# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gpfs
**Parent**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

# Performance Studies

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://arts.ucdavis.edu/performancestudies)

[Email the Program](mailto:mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu)

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

Degree Requirements

[2009](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3169)

[2005](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3170)

Administrative ByLaws

[2009](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3171)

Major Code

GPFS

Exceptions

QE Exception: No outside member needed

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://arts.ucdavis.edu/performance-studies-prospective-students)

Admission Deadlines

Priority: Dec 1, 2025\
General: Jan 15, 2026\
Space Available: Jun 1, 2026\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Marian Bilheimer
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(530) 754-6973 | [mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu](mailto:mlbilheimer@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Jon Rossini
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(530) 754-9212 | [jdrossini@ucdavis.edu](mailto:jdrossini@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Kristopher Fallon
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Performance Studies \
(530) 754-2599 | [kfallon@ucdavis.edu](mailto:kfallon@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact**\
 Jon Rossini
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Performance Studies \
(530) 754-9212 | [jdrossini@ucdavis.edu](mailto:jdrossini@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Sarah Hamid
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(530) 754-2355 | [shamid@ucdavis.edu](mailto:shamid@ucdavis.edu)