Since September 2006, the University of Guelph has offered an exciting Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing, located in the University of Guelph-Humber building on the north campus of Humber College in Toronto. Our stellar faculty includes Catherine Bush, Carianne Leung, Canisia Lubrin, and Judith Thompson, and associated faculty Blain Watters, Alicia Elliott, Kevin Connolly, Kyo Maclear, and Michael Winter, among others.
The PhD program in Literary Studies/Theatre Studies aims to give intellectual and practical academic training to a small number of students who demonstrate exceptional scholarly potential and who show keen interest in one or more of the PhD program's fields of specialization:
The MA Theatre Studies Program is currently on pause for 2025-26.
Theatre Studies MA
The Master of Arts Degree in Theatre Studies is a research-based degree that offers students the opportunity to work with award-winning theatre scholars and practitioners.
Beginning in the Fall Semester 2006, the School of Theatre, English and Creative Writing offers a revised Theatre Studies curriculum with new requirements for graduation. Faculty, staff and students were involved in the process of curricular review and we believe our revitalized curriculum is well positioned to meet the challenges of studying theatre in the twenty-first century.
The Theatre Studies program at the University of Guelph cultivates critical thinkers, theatre artists, and creative performance makers engaged with our media saturated world.