Author: Delphine Vasko
![A student rushes up the stairs toward the Bing Theatre.](https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-9-250x250.jpeg)
USC School of Dramatic Arts to offer free tuition for its MFA programs
The acting and dramatic writing degrees will now have tuition costs waived for incoming and current students starting in the Fall of 2024
The Master’s Degrees in Acting and Dramatic Writing will now have tuition costs waived for incoming and current students starting in the Fall of 2024
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![SDA students in commencement regalia laugh and clap at the 2024 Commencement ceremony.](https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Commencement-story-2-alt-2-250x250.jpeg)
Full videos and Photo Gallery of the SDA commencement ceremonies
Missed either of the 2024 commencement ceremonies? Watch a recording of the live event on YouTube or view a photo recap of the event.
Commencement 2024
![(left to right) USC Provost Andrew T. Guzman, actress and USC alumni Troian Bellisario, Emily Roxworthy dean of the school of dramatic arts, actress and USC SDA student Storm Reid, USC President Carol Folt and actor and USC alumni LeVar Burton during the ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of USC’s new dramatic arts building, March 28, 2024. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)](https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GR64424-2-1920x1080-1-250x250.jpg)
‘A top training ground’: USC School of Dramatic Arts gets a new home at ribbon-cutting ceremony
The revamped building features two theatres, design labs and other state-of-the-art facilities.
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