Each year, the School of Drama produces MFA productions, offering our MFA students continuing opportunity to work with professional directors, designers, and stage managers.
Spring 2023
- What Lies Behind the Revelry, a site-specific devised theatrical experience conceptualized and performed by MFA CTP students, directed by Cara Haga
- New Play Workshop: Monica, Richie, & Angel: A One-Act Traumatic Comedy, written by Chicahua Zipactonal Martínez, directed by Raina Lawrenc
- New Play Workshop: To All the Ways We Say Goodbye, written by Zandra Paxton, directed by Xin “Zinc” Tong
Fall 2022
- Playing the Other, an intimate devised theatrical piece facilitated by Dael Orlandersmith and Jim Nicola
Spring 2022
- Is God Is, by Aleshea Harris, directed by Kari Lebby
- Dress in Code, by Li-ying Chien, directed by I-Chen Wang
- Arlington, by Enda Walsh, directed by Jane Skapek
- No Place, devised by MFA CTP students, directed by Irina Kruzhilina
Fall 2021
- The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar
- Isabel, by Ruth Tang, directed by I-Chen Wang
- Blood On These Hands, by Luis Roberto-Herrera, directed by Colin WilsonThe Last Aisle, by Rebecca Akosua Asantweah Ford, directed by Jane Skape
- Worlds Melt, by Preston Crowder, directed by Kari Lebby
Summer 2021
- 29 Workshop Readings for the class of 2020
Spring 2021
- Writer's Projects: People of the Dirt by Emily Daly, directed by Melissa Cresp
- Writer's Projects: The Givens or the Futility of Forgiveness by Natyna Osborne, directed by Francisco Rivera Rodrigue
- Writer's
Projects: One Acts — Happy Birthday Casey by Emily Daly,
directed by Nina Fry; Pump Ballet by Natyna Osborne, directed
by Nina Fry
- Shakespeare Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet, directed by Colin Wilson
- Shakespeare Adaptations: Measure for Measure, directed by Bakari Lebby
- Shakespeare Adaptations: Hamlet, directed by Jane Skapek
- New Visions: The Connection by Jack Gelber, directed by Nina Fry
- New Visions: Divine Contradictions, devised and directed by Francisco Rivera Rodriguez
Spring 2020
- New Visions: Attempts on Her Life by Martin Crimp, directed by Diane Machin
- New Visions: Spell No. 7 by Ntozake Shange, directed by Nigel Barnes
- New Visions: Richard III, an adaptation by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Pauls Macs
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
- MFA 2: Balm in Gilead by Lanford Wilson, directed by Raelle Myrick Hodges
- New Voices: HAL by Collin McConnelll, directed by Joey Rizzolo
- New Voices: The Tall Ones by Miles Orduna, directed by Rebecca Etzine
- New Voices: Plain Brown Box by Conlan Carter, directed by Sarah Young
- New Voices: Pony Up by Mallory Weiss, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
Fall 2018
- New Visions: Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès, translated by Martin Crimp, directed by Joey Rizzolo
- New Visions: 99 Histories by Julia Cho, directed by Rebecca Etzine
- New Visions: Sueno by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, directed by Sarah Young
Spring 2018
- MFA 2: Middletown by Will Eno, directed by Ethan Heard
- New Voices: Proceed to Highlighted Route by Erica Mann, directed by India Marie Paul
- New Voices: Ah Sweeter Lyme by Karina Billini, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
- New Voices: No Baby by Blake Bishton, directed by Peter Kuo
- New Voices: Carnal by Nikhil Mahapatra, directed by Nicky Maggio
Fall 2017
- New Visions: Mutt by Christopher Chen, directed by Peter Kuo
- New Visions: Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, directed by Andrés López-Alicea
- New Visions: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by India Marie Paul
- New Visions: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, directed by Nicky Maggio
Spring 2017
- MFA 2: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Mihail
- New Voices: Graveyard Shift by Korde Arrington Tuttle, directed by Daniella Caggiano
- New Voices: The Intern of Two Startups by Alexander Kveton, directed by Alice Cash
- New Voices: Reluctant to Burn by Korde Arrington Tuttle,directed by Kate Eminger
- New Voices: Salute by Alexander Kveton, directed by Lana Russell
Fall 2016
- New Visions: Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill, directed by Daniella Caggiano
- New Visions: Vigils by Noah Haidle, directed by Lana Russell
- New Visions: Cape Disappointment by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, directed by Kate Eminger
- New Visions: 800M by David Greig, directed by Alice Cash
Spring 2016
- MFA 2: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
- New Voices: Cracker by Reese Thompson, directed by Margaret Hee
- New Voices: Chained Woman by Lorne Svarc, directed by Noa Egozi
