the working MFA Earn an MFA in Shakespeare & Performance at Mary Baldwin College while you intern in acting, directing, or dramaturgy with the American Shakespeare Center.
Students in the working MFA program act, direct, and serve as dramaturgs, but most of all they collaborate: first with a paid internship at the American Shakespeare Center, where they become part of the professional
2 = 60 hours of coursework years of study
dramaturgy, and social and textual history of early modern England.
M a
stipends included
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company Membership in the Shakespeare and Performance MFA theatre company
Faculty
nimble — using their artistry to invigorate the works of Shakespeare and his contem-
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scholarships and graduate teaching fellowships available
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professional experience and will be invited to audition and/or present their qualifications.
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immersed in the field’s scholarship — and
should come to the program with previous
Preliminary audition/review
acting / directing / dramaturgy
and then with their own MFA company.
poraries. Candidates for the working MFA
demonstrate training and technique
including acting, directing,
troupe based at the Blackfriars Playhouse,
These theatre practitioners are smart —
previous professional experience
Ensemble-based theatre training become part of the ASC
Cover, left: Andrew Goldwasser and Stephanie Holladay Earl in rehearsal for the American Shakespeare Center’s 2015 production of Wittenberg. Photo by Jay McClure. Cover, right: Students in the MFA company train. Photo by Lindsey Walters.
community of players
c o n ta c t Paul Menzer, S&P director pmenzer@mbc.edu
then create MFA company productions from start to finish M B C. E D U / S H A K E S P E A RE