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