Northwestern IPTD vs. School of Communications MA/PhD in Performance Studies

[DavidW]

I want to apply to Northwestern for a PhD in theater in Fall 2019, but there are two available programs and I can only choose one. I sent an email to the contacts at Northwestern asking about the difference between the IPTD and the Performance Study MA/PhD, but I was just referred back to the website. Does anyone have information on the difference between these two programs? Thanks!

[Noe Montez]

The most succinct answer (albeit a tiny bit reductive) is that NW IPTD studies play texts and performances, whereas performance studies considers performance and performance ethnography (in the Conquergoodian sense) that is open to a wider scope of projects.