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Dallas Theater Center
Summer Stage Actor Training Program
Dates: June 10-28 or July 8-26, afternoons Monday-Friday
Contact: Aurora Becerra, Dallas Theater Center, 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201;
(214) 526-8210, x3942; fax (212) 521-7666; [email protected];
www.dallastheatercenter.org
Programs offered: acting/movement study, text analysis, directing, dance, voice,
musical theatre
Faculty: theatre professionals, company members, staff
Costs: tuition, $530; financial aid available
Age range: 13-18
Admission requirements: apply by June 13 (for first session) or July 1 (second
session)
Facilities: program is housed in the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, located in
Dallas’s downtown arts district
This workshop-oriented program provides advanced training for serious students,
by professional actors and directors. Participants will have access to the creation
process of the Dallas Theater Center’s 2013 summer production, Fly.
Junior Players
Discover Theater Summer Camps
Dates: June 17-28 and July 8-19, by location
Contact: (214) 526-4076; www.juniorplayers.org; Junior Players, 4054 McKinney
Avenue Suite 104, Dallas, TX 75204
Programs offered: 10 two-hour sessions culminating in a performance at the Festival
of Plays
Costs: free
Age range: 7-14
Admission requirements: none
Facilities: Programs take place at local arts organizations and libraries. Festival of
Plays takes place in Dallas.
Local Internships
Dallas Theater Center
Dallas, Texas
Equity company
Season: year-round; SummerStage runs June 10-August 2
Age range of apprentices/interns: 18-22
Application requirements and deadlines: apply by March 10; interview by April 1
Cost: no tuition; room and board not provided; stipends of $3,000 provided
Training: acting, musical theatre, directing, stage management; SummerStage
interns help design and execute DTC’s theatre day camp and assist in the
management of outreach initiatives connected with the summer mainstage
production
Performance opportunities: no
Credit: not available
Facilities: program is housed in the new Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, located in
Dallas’s downtown arts district
Instructors: theatre professionals, staff
Contact: Aurora Becerra, Manager of Community Enrichment, Dallas Theater Center,
2400 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201; (214) 521-7666;
[email protected]; www.dallastheatercenter.org
National Internships
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Raleigh, North Carolina
Non-Equity company with Equity guest artists
Season: year-round
Age range of apprentices/interns: 17 and older
Cost: internships are unpaid: some housing assistance may be available
Training: theatre management, grant writing. Interns will work closely with artistic,
managing, and education directors on grant writing and in other administrative
areas.
Performance opportunities: limited
Credit: may be able to be arranged
Facilities: 140-seat theatre in downtown Raleigh
Instructors: working professionals, staff
Contact: Jerome Davis, P.O. Box 90904, Raleigh, NC 27675; (919) 834-4001; fax
(919) 834-4002; [email protected]; www.burningcoal.org
Chicago City Limits
New York, New York
Non-Equity company
Season: season runs year-round
Age range of apprentices/interns: high school through college
Application requirements and deadlines: interns accepted year-round
Cost: living costs vary; interns may attend classes and see shows for free
Training: improvisation. Interns assist with office and theatre work in addition to
taking classes.
Performance opportunities: yes, through some classes
Credit: high school, college
Facilities: theatre is located in midtown Manhattan
Instructors: company members
Contact: Linda Gelman, (212) 888-5233; fax (212) 888-0810;
[email protected]; www.chicagocitylimits.com
Marin Shakespeare Company
San Rafael, California
Equity and non-Equity company affiliated with Dominican University
Season: July-September. The Spanish Tragedy, A Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That
Ends Well.
Age range of apprentices/interns: 18 and older
Cost: tuition, $950; living costs vary, some free housing available. Financial aid
available.
Training: acting, voice, audition, stage combat, other skills
Performance opportunities: yes
Credit: EMC points
Facilities: performances in 600-seat outdoor amphitheatre
Instructors: working professionals
Contact: Leslie Currier, Marin Shakespeare Company, P.O. Box 4053, San Rafael, CA
94913; (415) 499-4485; [email protected];
www.marinshakespeare.org
Orlando Shakespeare Theater: Young Company
Orlando, Florida
Equity company affiliated with the University of Central Florida
Season: regular seas TBA: young company production is Hamlet
Age range of apprentices/interns: entering ninth grade through first year of college
Application requirements and deadlines: audition by appointment, April 13
Cost: $475
Training: students get hands-on actor training while working on a fully produced
play.
Performance opportunities: yes
Facilities: three onsite theatre built in 2001, the Goldman Theatre (120 seats with
proscenium), the Mandell Theater (100-seat flexible), and the Margeson Theatre
(320-seat thrust space)
Instructors: working professionals
Contact: Anne Hering, Director of Education, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, 812 E.
