Thesecond year is concerned with process and the application of work from the first yearthrough a variety of studio, laboratory, and other directing experiences. The second year is focused on individual projects and practicumexperiences, workshops in improvisation, administration, the preparation of the thesis,and the development of a professional plan. Courses in theater history and criticism,dramatic literature, comparative arts, and electives complete the first two years. The third year is designed as the culmination of the previous two and as entry into theprofessional theater. Finally, a quarter of internship or observership abroad extends anddeepens the student director's cultural perspective.
Students receive travel grants toassist with the expenses of internships abroad.
Students have recently interned at Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in thePark, The Cleveland Play House, Old Globe Theatre, Playwrights' Horizons, San DiegoRepertory, and Denver Theater Center, among other theaters, and in England at theYoung Vic, Women's Playhouse Trust, Royal National Theater, Hampstead Theatre,and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Admissions Two candidates are accepted each year. Admission is based on a personalinterview and recommendations from those familiar with the candidate's work. There are two major categories of financial aid for graduate students at OhioUniversity. Since the two categories are awarded and disbursed independently of eachother, notice of ineligibility for one does not necessarily mean a student is ineligible forthe other.