Yale School of Drama's MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Department:
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The Theatre Arts program focuses on theatre scholarship and pedagogy, with the goal of preparing students for careers as teachers and scholars. Course work integrates theoretical, textual, and performatory considerations from a scholarly perspective. The program is not designed to train theatre practitioners, or to train artists/scholars. The field's faculty members are drawn from the Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance and from other departments, such as Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Comparative Literature, German Studies, and English.
At the core of the training are seminars in literature, theory and criticism, and history offered by the department’s faculty. These may be supplemented by courses taught elsewhere in the University if approved by students’ advisers. The aim is to impart a comprehensive knowledge of theatre and dramatic literature – knowledge necessary to the dramaturg, the writer and editor, and the teacher. Regarding the last, every effort is made to give qualified students teaching experience within the University. Of particular importance in the program are the criticism workshops, which are taught by various members of the faculty and which students must take in each of their six terms. These courses are designed to improve skills in thinking and writing, and are an essential component in the faculty’s evaluation of students’ progress from term to term. Qualified students also have the opportunity to work in various capacities for Theater, a leading international journal of contemporary criticism and plays published by Yale School of Drama/yale repertory theatre and Duke University Press.
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This program, as well as some others posted above, give you an idea of the kinds of departments/programs you may wish to look into that could prepare you to either teach theater or to be a theater critic. Again, within the context of your graduate studies and research, you could opt to focus on musical theater.