graduate School admission form. The request on this form for a list of publications and creative work may be abbreviated since each applicant is required to submit a detailed resume of his/her creative work in the theatre. Please note that the Department of Theatre and Drama requires the G.R.E. scores. Three references will be requested. The three persons who write supporting statements in behalf of the applicant should be familiar with the applicant's technical skill, creative ability, and potential for growth. The application will request a 300-500 word statement which should relate to the theatre in general as well as the applicant's special areas of interest. The MFA candidate should apply within one week after on campus or U/RTA auditions.
Auditions and interviews for prospective M.F.A. students in the areas of acting and directing will be held through the University/Resident Theatre Association (212/221-1130) auditions in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Those students not participating in the U/RTA auditions, but wishing to audition for representatives of this department in New York, Chicago, or San Francisco should contact the Theatre and Drama Department Graduate Secretary to make an appointment (812-855-4503). Auditions and interviews on the Bloomington campus are usually held on the first Saturday and Sunday in February. On campus appointments should also be made through the Department Graduate Secretary.
Specific Requirements
Acting
- Attend the national University Resident Theatre Association (U/RTA) acting auditions and interviews or the auditions and interviews held at Indiana University.
- copies of reviews, photographs, and/or other material that demonstrate your technical skill and creative ability.
- Provide a photograph and resume that lists your creative work in the theatre and related areas.
- Two 2-minute pieces should be prepared. One should be verse drama (preferably Shakesperean), and the other should be a contemporary selection.
- Provide copies of review, photographs and/or other material that demonstrate the applicant's technical skill and creative ability.
- Provide a photograph and resume that lists the applicant's creative work in the theatre and related areas.
Additional information on the M.F.A. Acting program.
Directing
- Attend the national U/RTA acting auditions and interviews or the auditions and interviews held at Indiana University.
- Provide copies of reviews, photographs, prompt books, and/or other material that demonstrate your technical skill and creative ability.
- Be prepared to discuss in depth a production concept, the analysis of a script, rehearsal procedures, and potential directorial problems for two plays to be designated by the Department of Theatre and Drama.
- Provide a photograph and resume that lists your creative work in the theatre and related areas.
- All potential directing students must prepare the acting audition described above, unless they are going through the U/RTA interviews.
- Be prepared to discuss in depth a production concept, the analysis of a script, rehearsal procedures, and potential directorial problems for King Lear by Shakespeare and one of the following Sam Shepard plays: The Tooth of Crime, Buried Child, or Curse of the Starving Class. Students interviewing through U/RTA should be prepared to discuss those plays on the U/RTA list only.
- Provide a photograph and resume that lists the applicant's creative work in the theatre and related areas.
Additional information on the M.F.A. Directing program
Playwriting
- Submit at least two complete scripts.
- Provide copies of reviews and/or other material that demonstrate your skill and creative ability. Under special circumstances other forms of writing may be accepted as evidence.
- Provide a resume that lists your creative work in the theatre and related areas.
- A personal interview is strongly recommended.
Additional information on the M.F.A. Playwriting program
Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, Theatre Technology
- Attend the national U/RTA auditions and interviews or call for an interview held at Indiana University, Bloomington campus.
- Submit a portfolio of appropriate sketches, renderings, working drawings, light plots, photographs; sound tapes, and/or other material that helps demonstrate your technical skill and creative ability in your area of special interest.
- Provide a resume that lists your creative work in the theatre and related areas.
Additional information on the M.F.A. Scenic Design program
Additional information on the M.F.A. Costume Design program
Additional information on the M.F.A. Lighting Design program
Additional information on the M.F.A. Theatre Technology program
MA, MA for Teachers, PhD
Additional information on the M.A. program
Additional information on the M.A. for Teacher's program
Additional information on the PhD. program
University Graduate School Information and Online Application
University Graduate School Information
Online Application Form
for University Graduate School Degree Programs (for use by domestic and international applicants)
University/Resident Theatre Association
If you need information on U/RTA you may contact U/RTA at:
1560 Broadway, #801
New York, NY 10036
(212) 221-1130
Or by e-mail at urta@aol.com.
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