Our MFA in playwriting is a three-year program. We are looking for students who are committed to: the athletic development of their craft; the deep interrogation of the forms and purposes of their art, and of the place of art in the larger world; a leaning into faithful transformation of society through theatrical action. Students take a strong hand in designing their own course of study; they are given opportunities to learn and opportunities to teach as well (the process of constructing and executing syllabi is so useful to the articulation of mission). Candidates for graduation submit a...

Teens WRITE (Writing, Reading, and Investigating Theater Everywhere) is a three-month program that meets weekly, April through July 2018, in which students, ages 13 to 17, will write, revise, cast, direct, and produce original plays culminating in a Ten-Minute Play Festival. Led by FABIOLA R. DECIUS, a local Boston playwright, teens will learn the basic elements of playwriting, how to critically respond to other’s work in a positive and reassuring setting, steps in rewriting and revising, criterion for auditioning and casting a play, and directing techniques. Additionally, teens will...

Students studying in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts develop skills as imaginative practitioners, understand art as a meaningful human endeavor, and explore creative works in dialogue with the past and our current moment. The Visual and Performing Arts Department comprises six separate majors. In our classes, you will learn about the history of creative practice, from the ancient Greek architects and the plays of William Shakespeare to the music of Duke Ellington, the films of Maya Deren, and the contemporary photo-collages of Mickalene Thomas. You will cultivate the...

Founded in 1981 at Boston University by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) is an award-winning professional theatre dedicated to new works. At the heart of BPT’s mission is the production of new plays by alumni of its M.F.A. Playwriting Program, the latter in collaboration with Boston University’s renowned School of Theatre. The program’s award-winning alumni have been produced in regional and New York houses, internationally, as well as in London’s West End. BPT’s productions have been honored with numerous national, regional, and Boston awards, including IRNE...

As partners in the MFA in Playwriting, the Playwriting program and the School of Theatre (SOT) want to ensure that our playwriting graduates are equipped for both the academic and professional worlds of the theatre. To that end, the MFA in Playwriting combines a strong commitment to literary scholarship with invaluable, hands-on collaborations with other theatre artists. Our shared goal, while building on the strong foundation of our award-winning successes, integrates faculty expertise in our renowned Department of English (in GRS) with complementary SOT strengths (in CFA) in acting,...

Job Description Boston University's College of Fine Arts invites applications for the position of Professor of Directing, non-tenure-track, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2022. CFA's School of Theatre is a prominent beacon for the arts in New England. With accomplished, award-winning alumni (including actors Jason Alexander, Geena Davis, Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard, and Ginnifer Goodwin); five dedicated theatres, including the stunning state-of-the­art Booth Theatre; 40 faculty who are actively engaged in the profession of theatre-making, CFA's School of Theatre is widely...

Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC), the program for musical theater performance, stage management, conducting, and songwriting minors at Berklee College of Music, is seeking new musical submissions for main stage, staged-reading, and studio workshop productions. Scripts at all stages of development are welcome.

Through a combination of personalized dramaturgy, group workshops, and professional development classes — featuring a roster of locally and nationally recognized artistic leaders — Company One Theatre’s PlayLab is an incubator of new work for writers of varied experience levels and backgrounds. Over its six seasons, C1 PlayLab has provided a multiplicity of dramaturgical support models for more than 40 playwrights, all with the goal of supporting Boston’s diverse artistic field.

Theatre is more than a craft: it’s a way of connecting with others, of approaching challenges, and engaging the world. As a theatre artist in Emerson’s Department of Performing Arts, you will receive the necessary tools to focus your creative talents towards a fulfilling career—and life—in the theatre.

HowlRound is a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide that amplifies progressive, disruptive ideas about the art form and facilitates connection between diverse practitioners.

THEATRE.UNIVERSITY is the First Global Theatre e-Learning Platform. An academic and practical space that offers courses by world class theatre teachers practicioners and specialists from all over the planet. From NYU, to Yale School of Drama, Harvard, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, RESAD, New York Film Academy, Rutgers University, Bard College, Bennington College, Denison University, Barnard College, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UNED and many more. But you can also find here courses by award winning practicioners not teaching anywhere else. A space where students can create...

The A.R.T. Institute was established in 1987 by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) as a training ground for the professional American theater. It is a two-year, graduate training program for theater professionals, operated in association with the Moscow Art Theater School (MXAT). The wide range of courses given by the international faculty offers students unique preparation for the multi-faceted demands of the professional theater.