MFA Drama - Acting

The UW Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) is a renowned three-year MFA program that has produced dynamic artists and creative leaders for over forty years. The vision for our program includes an emphasis on contemporary performance and generative work built upon the program's longstanding foundations in technical craft. Performers in our cohort will investigate the rapidly evolving role of acting, theatre, and the performing arts in a changing arts field and the larger world. What does it take to be an art-maker in the 21st century? How do actors instigate and embody critical questions for contemporary audiences? This program leads to a Master of Fine Arts in Acting, and prepares actors to embrace their potential as creative originators and collaborators, navigate their role as industry entrepreneurs, and hone their skills as critical thinkers and agents of change within their communities.