Summer Program/Opportunities Geared Toward College Students

nansan
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:09:04 +0000

The MT page has a thread on summer opportunities/programs geared toward college students and I thought that it might be useful to start a similar thread here, because it is time for college acting students – my S included – to begin thinking about what they are going to do this summer. I know that there are unified auditions for summer theatre positions, like the NETC auditions, but my impression is that summer stock theatre is more focused on MT and so unless the acting student has strong vocal skills, the chance of being selected is diminished. Also, there are apprenticeship and training programs, but these generally involve payment of a fee and so this opportunity may not be attractive to some acting students if they need to earn $ during the summer. (As an aside, my S did participate in such an apprenticeship program last summer and I can provide information, if anyone is interested). Training programs that I have seen referenced on CC include Shakespeare and Company’s Summer Training Institute and Circle in the Square summer workshop, among others. There is also the paid or unpaid internship route. I am sure that there are current or former students or their parents and CC sages who may have very helpful suggestions for college BA or BFA acting majors looking to do something acting-related this summer!