Performance Studies

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
Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Major Code
GPFS
Exceptions
QE Exception: No outside member needed

Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Deadlines
Priority: Dec 1, 2023
General: Jan 15, 2024
Space Available: Jun 1, 2024
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2023
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2024

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
Joseph Dumit
(530) 554-1834 | jpdumit@ucdavis.edu

Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact
Finn Brunton
Performance Studies
fpbrunton@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Studies Contacts

Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu

Senior Academic Advisor
Sarah Mooney
(530) 752-0650 | smooney@ucdavis.edu

External Fellowship Analyst
Yvette Garcia
ycgarcia@ucdavis.edu