The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama is the first degree-granting drama institution in the United States of America. The school combines established practice with progressive pedagogical and technological advancement across all disciplines. The School is committed to enriching a myriad of arts practices, championing interdisciplinary collaborations, and exploring new forms of creative expression. We strive to create an environment that encourages a diversity of opinions, voices,
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The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama is the first degree-granting drama institution in the United States of America. The school combines established practice with progressive pedagogical and technological advancement across all disciplines. The School is committed to enriching a myriad of arts practices, championing interdisciplinary collaborations, and exploring new forms of creative expression. We strive to create an environment that encourages a diversity of opinions, voices, perspectives, and experiences and honors the identities (inclusive of race, gender, class, sexuality, religious belief, and ability) of all members of our community. We seek to promote the creative theatrical storytelling of a variety of cultures. The school’s conservatory program within the university is one that prepares students intellectually, artistically and practically to be leaders in their chosen professions, whether it be on stage, in film, television, or within the expanding realm of new media.
PROGRAMS
UNDERGRADUATE
- B.F.A. in Acting or Music Theater
- B.F.A. in Design (Costume, Lighting, Scenic, Sound and Video & Media Design)
- B.F.A. in Directing (The John Wells Directing Program)
- B.F.A. in Dramaturgy
- B.F.A. in Production Technology & Management (Technical Direction, Production & Stage Management)
Drama Minor
- Interdisciplinary Programs
GRADUATE
- M.F.A. in Design (Costume, Lighting, Scenic, Sound and Video & Media Design)
- M.F.A. in Directing (The John Wells Directing Program)
- M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing
- M.F.A. in Production Technology & Management (Costume Production, Technical Direction, Production & Stage Management)
RESEARCH CENTERS
Many individual research projects are undertaken at the School of Drama in the form of collaborations between faculty and students or faculty among colleges. There are also centers affiliated with the school devoted to interdisciplinary artistic research.
THE ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER
The Entertainment Technology Center offers a Master’s of Entertainment Technology, a degree conferred jointly by Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science. ETC’s mission is to provide students with the opportunity to become entrepreneurs that combine technology and fine arts to create new processes, tools and visions for storytelling and arts entertainment.
THE STUDIO FOR CREATIVE INQUIRY
The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University is a laboratory for atypical, anti-disciplinary, and inter-institutional research at the intersections of arts, science, technology and culture.
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN SOCIETY
The Center for the Arts in Society is dedicated to energizing research and teaching that links the College of Humanities and Social Sciences with the College of Fine Arts. Various members of the School of Drama are part of the center.
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