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Theatre Arts
The Theatre Arts M.F.A. at Northern Illinois University is a comprehensive, full-time programme delivered in person. Spanning 69 credit hours, this advanced degree focuses on professional mastery in performance or design. Students benefit from expert faculty guidance and extensive practical production experience in a creative environment.

Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based (by research)
Explore creative, practice-based research with the Drama and Theatre Studies Practice-Based (by research) programme from University of Birmingham. Supported by the academic experts, your project might include new performance techniques, examine a particular aspect of theatre practice or involve a specific community of participants
Film and Theatre
The Departments of Film and Theatre at the University of New Orleans offer Masters of Fine Arts degrees with three fields of study in Film Production, Theatre Performance and Directing, or Theatre Design.
Theatre
Theatre from York St John University course has been designed for you to develop your artistic practice and gain the skills needed for a career across the creative sectors of different industries.
Costume Design
The Costume Design program at University of Tennessee Knoxville is a challenging yet rewarding program intended to prepare the successful candidate for a career in the professional world of Theatrical Design.
Performance Studies
The Performance Studies programme from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris is an academic discipline that studies action, interaction, gestures and movement as performance and utilises it to understand human cultural interaction.
Theater Arts
The focus of the Theater Arts programme of Rutgers University is to provide aspiring theater professional with a unique experience including intensive studio classes, innovative academic curricula and ground-breaking fully supported productions.
Theatre - Theatre for Young Audiences
The Theatre - Theatre for Young Audiences program of University of Central Florida is designed for students who demonstrate the artistic and intellectual capacity and evidence of professional promise to pursue careers in professional and academic theatre.
Art and Performance Research Studies
The Art and Performance Research Studies programme of the University of Amsterdam is for students who are interested in doing historical, theoretical and practice-based research into the visual and performative arts. In this Master's, students will be challenged and will learn how to develop and execute research ideas in an interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and cross-media environment.
Youth
The Master of Fine Arts in Theatre for Youth at University of North Carolina Greensboro is a terminal degree program designed to educate theatre artists for leadership roles within the growing field of theatre with and for youth. Candidates for this program demonstrate a dedication to working with young people through drama-in-education and theatre for young audiences.
Theatre, Drama and Performance
The research programmes at Anglia Ruskin University will allow you to join one of the research projects or explore your own interests in Theatre, Drama and Performance, supported by the expertise of the staff.
Theatre
The Department of Theatre and Dance offers a program of graduate study leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree at Western Illinois University in the following areas of concentration: acting, directing, and design (costume, lighting, and scenic).
Dramatic Arts (Lighting Design)
The Dramatic Arts (Lighting Design) at University of Connecticut is structured to develop an understanding of lighting aesthetics, technology, design and research techniques, theatre history/dramatic literature, as well as business skills required.
Drama
A Drama program at the University of Alberta offering a strong foundation of historical and contemporary critical and theoretical approaches to theatre and performance.
Contemporary Theatre Practice
Ignite your creativity with University of East Anglia's MA in Contemporary Theatre Practice. You’ll combine high-level theatrical skills training with a wealth of opportunities to gain real-world insight and experience in today’s theatre industry.
Theatre
The Theatre MAT program offered at University of South Carolina prepares students seeking initial certification in theatre for careers in public education. Students participate in two extensive internships in public schools in addition to other teaching opportunities in combination with the coursework.

Theatre Arts - Design and Technical Production
This Theatre Arts - Design and Technical Production degree at California State University Fullerton is for students who desire a professionally oriented education and training in design and technical production, and directing.
Serial Storytelling
At TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences), the Master's program Serial Storytelling at ifs internationale filmschule köln is Europe’s first and only Master’s program focusing on collaborative writing for series.
Theatre - Lighting Design
Illinois State University's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Theatre - Lighting Design program is dedicated to the development of individual students to reach their professional goals within the field of theatrical lighting design.
Theatre
The Theatre program at Villanova University offers a distinct fusion of both academic work and practical experience.