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, 2024
General: Jan 15, 2025
Space Available: Jun 1, 2025
General: Jan 15, 2025
Space Available: Jun 1, 2025
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2024
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2025
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2025
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Graduate Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Marian Bilheimer
(530) 754-6973 | mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Program Contacts
Advisor: Primary Contact
Kristopher Fallon
Performance Studies
(530) 754-2599 | kfallon@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Studies Contacts
Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu
Senior Academic Advisor
Samantha Duesdieker
(530) 752-4928 | samdues@ucdavis.edu