Theatre Directing Programs

Below is a comprehensive list of theatre directing programs from around the world. Beyond standard directing courses, you’ll also find programs that integrate directing with secondary skillsets such as producing, writing, or acting. Designed to launch your career, these programs will equip you with the essential skills needed to thrive in the dynamic theatre industry.

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Undergraduate Theatre Directing Programs

Canada
England
USA

Graduate Theatre Directing Programs

Australia
Canada
England
Ireland
Macedonia
Scotland
USA
Wales

Doctoral / PhD Programs in Directing

USA


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Canada

Manitoba

The University of Winnipeg – Theatre and Film: Directing and Playwriting, BA


England

South East England

University of Chichester – Drama, Theatre and Directing, BA (Hons)


Yorkshire and the Humber

University of York – Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance, BA (Hons)


USA

Alabama

Samford University – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BA


California

Concordia University Irvine – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BA

CSU Northridge – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BA

Pepperdine University – Theatre Arts: Directing, BA

Santa Clara University – Theatre: Directing, BA

Vanguard University – Theatre Arts: Stage & Screen Acting/Directing, BA


Colorado

Colorado Mesa University – Theatre Arts: Acting/Directing, BFA


Illinois

Columbia College Chicago – Theatre: Directing, BA

Elmhurst University – Theatre: Directing, BA

Rockford University – Performing Arts: Acting/Directing, BFA

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Playwriting, Directing, & Dramaturgy, BFA


Indiana

Ball State University – Theatre: Directing, BA/BS

University of Evansville – Directing and Dramaturgy, BS


Massachusetts

Salem State University – Theatre: Directing, BFA

University of Massachusetts Amherst – Performance: Acting and Directing, BA


Michigan

Central Michigan University – Theatre & Interpretation: Acting & Directing, BFA

Hope College – Theatre: Directing, BA


Missouri

Avila University – Theatre: Directing and Producing, BFA


Nebraska

Nebraska Wesleyan University – Directing, BFA


New Hampshire

Keene State College – Theatre Arts: Directing, BA

University of New Hampshire – Theatre: Acting & Directing, BA


New Jersey

Rider University – Musical Theatre: Music Direction, BM

Rowan University – Theatre Arts: Directing, BA


New York

Fordham University – Theatre: Directing, BA

Marymount Manhattan College – Theatre: Directing, BA

Pace University – Directing, BA


North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Theatre: Directing, Dramaturgy & Dramatic Writing, BA


Ohio

Baldwin Wallace University – Theatre: Acting & Directing, BA

Cleveland State University – Theatre and Dance: Directing, BA


Oregon

Eastern Oregon University – Theatre Arts: Performance and Directing, BA


Pennsylvania

Dickinson College – Theatre Arts: Acting/Directing, BA

East Stroudsburg University – Theatre: Directing, BA

King’s College – Theatre: Acting/Directing, BA

Lehigh University – Theatre: Acting/Directing, BA

Lycoming College – Theatre: Directing, BA

Muhlenberg College – Theatre: Directing, BA

Point Park University – Theatre Arts: Directing, BFA

Temple University – Theater: Directing, BA


Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island – Theatre: Directing, BFA


Tennessee

Belmont University – Theatre Directing, BFA

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Theatre: Directing, BA


Texas

Abilene Christian University – Theatre: Directing, BFA

Sam Houston State University – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BFA

Stephen F. Austin State University – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BFA

Texas A&M University: Corpus Christi – Theatre: Acting/Directing, BA

Texas Woman’s University – Theatre: Acting and Directing, BA


Utah

Utah Tech University – Theatre: Directing, BA/BS


Virginia

Averett University – Theatre: Directing, BFA

Christopher Newport University – Theatre: Directing / Dramatic Literature, BA


Washington

Pacific Lutheran University – Theatre: Acting/Directing, BFA


West Virginia

West Virginia Wesleyan College – Theatre Arts: Acting/Directing, BA


Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Parkside – Theatre Arts: Directing, BA



Australia

New South Wales

The National Institute of Dramatic Art – Directing, MFA


Victoria

The University of Melbourne – Directing, MT


Canada

Alberta

University of Alberta – Directing, MFA


British Columbia

University of British Columbia – Theatre and Film: Directing, MFA


Ontario

University of Ottawa – (English/French) Theatre: Directing, MFA


England

East of England

University of East Anglia – Theatre Directing: Text and Production, MA

University of Essex – Theatre Directing, MA/MFA


London

Birkbeck University of London – Theatre Directing, MFA

London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art – Directing, MA

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – Musical Direction, MA/MFA

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – Theatre Directing, MA

Royal Central School of Speech & Drama – Movement: Directing & Teaching, MA/MFA

University of East London – Theatre Directing, MA


South East England

Royal Holloway University of London – Theatre Directing, MA


South West England

Bath Spa University – Performance: Directing, MA


Ireland

The LIR National Academy of Dramatic Art – Theatre Directing, MFA


Macedonia

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University – (English/Macedonian) Theatre Directing, MA


Scotland

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Musical Directing, MA


USA

Alabama

University of Alabama – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Arizona

Arizona State University – Theatre: Directing, MFA


California

CalArts – Directing, MFA

CSU Fullerton – Theatre Arts: Directing, MFA

University of California, Irvine – Drama: Directing, MFA

University of California, Irvine – Drama: Music Direction, MFA

University of California, Los Angeles – Directing, MFA

University of California, San Diego – Directing, MFA


Connecticut

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Florida

Florida State University – Directing, MFA


Illinois

Illinois State University – Theatre: Directing, MFA

Northwestern University – Directing, MFA

Roosevelt University – Theatre Directing, MA

Southern Illinois University – Theater: Directing, MFA

Western Illinois University – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Indiana

Indiana University Bloomington – Directing, MFA


Iowa

The University of Iowa – Theatre Arts: Directing, MFA


Louisiana

The University of New Orleans – Theatre Performance: Directing, MFA


Massachusetts

Boston University – Directing, MFA

University of Massachusetts Amherst – Directing, MFA


Montana

University of Montana – Theatre: Directing and Music Direction, MFA


Nebraska

University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Theatre Arts: Directing, MFA


New York

Brooklyn College – Theater: Directing, MFA

Columbia University – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Ohio

Ohio University – Directing, MFA


Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University – John Wells Directing Fellowship, MFA

Pennsylvania State University – Theatre: Directing for Musical Theatre, MFA

Pennsylvania State University – Theatre: Music Directing for Musical Theatre, MFA

Temple University – Theater: Directing, MFA


Tennessee

University of Memphis – Theatre: Directing, MFA


South Dakota

University of South Dakota – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Texas

Baylor University – Directing, MFA

Texas State University – Theatre: Directing, MFA

University of Texas at Austin – Theatre: Directing, MFA


Washington

University of Washington – Drama: Directing, MFA


Washington, D.C.

The Catholic University of America – Directing, MFA


Wales

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Opera Directing, MA



USA

Texas

Texas Tech University – Fine Arts: Theatre Arts (Acting/Directing), PhD


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