Students in the Design & Production concentration and the MFA in Performance Design gain top-notch skills through rigorous coursework in both the theory and craft of design.
The School of Theatre and Film fuses degrees from across the disciplines to explore the future of the theatre and film arts.
Am:I, a new play by MFA student in Dramatic Writing Daniel Frey, explores a relationship between human and non-human, imagining a future of human experience – part of the mission of the School of Theatre and Film.
Our Film & Media Production students produce over 50 student films every year, showcased at the annual ASU Student Film Festival.
In addition to creating new works, the School of Theatre and Film looks at the future by re-envisioning the past by adapting and re-interpreting “classic” works, as in this adaptation of the Greek myth of Iphigenia in Caridad Svich’s Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell that was Once Her Heart.
The scholars and artists in our top-ranked programs in Theatre for Youth collaborate with actors, directors and designers to produce works oriented towards young audiences.
The School of Theatre and Film seeks to explore the cultural landscape and discover new ways to participate within it, as in the site-specific performance Transfix by Vessel, directed by Rachel Bowditch. This is performed by School of Theatre and Film undergraduates and graduate students.