School of Theater, Film, and Television
303 East Melnitz Building
Box 951622
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1622
Theater
310-825-7008
Department e-mail
The Department of Theater offers comprehensive education in the performing arts, with a curriculum promoting an awareness of theater as a global practice and performance as a form for reflecting the human experience. Students engage in a learning environment where creativity and critical thought combine in the exploration of the artistic and intellectual challenges inherent in theater making.
Prospective students are selected by the faculty through auditions and interviews.
For current or specific information about the programs and faculty members, see the department website.
At the undergraduate level, students receive education in acting, design and production, directing, formal and textual analysis, musical theater, performance studies, and playwriting, all within the rigorous liberal arts framework of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. The department also offers a Theater minor.
At the graduate level, students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program develop as artists and are given preprofessional training in the skills of theater, while PhD students engage in critical investigations of performance broadly understood. In conjunction with their theater studies, students also have the opportunity to pursue elective courses in the area of film, digital media, and television, and, schedules allowing, take graduate courses from across UCLA.
