The Acting Program is designed to help students become well-rounded professionals. In the first year, you'll take courses in movement, acting, voice and speech, and also work as a crew member for the School's productions.
Assignments run the gamut from hanging lights and building props to ushering.
In the second year, you'll take Introduction to Performance and will be cast by a faculty director in plays prepared for faculty review at the end of each quarter. New Directors and most workshop plays are directed by graduate students working toward Master of Fine Arts degrees in Directing, whereas others are directed by faculty or visiting professional directors. From the first year, you'll work and study under an academically and professionally distinguished faculty. Instructors in movement have strong backgrounds in dance, mime and in the Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques. Voice and Speech instructors employ more than one approach including Linklater, Skinner, Lessac's System of Energies and Berry.