How to Apply
Admission into the Graduate Stage Management program is competitive. The program allows between nine (9) to eleven (11) students total (3-4 students admitted each year) allowing for individualized attention and support.
After your online application and application fee has been received and processed, and you meet the initial criteria, you will be contacted by the stage management faculty to schedule an interview. Please be sure to contact the Drama Office if you haven't heard from us within three weeks of submitting your application. If you move or change your phone number after you submit your application, it is important to notify out office with your new address and/or phone number as soon as possible.
Please note: for Stage Management students, the GRE exam is NOT required.
Deadline for the application for the Graduate Stage Management program is January 1st.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
UCI graduate online application - ONLINE APPLICATION LINK
- Make sure to specify Stage Management as your “Special Area of Interest” on the application
- Includes: a "Personal Statement" and a "Statement of Intent"
Application Fee of $135 for U.S. Citizens and lawful U.S. Permanent Residents, and $155 for all other applicants
- The application fee must be submitted online, checks will not be accepted
Transcript
- Official Transcripts must be provided only after a candidate has been accepted by the program and mailed directly from the institution you attended to the following address: University of California, Irvine, Department of Drama, 249 Drama, Irvine, CA, 92697-2775
- Unofficial transcripts must be submitted via online application
Three letters of recommendation
- Submitted online by JANUARY 1st
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Stage Management Resume
- Submitted via online application
Interview
- To be scheduled after your online application has been received and processed by stage management faculty Interview.
- Location will be provided at time of scheduling your interview time.
URTA APLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
Stage Management interviews for URTA applicants may be accessed via the web at http://www.urta.com, requested by email at Info@urta.com, or by phone at 212-221-1130.
The deadline for submitting your application and fee is no later than two weeks prior to the date that you desire for your audition/interview.
A faculty representative will be interviewing both direct applicants and URTA applicants on the following dates in 2025:
- Online: Friday, January 31 & Saturday, February 1, 2025
*Those wishing to interview at the Irvine campus should apply no later than February 1.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
For those international applicants that are required to successfully complete an English langauge proficiency exam (TOEFL or IELTS) to be considered for admission, please know that:
The TOEFL is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
- Please select institution code 4859 to have your official score sent to UCI. No department code is needed.
- We only accept scores submitted electronically by ETS.
- Test results that are two years old or older are not acceptable.
- We do not accept MyBest scores; you must submit all individual test scores.
- Results of institutional (non-ETS) administrations of the TOEFL are not acceptable.
- We will accept the TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition test. The same minimum score applies.
- We do NOT accept the TOEFL ITP Plus test for China or the TOEFL Essentials test.
- For more information, please visit their website at www.ets.org/toefl.
TOEFL Score Requirements for Admission Consideration:
An overall minimum score of 80.
As an alternative to the TOEFL, you may submit scores from the Academic Modules of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
- We only accept scores submitted electronically by the IELTS test center. No paper Test Report Forms will be accepted.
- Test results that are two years old or older are not acceptable.
- We will accept the IELTS Indicator test. The same minimum score applies.
- An institutional code is NOT required. Please contact the test center directly where you took the IELTS test and request that your test scores be sent electronically using the IELTS system. All IELTS test centers worldwide are able to send scores electronically to our institution.
- For more information, please visit their website at www.ielts.org.
IELTS Score Requirements for Admission Consideration:
An overall minimum score of 7 for admission, with a score of no less than 6 on any individual module.
FIND OUT MORE:
:: Apply Electronically
:: Graduate Division website
:: Graduate Housing
:: Financial Aid
:: Information for International Applicants
:: Application Fee Waivers