MFA in Theatre
Our two-year Professional Theatre Training Program with the Alley Theatre puts students to work immediately. Students across all tracks of study work through the progression of classes as a cohort and collaborate on projects within class and in our productions. The combination of rigorous studio training, diverse production experience, professional networking, and mentoring by the artists of the Alley Theatre will provide a launch for a career like no other program in the country.
Imagination, Agility, Precision, Passion, Speed
The artists coming out of this program will be notable for combining five inter-locking qualities:
Imagination—broadened in studio training, honed in productions; our creative fuel.
Agility—the facility to adapt to new visions, new collaborators, new materials, new techniques across a variety of environments.
Precision—the ability to talk about the work and through the work clearly, concisely, and completely.
Passion—our graduates thrive in this field because they have a great fire within for the art and craft of the theatre.
Speed—the range to shift sensibilities to match the tempo needed for each particular project, whether it’s fast, medium or slow.
Why study in Houston?
- Recently ranked by Kiplingers as #1 City to Live, Work and Play
- One of only five cities in the U.S. with resident companies in the four disciplines of the performing arts: Alley Theatre, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera.
- Home to world-class arts institutions, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the sixth largest museum in the country, and the Menil Collection.
- A thriving theatre scene that includes Stages Repertory Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Main Street Theatre, Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company, Nova Arts Project, Catastrophic Theatre, and DiverseWorks.
- Diverse population - 37.4 percent Hispanic, 49.3 percent Caucasian, 29.3 percent African-American and 5.3 percent Asian