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Our Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design program provides developing theatre professionals with the opportunity to cultivate their artistic identities while refining and enhancing their craft.

Our program seeks to:

Enhance artistic expression and communication skills through hands-on, mentored design experience within a wide range of production opportunities and classroom instruction.
Explore creative collaborations with directors, actors, technicians, and playwrights.
Develop a thorough understanding of professional working methods and standards.
Create new forms of theatrical expression for the next generation.

MFA Design students are being prepared for substantive careers as theatre artists. Training includes a rigorous curriculum, production design opportunities, and collaboration with professionals through our Professional Theatre Initiative. Students are mentored by working professional faculty and advisors.

Curriculum Highlights

In-depth classroom instruction in artistic, practical, and skills application of design to the art of theatre.
Production opportunities to design in multiple venues and multiple genres.
Preparation and execution of a thesis that represents the culmination of three years of study.
Opportunity to work on productions with companies through our Professional Theatre Initiative (PTI).

Learning Outcomes

Students will:

Demonstrate in-depth understanding of how costume design contributes to the creation of theater through coursework and participation in productions.
Collaborate and participate effectively in teams, in both leading and supporting roles.
Solve problems creatively.
Demonstrate historical knowledge of clothing and society to show understanding of the link between art and clothing as it applies to theater.
Critically analyze a wide range of information, texts, history, art, and design in order to design clothing that will communicate visually, conceptually, and emotionally to an audience.
Apply costume design skills in a professional theater setting through internships at outside producing groups.
Demonstrate proficiency in the skills necessary to be a professional costume designer, including, but not limited to, drawing, painting, draping, millinery, dyeing, and proper use of fabric.