Master of Fine Arts - Theatre - Directing

In the Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with Directing, students at University of South Dakota will get training to become interpretive artists and educators. They are expected to develop a high level of skill in text analysis, interpersonal communication and the director's tools for effective storytelling, while also attaining a broad knowledge of theatre and its companion arts. In addition to focused instruction in acting, directing and design, they are encouraged to develop an understanding of the present and the past intersection so that they may help others discover the common threads which link human experience.

Because program admissions are limited, each student receives a high level of individualized instruction, opportunities to direct in the arena season of plays and, in most instances, the opportunity to direct a mainstage production as part of the directing candidate's culminating project.