Dramaturgy

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 57.3 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 5, 2025
17 place StudyQA ranking:6950 Duration:

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The Columbia MFA Dramaturgy program seeks highly self-motivated, entrepreneurial, creative thinkers who are interested in deepening their total knowledge of the theatre, while finding new collaborators and newly expansive ideas about their professional prospects. Dramaturgs are people of ideas who function as a fluid, creative, motivating liaison among all the components of a creative team. They are at once theatre generalists and specialists who delve deeply into the world of the play at hand and are instrumental in its development. They possess sharp critical faculties, unrestrained creative abilities, identification both with their fellow artists and the audience, and highly developed interpersonal skills. Many of the best dramaturgs are individuals who have excelled in and continue to work in another theatrical discipline. In the School of the Arts program, we seek to define the career prospects of dramaturgy students broadly and ambitiously. While traditional positions of literary management and production dramaturgy will be a goal for some, we also encourage our students to think of themselves as future artistic directors, producers, and institution-builders. Students receive a foundation in dramatic theory, history, and literature as well as classes in producing, playwriting, directing and various forms of theatrical collaboration. There are also possibilities for interested students to expand their professional horizons by exploring the worlds of screenwriting, and film and television project development. Dramaturgy students will gain extensive experience in the development and production of new plays and classic texts, and will work on all Theatre Arts Program production

Fall Semester – Year 1

  • Introduction to Dramaturgy
  • Fundamentals of Directing
  • History & Theory of Theatre
  • Creating a Play
  • Elective* 

Spring Semester – Year 1

  • Contemporary American Plays
  • Collaboration 
  • Critical Writing for Theatre
  • Creating a Play
  • Models of Dramatic Structure

Fall Semester – Year 2

  • Development Process
  • Planning a Theatrical Season
  • Dramaturgy II (Shakespeare)
  • Playwright-Dramaturg Workshop
  • Topics in Theatre History and Theory

Spring Semester – Year 2

  • Dramaturgy Practicum
  • Advanced Drama Criticism Seminar
  • Storytelling and Drama
  • Elective* 

Additional Requirements Include:

One production assignment, Collaboration Weekend Workshop, two professional internships and a Foreign Language requirement.

Dramaturgy Thesis Project:

MFA dramaturgy students complete a written thesis based on production work, scholarly research, translations, or other projects approved by their advisor.

Requirements

  • The Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam meeting the minimum score of 100 on the online portion or 600 on the written portion. Information about the TOEFL can be found at the ETS TOEFL website.
  • Uploading an unofficial transcript to your application showing a degree obtained from an undergraduate or graduate institution where English is the primary language of instruction.
  • Uploading an unofficial transcript to your application showing at least one year of full-time advanced study at an institution where English is the primary language of instruction in addition to your unofficial undergraduate transcript. *The School of the Arts reserves the right to verify your English proficiency through an interview*.

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  • Global Education
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