Drama

Degrees Offered: M.A., Ph.D.
http://ase.tufts.edu/drama-dance/graduate
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The programs concentrate on performance history, theory, and dramatic literature, with an emphasis on original research. The curriculum is composed chiefly of seminars that focus on specific subjects, require formal research papers, and give students the chance to work closely with faculty. The Harvard Theatre Collection and other repositories of original materials are accessible to students. Each year students organize symposiums to share research with scholars from other institutions.

Faculty specialization includes Shakespearean drama and performance, sociology of theater, the history of popular entertainment, Russian and Asian theater, and gender in performance. Applicants should have some background in theater. Most graduates find teaching and directing jobs in universities.

FACULTY/SPECIALTY

Downing Cless
Ph.D., Brandeis University
Directing, sociology of the theater, dramatic literature

Claire Conceison
Ph.D., Cornell University
Asian performance, Asian American theater, intercultural theater

Barbara Wallace Grossman
Ph.D., Tufts University
Theater history, dramatic literature, directing

Laurence Senelick
Ph.D., Harvard University
Dramatic literature and theory, theater and film history, directing

Don Weingust
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
Dramatic literature, theater history, acting

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