Training
•Tuition-free, three-year professional training program
•Daily four-hour sessions in acting, movement (including stage combat), and voice/speech
•Faculty are professional artists active in the field
Performance & Productions
•Productions at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Armory Theatre
•Industry showcase for graduating MFA actors at end of third year
•Summer work at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alliance Theatre, and more
Notable Alumni
•Brandon J. Dirden — Broadway (All the Way opposite Bryan Cranston, Waiting for Godot) •Crystal Dickinson — Broadway (Clybourne Park, You Can't Take It with You), Theatre World Award Professional Development
•Recent guests include Sarah Ruhl, Luis Alfaro, and Rob Decina (CBS Casting)
•Connections with The Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, American Players Theatre
