Key Information
- Duration: Full-time, 60 months
- Start date: September 2027
- Application deadline: Apply before December 2026
- Language: English
- Delivered: On Campus
- Campus Location: Medford, United States
- Disciplines: Drama
Overview
Our Theatre and Performance Studies faculty at Tufts University specialize in illuminating how social and cultural formations — particularly gender, race, indigeneity, ethnicity, sexuality, colonization, religion, and class — inform performance both on and off stage.
In turn, we support and celebrate interdisciplinary scholarship from our graduate students that centers shared concerns of performance, such as the body, repetition, liveness, and visuality, while at the same time taking up concerns in outside fields of inquiry.
Careers
Faculty believe in a wide variety of possibilities for life after earning a PhD, and offer strategies for navigating the academic job market as well as alternative job markets for students who wish to pursue careers in arts administration, editing, grant writing, higher education administration, library studies, publishing, technical writing, arts entrepreneurship, and the corporate sector.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Theatre, Pedagogy, Curriculum and Professional Development
- Latinx Theatre and Performance
- 19th Century American Theatre
- Confronting Genocide on Stage and Screen
- Modern Dramatic Theory and Criticism
- Performance Ethnography
- Innovative Musicals
- Colonial Unknowing
- Queer, Trans, and Feminist Performance
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 110
- TOEFL iBT: 90
- IELTS: 6.5
General requirements
- Application fee
- Resume/CV
- Official TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test, if applicable
- Transcripts
- Three letters of recommendation
- A personal statement no more than 1,000 words that addresses questions such as: Why this particular program? What sort of questions has your research turned up so far? How is performance central to your research questions?
- A writing sample that reflects a scholarly discussion of a topic in or related to theater (ex. part of a master's thesis, a term paper, or a research article).
Tuition Fees
- International: 14,316 AUD / year (≈ 10,148 USD / year)
- Out-of-State: 14,316 AUD / year (≈ 10,148 USD / year)
- Domestic / In-State: 14,316 AUD / year (≈ 10,148 USD / year)
The tuition for PhD students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is fully covered by Tufts tuition scholarships.
Living Costs
Medford, United States: 2,057–4,259 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships: Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Theatre and Performance Studies. Available scholarships include the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships For Overseas Studies, Fulbright-Masaryk Award, Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Jeollanam, Next 100 (Kitas 100), Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships, Thanks To Scandinavia Grants To Danish Students, The Fulbright Program, Baltic American Freedom Foundation Scholarships, International Education Center's Study Abroad Programs, Hope for Humanity Scholarship, The Marietta Blau Grant, The Blossom Law Caregiver Scholarship, Hope For Addiction Scholarship, The Crowder Law Firm Scholarship, Technology Addiction Awareness Scholarship, Saving Smiles Scholarship, Tatra Banka Scholarship, Uplifting Communities Scholarship, Dedicated Volunteer Scholarship, International Peace Scholarship Fund, Don't Text and Drive Scholarship, Building Bridges Scholarship, ServiceScape Scholarship, OAS Academic Scholarship Program, ACES Scholarships, Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility, Monthly Scholarship Series, Fulbright Master's And PhD Grants - Türkiye, Ruth Abernathy Presidential Scholarship, Farmer & Morris Law, PLLC Volunteer Service Scholarship, InclusiveSkies Foundation Bessie Coleman Scholarship, P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS), The Higher Foundation Grant, Community Leaders Scholarship, Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers, P.C. $1,000 Scholarship, The Higher Foundation Scholarship, Young Scholar's Award, College JumpStart Pay It Forward Scholarship, The Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Amberscholar Scholarship, From Conflict to Growth Scholarship, General Named Endowed Scholarships, Young Legal Professionals Scholarship, Providing Support to Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship, Design Competition Awards, Lehigh Valley Medical Malpractice Lawyers, P.C. Essay Competition, Aaliyah Lee Scholarship, Keynote Emerging Artists of Promise (KEAP) Awards, Centro Legal Hispano de Las Vegas Drive Smart, Live Safe Scholarship, Gordon Hay Scholarship Fund, Staten Island Accident 2026 $1,000 Scholarship Essay Competition, Voice Talent Online Scholarship, George Garrett Award, Anidjar & Levine Community Service Scholarship, Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award, The Haque Law Wings of Expression Scholarship, Military Family Background – Life Opportunities & Hardships Scholarship, STEM Supplemental Award, $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship, Dream Chaser Scholarship, Scholarship for students with disabilities, Becas Fulbright - Ampliación De Estudios, Arts Fund, Indigenous Arts Grant, CouponBirds "Help to Save" Scholarship, The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship, and Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme.
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