Training
•Multi-faceted approach emphasizing Physical, Communicative, Imaginative, Intellectual, Collaborative, and Career-building potential
•Voice and movement classwork each semester with SAFD combat certification opportunity
•Training in Meisner, Adler, and other Stanislavski-based methodologies
•On-Camera acting class with Media School collaboration opportunities
•Training in Intimacy for the Stage with IDC resources
•Entrepreneurship course for self-promotion and production skills
Performance & Productions
•First semester no mainstage participation, then cast in mainstage productions for five subsequent semesters
•Year 3 Showcase production with industry professionals invited plus Video Showcase dissemination
Facilities
•Teaching opportunities for early-level undergraduate acting courses
•State-of-the-art facilities accommodating intimate staged readings to fully-produced multi-media productions
•Alumni work professionally throughout the country and return to share expertise
Degree Flexibility
•3-year MFA program accepting only 8 students total (maintains 1:8 faculty to student ratio)
•Terminal professional degree with individualized attention from faculty and guest artists
•Faculty mentorship program beginning first semester with semester-end reflections and goal setting
