About the Program
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Students gain advanced knowledge of twentieth and twenty-first century performance, including in acting, directing, design and choreography. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in performance criticism, history, media, theory, and practice.
Degree Type
Interdisciplinary Graduate Group
Degrees Offered
M.A. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan C
Ph.D. Plan C
Lead Dean
College of Letters and Science
Administrative ByLaws
Major Code
GPFS
Exceptions
QE Exception: No outside member needed
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Admission Requirements
Admission Deadlines
Priority: Dec 1, 2021
General: Jan 15, 2022
Space Available: Jun 1, 2022
General: Jan 15, 2022
Space Available: Jun 1, 2022
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2021
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2022
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2022
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Graduate Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Marian Bilheimer
(530) 754-6973 | mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Program Chair
Graduate Group Chair
Jon Rossini
(530) 754-9212 | jdrossini@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Graduate Studies Contacts
Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu
External Fellowship Analyst
Yvette Garcia
ycgarcia@ucdavis.edu