First semester workshops prepare actors for second semester mainstage roles. Actors also engage in body training and focus their scene work on Chekhov, Ibsen and Strindberg. During the second year, acting in Shakespearean and complex verse plays is emphasized while instructors focus on developing the actor's individual resources through expanded production work. Classes and scene work center on technique, and workshops stress special skills. In the final year of the program, actors concentrate on individually tutored projects and production work by performing in up to eight fully mounted shows.
Practical seminars focus on career preparation and the realities of pursuing an acting career.