MFA IN PLAYWRITING

The MFA Playwriting Program at Boston University seeks to nurture writers of exceptional talent and vision who will make meaningful contributions to the fields of theater, entertainment, and literature. We aim to accomplish this goal with our playwrights by:

• Bolstering their facility for the craft of dramatic writing.

• Helping them to foster a personal connection to the dramatic form, its ancient roots, its dynamic history, and its multivalent present.

• Equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and professional connections necessary to build and sustain lifelong careers.

The MFA Playwriting Program is part of BU’s English Department in the College of Arts and Sciences and operates in close collaboration with the School of Theatre and College of Fine Arts. MFA playwrights receive full tuition scholarships. Additionally, they are guaranteed a non-service stipend or teaching fellowship in every Fall and Spring semester of their enrollment. Summer funding, while not guaranteed, is awarded on an as-available basis from BU’s Graduate School.

The program was Founded by Derek Walcott and Kate Snodgrass, and is currently under the direction of Nathan Alan Davis. BU playwriting alumni have long been working professionally at the highest levels of professional theater, film, television, and beyond.