UC Irvine Drama Department :: MFA in Directing

Faculty member Bill Rauch to direct The Clean House at Lincoln Center, and The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler at South Coast Repertory in 2006, with MFA directing student Brian Sivesind as Assistant Director.

Agamemnon

Agamemnon

Medea

This Lady's Not For Burning

Cabaret

Twelfth Night

Medea

Dan Sullivan visits the Drama Department

Venus

Portrait of a Lady

Venus

Agamemnon

Cabaret

Titus Andronicus

Cabaret

:: Philosophy
:: In Practice
:: Quarterly Structure
:: Directing Interviews
:: How to Apply

Quarterly Structure

Drama 211 - Course Overview

Year 1 - Course Topics
Fall	Classicism and Neo-classicism Aristotle, Horace, Neo-classic critics. Lab Assignments - three scenes in classic, renaissance, and contemporary theater.
Winter	Realism/Naturalism Stanislavsky, Antoine, Chekhov, etc. Lab - three "realistic" scenes.
Spring	Wild Card The Spring Quarter is always a "wild card" quarter. It may be a joint class with actors, or may focus on Shakespeare, the history of directing, or be a special academic project initiated by the student.

Year 2 - Course Topics
Fall	Romanticism Shakespeare, Schiller, Hugo, Michael Chekhov and "Heroic Acting." Lab - three scenes of Romantic theater.
Winter	Comedy Commedia, Bergson, Freud, Seyler, etc. Lab - three scenes in different comic styles.
Spring	Wild Card

Year 3 - Course Topics
Fall	Post-modern, "high-concept" auteurism Personal research project in contemporary style (paper required). Lab - one long project of the director's devising.
Winter	Professional Preparation Research with the Head of Directing into the job market, defining work opportunities for fellow directors and for the student's own interests. Lab - No assignment.
Spring	Wild Card