Theatre and Dance

How to Apply

Application Deadline: March 1, 2009

(all Design and Technology areas)

All departmental materials must be submitted in one packet, including letters of recommendation and transcripts. Applicants may only apply in one area per academic year.

Application files submitted complete will be processed before those submitted with recommendations and transcripts sent separately.

Application Requirements and Procedures:

Please read the following instructions very carefully.

Materials must be sent to TWO places:

1. To the Graduate and International Admissions Center:

Visit the link below for their mailing address and phone numbers: http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/contactgiac.html

  • Application for Admission to Graduate Study with application fee
    • The required online application may be accessed at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/.
    • Major for your application: Theatrical Design, Theatrical Technology = 630703
    • If you do not have the means to access the electronic application, please visit a library to use a computer.
    • Do not send your application fee to the Department of Theatre and Dance. Submit it directly to GIAC.
  • One official transcript
  • PLEASE NOTE: The GRE is not required for the M.F.A. in Theatre Design and Technology.

2. To the Department of Theatre and Dance (in one packet):

c/o Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program Coordinator
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Theatre and Dance
1 University Station D3900
Austin, TX 78712

  • One official transcript (this is in addition to the one required by the admissions office)
  • Three letters of recommendation: These letters should be written by those who can speak most authoritatively about your background, training, experience and potential for a career in your chosen area of specialization in theatre. Letters should be submitted with the Request for Reference form available online at the time of application or at the site http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
  • Supplemental Information for Graduate Program form, available at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
  • A résumé of all your practical theatre work
  • Personal statement of goals (available online at time of application, in Graduate Admissions Bulletin or may be downloaded http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html). The statement of purpose should outline educational and professional goals, philosophy, and/or personal theatre aesthetic.
  • Design or Technical résumé and Design or Technical porfolio (this cannot be returned - applicants should bring originals to their interview.)
  • Interview preferred - applicants may schedule an interview through U/RTA or in Austin. For Austin interviews, applicants should contact the following:

Preferred time for campus interviews: February 19-21, February 26-28.

Contact Information

Mail department materials to, or contact for further information:

Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program Coordinator
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Theatre and Dance
1 University Station D3900
Austin, TX 78712
phone: 512.475.7336
email: salazar@mail.utexas.edu

For general admissions information, please visit the Admissions page.