Training
•Ensemble-based, highly individualized acting training with Rasaboxes integration, Bioenergetics, mask work, and Alexander Technique
•Year-by-year curriculum: foundational Voice & Movement and Scene Study shared with MT students → IPA, heightened-language text, stage combat → advanced Dialects, Styles of Acting, Directing → Business of Acting and Acting for the Camera
•Study abroad at Ithaca College London Center with stage combat, performance classes, and weekly London theatre immersion
Performance & Productions
•Required to audition for Production Laboratory (mainstage) shows every semester across three venues in the Dillingham Center
Notable Alumni
•CCH Pounder — Emmy-nominated actress (Avatar, The Shield, NCIS: New Orleans) •Ben Feldman — Emmy-nominated, Superstore, Mad Men; Broadway: The Graduate Professional Development
•Field Studies in NYC — networking week with CTD alumni (panels, workshops, seminars)
•Senior Performance Showcase for agents, managers, and casting directors
Verified Recent Class Sizes
•Class of 2030: 14 students
•Class of 2029: 16 students