Rollins Street, Ste. 100, Orlando, FL 32803; (407) 447-1700, ext. 208;
[email protected]; www.orlandoshakes.org
Powerhouse Theater Training Program at Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
Affiliated with Vassar College in association with the New York Stage and Film
Company (Equity)
Season: June 15-July29; productions TBA
Age range of apprentices/interns: 17 through college-age
Application requirements and deadlines: application, two letters of recommendation,
personal statement, DVD/CD-ROM containing two contrasting monologues (for
actors) or play analysis (for designers and directors) or writing sample (for
writers). Application ongoing until all spaces filled; apply as soon as possible
Cost: fee, room and board, $5,000
Training: acting, directing, playwriting
Performance opportunities: yes
Credit: EMC points (additional fee)
Facilities: resources of Vassar campus and community
Instructors: guest artists, college instructors, working professionals
Contact: Powerhouse Theatre Training Program, Box 225, Vassar College, 124
Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604; (845) 437-5907;
[email protected]; http://powerhouse.vassar.edu
7 Stages Theatre Internship
Atlanta, Georgia
Non-Equity company with guest artists
Season: contact the theatre
Age range of apprentices/interns: high school, college, post-graduate
Application requirements and deadlines: accepted year-round. Early applications
encouraged
Cost: interns are unpaid and receive financial assistance on an individual basis
Training: stage management, administration, marketing, development, education,
and production
Performance opportunities: limited
Credit: high school and college; arranged through school administration
Facilities: 200-seat main stage and 90-seat black box theatre
Instructors: theatre professionals, staff, guest artists
Contact: Heidi S. Howard, 7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave., Atlanta, GA 30307;
(404) 522-8602 or (404) 522-0911; fax (404) 522-0913; [email protected];
www.7stages.org
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Washington, D.C.
Equity company
Season: theatre operates year-round but does not mount summer productions;
summer internships are all in education department
Age range of apprentices/interns: 18 and older for summer internship
Cost: no tuition; interns receive $150 stipend; summer interns responsible for their
own housing and meals
Training: summer interns work with Camp Shakespeare program
Performance opportunities: no
Credit: company helps students pre-arrange college or EMC credit on a case-by-case
basis
Facilities: LORT-B+ theatre with two stages; scene, costume, and prop shops;
administrative offices and rehearsal studios
Instructors: theatre professionals, guest artists, company members, staff
Contact: Dat Ngo, training programs manager, 516 Eighth Street SE, Washington,
D.C. 20003; (202) 547-3230 ext. 2103; fax (202) 547-0226;
[email protected]; www.shakespearetheatre.org
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Internship Program
Madison, New Jersey
Equity company
Season: full seven-show season runs May-December; training program runs May 26August 12. Productions TBA
Age range of apprentices/interns: 18 and older
Application requirements and deadlines: application available on website, due April
26 (April 5 for directing intern application); financial aid application due April 8
Cost: $1,200 housing fee for participants living on campus; $3,500 tuition for
apprentice company only; limited scholarships/stipends available for qualified
applicants
Training: classes in acting, voice, movement, stage combat, text analysis, and more
for actors; internships available in directing, artistic/casting, education, general
management, company management, development/fundraising, marketing, patron
services, photography/media, costumes, lighting, sound, production management,
props, scenic construction and design, scenic painting, sound, stage management,
technical direction, wardrobe/wigs
Performance opportunities: yes
Credit: college credit available through Drew University or student’s current school
Facilities: 308-seat theatre, 500-seat outdoor amphitheatre, and 120-seat adjustable
black box, as well as dance studios and college classrooms
Instructors: theatre professionals, staff, company members
Contact: Shayna Cooper, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, 36 Madison
Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940; (973) 845-6745; fax (973) 845-6789;
[email protected]; www.shakespearetraining.org
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Winchester, Virginia
Non-Equity and Equity guest artists company affiliated with Shenandoah University
Season: May 29-August 5; Legally Blonde, 9 to 5, Grease, Peter Pan
Age range of apprentices/interns: 17 and older
Application requirements and deadlines: apply by April 15
Cost: no tuition; stipend, $75 per week (includes housing)
Training: acting, signing, dance, musical theatre, makeup, lighting, set construction
Performance opportunities: yes
Facilities: 630-seat proscenium theatre with full orchestra pit, scene and design
shops, paint room, dressing rooms, rehearsal spaces
Instructors: contact the theatre
Contact: Sue Robinson, Managing Director, Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre,
1460 University Drive, Winchester, VA 22601; (540) 665-4545; fax (540) 665-5402;
[email protected]; www.su.edu/conservatory/ssmt