Postgraduate
MA Theater Practice and Production

The MA in Theater Practice and Production at the O’Donoghue Centre prepares students for professional-level work in the theater and other creative industries.

Students take modules in many different aspects of theater practice, which focus on performance, direction, dramaturgy, theater business and production, and more. An internship (by application) with an Irish theater company forms part of the course. During the summer months, students complete a minor dissertation project, which may involve practice-as research, under the supervision of a member of staff. As a student at the O’Donoghue Centre, the world-leading center for study and research in Irish theater and performance, you will benefit from being immersed in a supportive, invigorating community of world-class practitioners and scholars, whilst also being based in Galway, home to a vibrant arts and theater scene. Central to the programme is the work of the Druid Academy. The course functions as an intensive laboratory that is student-directed and that enables close collaboration between theater practitioners and academics. It allows students to benefit from NUI Galway’s extraordinary partnerships with Irish theater companies, notably Druid Theater – recently described by the New York Times as “one of the world’s great theater companies”. Students work directly with the Druid Director-in-Residence and participate in master classes and workshops with members of the company including artistic director Garry Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for Directing.