{"id":4723,"date":"2022-06-08T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-program-page&p=4723"},"modified":"2023-08-17T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:56:19","slug":"mfa","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/directing\/mfa\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA Directing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Individually designed with each student’s artistic strengths, challenges, and personal ambitions, BU’s MFA program in directing prepares students for a rewarding career, as resident or freelance directors, in a variety of fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With an average class size of six students and a 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio, MFA directing students gain hands-on experience, regularly interacting with BU faculty and guest artists. They get the chance to direct their own plays and work in BU’s state-of-the-art theatre complex, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a>, along with partners from prestigious theatre companies like the Huntington Theatre Company<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BU’s MFA in directing seeks to…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Extend, intensify, and focus the director’s theatrical versatility and imagination<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Explore creative collaborations with actors, designers, playwrights<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Envision possibilities for new artistic leadership in American theatre<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Program of Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The CFA School of Theatre<\/a> admits one or two students each year to the MFA directing program. Ideal candidates have at least three to five years of professional directing experience outside of a university setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core curriculum includes colloquium, scene study, design master class, dramatic literature, dramatic criticism, directed studies, and an internship with a recognized professional arts organization. A required professional development residency in the third year with a theatre company or artistic mentor of the student’s choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct a large-scale, and widely-promoted, thesis production in the third year with a full complement of designers. An Artistic Director Option is available that joins the MFA directing curriculum with a graduate certificate in arts administration<\/a> at BU Metropolitan College<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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… and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, directed by Sara Katzoff<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Angels in America Part One: Millenium Approaches, directed by Jillian Robertson (CFA’19)<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Corruption of Morgana Pendragon, directed by Noah Putterman (CFA’22)<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n