DIY Theater MFA: Growing Your Skills When You Don't Have the Time, Money, or Opportunity to Pursue a Graduate...

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Scott Walters

DIY Theater MFA

Growing Your Skills When You Don't Have the Time, Money, or Opportunity to Pursue a Graduate...

Scott Walters

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Scott Walters
08 January 2024

Educational strategies & policy; Curriculum planning & development; Adult education, continuous learning; Educational: Art & design

"What if you want to improve your skills as a theater artist, but you don't have the time, money, or opportunity to pursue a graduate degree? Then Do It Yourself!

This book starts with Matt Damon's epic takedown of a pompous Harvard graduate student in Good Will Hunting's: ""You dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a fuckin' education you coulda' got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library."" Damon's character, Will, is a genius polymath with a particular gift for mathematics and not a drama major, but could his smackdown still be relevant to a collaborative art form like theater? Could an actor, director, designer, stage manager, or administrator design a learning program for themselves that would promote their own growth as artists?

In this provocative how-to, retired theater professor Scott Walters (author of Building A Sustainable Theater) argues not only that such a thing is possible, but that doing so has many advantages over the traditional route. In this brief, practical book, Walters provides a roadmap for those who want to create a theater education that is tailored to their own talents and interests."

By: Scott Walters
Imprint: Scott Walters
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9798223706052
Pages: 90
Publication Date: 08 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Scott Walters is Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where he taught play analysis, theatre history, and directing for more than 20 years. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Access to Excellence grant, and co-authored with Cal Pritner Introduction to Play Analysis.