The Institute's arts program helps make this case. In fact, the program plays a growing role in MIT's ability to draw individuals combining stellar academic credentials with other interests and talents. Internal studies have sharply defined this issue. The 1998 Task Force on Student Life and Learning emphasized the important place of the arts at MIT and outlined steps to strengthen them. One of the group's key points is that the Institute must treat students' non-academic and academic lives as a unified whole.
Many productions are entirely student designed, constructed, directed, and performed.
In most cases, opportunities are open to the entire MIT community. The Chamber Players perform as part of the popular MIT Chapel series.