- New Voices: I Broke a Plate by Zach Weed, directed by Kristin Heckler
Fall 2015
- New Visions: Failure: A Love Story by Philip Dawkins, directed by Margaret Hee
- New Visions: OR by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Kristin Heckler
- New Visions: Tango Palace by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
Spring 2015
MFA 2: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
New Voices: An Inferno by Sylvia Khoury, directed by Noa Egozi
New Voices: Little Man by Bekah Brunstetter, directed by Celine Rosenthal
New Voices: No Way Home by Allan Staples, directed by Lyto Triantafyllidou
New Voices: Temporal by Britton Buttrill, directed by Nikki Prizasnyski
New Voices: The Chalice by Emily Schmitt, directed by Pitr Strait
Fall 2014
New Visions: Mud by Maria Irene Fornes, directed by Noa Egozi
New Visions: Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill, directed by Lito Triantafyllidou
New Visions: Stupid Kids by John C. Russell, directed by Nikki Prasnyski
New Visions: The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, directed by Pitr Strait
New Visions: Yellow Moon by David Greig, directed by Celine Rosenthal
Spring 2014
MFA 2: Love’s Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
New Voices: Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron, directed by Suzanne Karpinsky
New Voices: The House Itself Does Not Burn by Molly Haas-Hooven, directed by Stephanie C. Cunningham
New Voices: The Ladder by Matthew Herzfeld, directed by Paul Takacs
New Voices: The Old Forever New Things by Matthew Herzfeld, directed by Paul Takacs
Fall 2013
New Visions: Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, directed by Kristin Skye Hoffmann
New Visions: In the Hand of Dreams by Y.T. Ozaki, directed by Suzanne Karpinsky
New Visions: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stephanie C. Cunningham
New Visions: Blue Window by Craig Lucas, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
Spring 2013
MFA 2: Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephen Fried
New Voices: A Modern Feeling by Jason Kim, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
New Voices: Aperture by Phillip Gerson, directed by K.L. Cullom
New Voices: Exit Carolyn by Jennie Berman Eng, directed by Whitney Gail Aronson
New Voices: Some Dark Places of the Earth by Claire Kiechel, directed by Brad Raimondo
New Voices: The Spider and the Wasp by Alice Pencavel, directed by Christie Marie Clark
Fall 2012
New Visions: Five Flights by Adam Bock, directed by Kelly Cullom
New Visions: Clean by Edwin Sanchez, directed by Christie Clark
New Visions: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Brad Raimondo
New Visions: Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, directed by Whitney Aronson
New Visions: Fen by Caryl Churchill, directed by Kai-Hsiang Tu
Spring 2012
MFA 2: Execution of Justice by Emily Mann, directed by Lou Jacob
MFA 2: King Henry VI by William Shakespeare, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: The Trojan Women by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Ronald Duncan, directed by Stephen Fried
New Voices: Neverland Industries by Daniel Carroll, directed by Jeremy Pape
New Voices: In Thy Bounty by Jessica Cohen, directed by Alexandra Caffall
New Voices: A Kid Like Jake by Daniel Pearle, directed by Liz Carlson
New Voices: Guidance by Rebecca Schlossberg, directed by Melissa Crespo
New Voices: AtalantaK.O. by D.L. Siegel, directed by Gamaliel Valle
Fall 2011
New Visions: 1001 by Jason Grote, directed by Melissa Crespe
New Visions: Boston Marriage by David Mamet, directed by Gamaliel Valle
New Visions: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by Alexandra Kuechler-Caffall
New Visions: Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, directed by Jeremy Pape
Spring 2011
MFA 2: Adding Machine by Elmer Rice, directed by Lou Jacob
MFA 2: The Chekhov Project by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Robert Hoyt, directed by Casey Biggs
MFA 2: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus
New Voices: Adulteration by Josh Beerman, directed by Paul Takacs
New Voices: Iris by Judith Goudsmit, directed by Liz Carlson
New Voices: Mourning Breadth by George Lopercia, directed by Mason Beggs
New Voices: Off the Realness by Nicholas Gandiello, directed by Lucia Peters
New Voices: This Is My Gun by Dan Bernitt, directed by Tim Butterfield
New Voices: You Don’t Know Jack by Dara Levendosky, directed by Katie McHugh
Fall 2010
New Visions: Don Juan Returns from the War by Ödön von Horváth, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Tim Butterfield
New Visions: Medea by Euripides, translated by M. Collier, directed by Kathryn McHugh
New Visions: The Country by Martin Crimp, directed by Paul Takacs