{"id":5926,"date":"2022-06-20T14:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-program-page&p=5926"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:05:54","slug":"mfa","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/production-management\/mfa\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA Production Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At BU, graduate students in the production management program receive hands-on training, with a mix of both ongoing studio classes in design, production, and management and immersive laboratory course work as production managers and association productions on projects within the School of Theatre (SOT) performance season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With an average of four to six total students enrolled in the production management program, students are supported by close mentorship relationships with the SOT Management faculty and staff in both their studio and laboratory coursework as they enhance and broaden their skill sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Master the art and craft<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BU’s MFA Production Management program aims to develop a complete theatre artist by fostering a passion for theatre, storytelling, management, and collaborative process. Students learn about the art and craft of production management while also learning how to be a full person who makes theatre. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diversity within the curriculum provides opportunities for students to gain experience in all areas of theatre-making that aid students in developing as well-rounded production managers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BU School of Theatre’s resources and spaces provide a variety of experiences for students that serve to foster artistic growth. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it doesn’t hurt that we’re located in Boston, a city filled with a vibrant theatre and arts community for students to explore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Program of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BU’s production management program consists of a rigorous curriculum that combines theoretical and hands-on experience, providing ample opportunities for students to develop their unique voices as production managers and theatre artists. Production management students hone their personal philosophy of theatre artistry and management and explore their own innovative and collaborative creative process through mentored production assignments and hands-on study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students engage with current practices of design, production, and theatre management through associations with professional theatre organizations, the general arts community in Boston, School of Theatre alums, and a faculty of active theatre professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A theatre management option is available that joins the MFA production management curriculum with a graduate certificate program in arts administration<\/a> at BU Metropolitan College<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The School of Theatre works in a variety of spaces and produces many types of shows of varying scale promoting flexibility and a well-rounded skill set through hands-on experience as a production manager and associate production manager.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hands-on study in our productions in venues ranging from 30-seat black box studios to the state-of-the-art dramatic arts complex, BU\u2019s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a>, covering a variety of genres including plays (published and original), devised works, operas, and musicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BU Opera Institute<\/a> produces two chamber operas and two large-venue operas every year in collaboration with SOT, providing students with exposure to the specificity of opera production management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A faculty and staff of working theatre professionals mentor production management students in their studio and production coursework. There’s also a strong tradition of peer mentorship among students within the School of Theatre management community. Alums go on to become Production Managers at performing arts organizations and academic institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BEYOND THE CLASSROOM:<\/em>
Annie Kao and their internship with the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BU\u2019s MFA in Production Management challenges students to push boundaries and redefine the traditional role of the Production Manager. In their last year, students work on a thesis project that represents the culmination of their study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annie Kao (CFA\u201923)<\/strong>, a recent graduate originally from Bangkok, Thailand, chose to do their thesis on the topic of disability justice and its application in the theatre industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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