Additional Admission Requirements

MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance

In addition to the standard graduate admission requirements, the following is required for MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance:

1. Applicants must demonstrate through professional work history or academic record accomplishment in one of the following areas and a minimum degree of competency in all three:
   Acting: preferably with significant training in more than one approach i.e., physical, Meisner.
   Movement/Dance: postmodern or modern forms, martial art or significant physical acting training;
   Voice: musical competency and foundation vocal technique either text or music based.
2. Prior artistic ensemble experience is highly encouraged.
3. Maturity and readiness to undergo a rigorous professional training.
4. Applicants must demonstrate high levels of commitment, maturity and dedication.
5. Head shot or representative photo.
6. Visits to campus that include class observation are highly recommended. Please contact the Admissions Event and Visitation Coordinator at admissionsevents@naropa.edu to make arrangements. In lieu of a visit to Boulder, interested applicants may wish to attend a workshop with Wendell Beavers, or other faculty of the MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance program faculty. The workshop material presents aspects of the current MFA curriculum. Dates and locations of these workshops will be posted by September 1, 2010, at: www.naropa.edu/admissions/grad_addl_cperf.cfm. Application interviews may take place in relation to these workshops and campus visits. Applicants’ admissions files must be complete before the department will schedule an interview and before the student may contact the department’s administrative director to make an appointment. Informal informational sessions may take place with an admissions counselor or with the MFA department at any time during the inquiry or application process. We particularly extend invitations to applicants who have worked in theater, dance, musical theater or any realm of performance, who have grounding in traditional techniques and have cultivated their own point of view and body of work. Of course, exceptional applicants coming directly from undergraduate programs are also welcome.