Performance Studies

About the Program

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Students gain advanced knowledge of twentieth and twenty-first century performance, including in acting, directing, design and choreography. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in performance criticism, history, media, theory, and practice.

Degree Type
Interdisciplinary Graduate Group
Degrees Offered
M.A. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan C
Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Major Code
GPFS
Exceptions
QE Exception: No outside member needed

Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Deadlines
Priority: Dec 1, 2024
General: Jan 15, 2025
Space Available: Jun 1, 2025
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2024
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2025

Program Contact Information

Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator
Marian Bilheimer
(530) 754-6973 | mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Program Chair

Graduate Group Chair
Joseph Dumit
(530) 554-1834 | jpdumit@ucdavis.edu

Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

Advisor: Primary Contact
Kristopher Fallon
Performance Studies
(530) 754-2599 | kfallon@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Studies Contacts

Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu

Senior Academic Advisor
Samantha Duesdieker
(530) 752-4928 | samdues@ucdavis.edu

External Fellowship Analyst
Yvette Garcia
ycgarcia@ucdavis.edu