UT Live Design and Production (M.F.A. in Theatre)

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UT Live Design and Production (M.F.A. in Theatre)

UT Live Design and Production is a program of foundational skills and technique development in Scenic Design, Costume Design, Costume Technology, Lighting Design and Integrated Media for Live Performance.

We are visual storytellers. We are a program of Live Design.


UT Live Design and Production is a master of fine arts degree program where you can explore your talent at a university with vast academic resources in the dynamic and culturally inclusive city of Austin. We believe that training artists in design for the theatre prepares them for careers as inventors and producers of work in all aspects of live theatrical performance and the related fields of film, television, themed attractions, concerts, events and exhibits – wherever the focus is on the live presence of a human story.

UT Live Design and Production offers graduate students multiple realized opportunities in a program of foundational skills and technique development in Scenic Design, Costume Design, Costume Technology, Lighting Design and Integrated Media for Live Performance. We offer work in theatre, dance, opera, film, video, performance arts and solo performance. Students have opportunities for creating work within their chosen discipline and exploring other disciplines within the program, as well as building affiliations within the university’s Department of Radio-Television-Film and Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies. Over the three-year program, students will gain organizational and entrepreneurial skills in order to prepare them to serve as a producer of future projects and endeavors.

If you seek to cross the traditional boundaries of design, performance and technology and have a strong desire to create original performance work, The University of Texas at Austin community of professional faculty, staff and students may be the right match for you. "What Starts Here Changes The World."

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Please note that this is a general program guide for UT Live Design and Production. Visit specific details pages below to view sample degree plans for each area.

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Facilities

From studios to stages, see what facilities make up the F. Loren Winship Drama Building.

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Meet the Faculty

  • Nanette Acosta

    Assistant Professor of Practice and Costume Production Director, UT Live Design and Production
  • W. Scott Bussey

    Lecturer, UT Live Design and Production
    Technical Director, Texas Performing Arts
  • Rusty Cloyes

    Co-Area Head, UT Live Design and Production
    Director of Production
    Associate Professor of Practice, UT Live Design and Production
    Undergraduate Executive Committee Member
  • Michelle Habeck

    Co-Area Head, UT Live Design and Production
    Associate Professor, UT Live Design and Production
  • Carolyn Hardin

    Lecturer, UT Live Design and Production
    Properties Manager, Texas Performing Arts
  • J.E. Johnson

    Assistant Professor of Practice, UT Live Design and Production
    Associate Director of Fabrication, Texas Performing Arts
  • Karen L. Maness

    Assistant Professor of Practice, UT Live Design and Production
    Associate Director of Fabrication, Texas Performing Arts
  • Ashton Bennett Murphy

    Lecturer, UT Live Design and Production
    Project Specialist- Fabrication, Texas Performing Arts
  • Poua Yang

    Lecturer, UT Live Design and Production
    Master Draper, Costume Production and Fabrication Studio

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