The three-year acting program develops the individuality of each actor and provides the training and production experience necessary for achieving a professional acting career. The strength of the curriculum is its faculty. Resident acting faculty members have an encompassing background in various acting methods.
Actors learn techniques for performing classical dramas, verse plays, and non-traditional works.
Casting of actors during the three-year production cycle is based on careful consideration by the acting faculty, and plays are chosen to allow each actor to develop their technique in a variety of styles. Guest instructors, actors and directors also provide students with worldwide perspectives and expertise in specialized areas such as stage combat and dialects. In preparing students for careers as theatre artists, the PTTP's intensive acting curriculum focuses on the development of each individual actor. Constant interaction with faculty and renowned guest artists allows students to experience, first hand, the high level of skill and discipline required for the professional theatre. In their first year, actors concentrate on acting, voice, speech, verse speaking, script analysis, body training and Alexander and Feldenkrais techniques.