At the end of orientation week, you ll be paired with a member of the Ardeo Theatre Company who will be your mentor during the training and whose expertise and interests complement and perhaps challenge your own. Mentors offer support, guidance, and advice to students on matters of professional and personal goals, and artistic work. This non-faculty relationship will enrich your experience of working side by side with a professional theatre company. Every Friday you ll have a chance to perform cabaret, class work, or other works in progress. Open Stages provide opportunities for students, faculty and company members to try out original writing, solo work, or performance pieces in progress.
Shows are open to the entire community.
In three days and two nights you will develop, rehearse, and perform an original piece of theatre together with faculty, Ardeo Company members, and your peers. During Marathons, all other classes and activities are put on hold while students and company focus on this intensive development and rehearsal process. The process culminates in staged performances in the ch teau theatre. Seminars On Monday evenings throughout the semester, you will have the choice of attending workshops, panel discussions or seminars given by company members and visiting artists who offer their expertise on topics not included in the regular curriculum. Visiting Artist Workshops Twice per semester guest artists from around the world lead specialized workshops in theatre skills such as Suzuki training, the Biomechanics of Meyerhold, and Commedia dell'arte.