MASTER OF FINE ARTS
DESIGN & TECHNICAL THEATER

CONTACT
Kip Marsh
Program Head

kmarsh@brooklyn.cuny.edu
329D Gershwin Hall
718-951-5889

The MFA program in Design & Technical Theater helps students attain the highest skill levels in the areas of scenic, costume, and lighting design through professional training.

The program consists not only of the vital academic curriculum, where CADD is incorporated, but also of intensive hands-on production work.

Students design department productions — four mainstage and up to six flexible theater productions each year — where what is learned in the classroom environment is applied to the real world of theater.

Advanced MFA Design students are recommended for projects with professional designers and New York theater companies and venues during the summer and academic year (with faculty approval).

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Deadline: March 1

Enrollment is restricted to six new students per year in each area.

Applicants must have a solid undergraduate concentration in one or more of the design areas and/or a strong background in art.

Applicants must be interviewed by the Design faculty and must present a portfolio of their most representative work, which need not be solely in one design area.

TRAINING

The MFA Design program requires 60 hours of course work, including a four-credit thesis project of a fully researched and rendered design for a major production.

Usually completed in two years, a fifth semester may be necessary for completion of thesis or design projects.