DoctorMusical

Just checking in here again. Narrowed my list down to applying to NYU exclusively. The deadline is this upcoming Friday. Wishing everyone good luck!

@Noe Montez Thank you greatly for your response and transparency. It is very much appreciated! I'm sad to hear that Tufts isn't opening applications this year. I know many programs chose to extend funding for their current students, due to the pandemic, so it is understandable yet unfortunate.

@DirectorsCoffee - do you have any insight or feedback from your applications in past years? Were you given any tips or advice? From what I've researched, admissions odds are really low, but at the same time there are also really small applicant pools.

@Boseph16 - I've only contacted one program so far, last year. I just reached out to the Department Administrator to ask more about logistics. Some programs explicitly put on their website not to contact specific faculty. @theatremeg12 Personally I currently feel more aligned with the departments that list themselves as Performance Studies, but I'm also looking at other Theatre programs as well.

Hi everyone! Very new here, but just started my exploratory process and thought I'd send this message out into the quarantine void. I know that it is hard to imagine what life will be like a year from now, given how crazy 2020 has been so far, but I'm hoping to begin the journey to my next degree. For background, I have a Bachelors degree in MT and an MFA in playwriting from a top-tier school. While I was in grad school, I began to realize that I wanted to supplement my education in craft, with a more academic approach to research and analysis, with the hope of the latter helping to provide a more solid foundation for my art. I previously looked into the PS MA at NYU Tisch, the TAPS PhD at Brown, and the Dramaturgy DFA at Yale. I've started having conversations over the past few weeks with various colleagues and former professors. I'm just starting to methodically evaluate each program in the US (looking at curriculums, faculty backgrounds, recent dissertations). I wanted to start this thread to try to find an accountability/solidarity buddy while I wade through this unfamiliar process.