27 PhD programmes in Drama in North America

The Ph.D. Drama - Theatre History, Theatre Criticism program at University of Washington provides comprehensive training in theatre and performance scholarship, embracing a wide definition of performance while maintaining rigorous training within a discipline core.

The MA and PhD programs in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University  emphasize our collective interest in theatre, performance, and cultural politics.

The Graduate Group in Performance Studies at University of California, Berkeley provides an interdisciplinary and individually crafted curriculum directed at advanced studies in the literatures, performances, cultural contexts, and theories of performance throughout the world. 

The Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama program at Northwestern University is a cross-school program featuring faculty and coursework that span the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. 

The Theatre and Dance programme offered by University of Hawaii at Manoa develops advanced research expertise in performance, theatre, dance, and cultural studies.

We develop scholar-artists engaged with performance in theatres, media, and the world. This Theatre research degree at University of Georgia encourages the integration of scholarship with the practice of dramatic art. Graduates teach at colleges across the US and abroad.

The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. The centre’s own core courses focus on the program fields of Dramatic Theory, Dramaturgy, and Theatre History.