MASTER OF FINE ARTS
ACTING

CONTACT
Judylee Vivier
Program Head

gradacting@brooklyn.cuny.edu
313 Whitehead Hall
718-951-5000 x2763

The MFA Acting program demands a two-year full-time residency committed to rigorous training in voice, movement, speech, acting, and theatrical analysis.

Students receive a myriad of performance opportunities in this professional environment that challenges them to apply the techniques and skills practiced in the studio.

MFA Acting candidates work collaboratively with MFA directors, dramaturges, and designers on department productions as well as scene-study work for directing classes and the directors' thesis productions.

TRAINING

The first-year of study emphasizes the expansion and exploration of the actor’s imagination, the knowledge of the physical instrument and use of the self.

Second-year work focuses on the demands of heightened language, elements of style, and modes of behavior in classical texts that require specific vocal and physical skills.

Professional studio classes that prepare students for the “business of acting” are included, including the preparation for the actors’ showcase produced in Manhattan.

Click HERE for an MFA Acting sample course load.
Click HERE for more about the MFA Acting training program.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Recommended Deadline: January 15, 2012
(contact department for details)
Auditions: February 24 – 25
Callbacks: February 25
Make-up Auditions: March 24

Because the focus of the training in the MFA acting Program is on the individual process, the class is small and a maximum of 10 graduate students only can be accepted each fall.

Therefore the selection and audition process is highly competitive.

Click HERE for more about the MFA Acting entrance requirements.

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