In these classes, students will be exposed to the issues surrounding arts administration, theatre management, and business. The next fifteen months are spent at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. In this environment, the students will be engaged in an intensive combination of academic and practicum-oriented study.
Students gain invaluable academic and objective experience from the two environments.
The program allows for a very high degree of personal contact and involvement in the operation of the University Theatre and the ASF administrative offices. To maintain that environment, enrollment in the program is limited to a maximum of three students admitted each year. While at the University, students will be taking classes with the faculty of the University's Department of Theatre and Dance. Business classes will be taught by faculty of the University's College of Commerce and Business Administration. Guest speakers and lecturers are also integrated into the curriculum.