Training
•Bullet: Pre-professional program combining hands-on production experience with theory and liberal arts education
•Bullet: Focus on developing managerial and artistic instincts alongside emotional intelligence
•Bullet: Emphasis on social equity and inclusive practices in production
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students work on Mainstage productions from day one, progressing through Production Assistant → Assistant Stage Manager → Stage Manager roles
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Rachel Zach '03 — Broadway stage manager (To Kill a Mockingbird, Carousel, War Paint, Sunday in the Park with George, The Drowsy Chaperone)
•Bullet: Travis Coxson '15 — Broadway stage manager (Dear Evan Hansen, Choir Boy, The Iceman Cometh, Groundhog Day)
•Bullet: Christopher Staub '05 — Production Stage Manager at Glimmerglass Festival and Houston Grand Opera
Professional Development
•Bullet: Fourth-year Field Studies in NYC — networking week of panels, workshops, and seminars with CTD alumni working across the industry
Study Abroad
•Bullet: Ithaca College London Center with internship placements, performance classes, Stage Combat, and weekly theatrical walks through London
