{"id":4723,"date":"2022-06-08T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-program-page&p=4723"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:23:20","slug":"mfa","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/directing\/mfa\/","title":{"rendered":"MFA Directing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Individually designed with each student’s artistic strengths, challenges, and personal ambitions, BU’s MFA program in directing prepares students for a rewarding career, as resident or freelance directors, in a variety of fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With an average class size of six students and a 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio, MFA directing students gain hands-on experience, regularly interacting with BU faculty and guest artists. They get the chance to direct their own plays and work in BU’s state-of-the-art theatre complex, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a>, along with partners from prestigious theatre companies like the Huntington Theatre Company<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BU’s MFA in directing seeks to…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Extend, intensify, and focus the director’s theatrical versatility and imagination<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Explore creative collaborations with actors, designers, playwrights<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Envision possibilities for new artistic leadership in American theatre<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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Program of Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n