Training
•Bullet: Summer technical apprenticeships with stipend covering set design, construction, lighting, and sound
•Bullet: Professional equipment including Yamaha CL5 digital audio mixer, ETC Ion lighting console, and 2,000 sq ft scenery shop
•Bullet: Running crew positions for hands-on backstage experience on TAM and Mount Players productions
•Bullet: Gail Steele, program chair and TAM producing director with 43+ years in teaching, directing, and producing
•Bullet: Jodi Lynne, voice instructor and Boston University School of Fine Arts graduate with 100+ performance credits including the national tour of Little Women
•Bullet: David Allen Prescott, technical director and set designer with 20+ years of scenic, costume, and props design experience
•Bullet: Dawn Ross, dance instructor and choreographer with involvement in TAM spanning 30+ years
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Home to Theatre at the Mount (TAM), Central Massachusetts's premier regional theatre with over 40 years of productions
•Bullet: TAM season includes five full-scale musicals and plays, a spring children's show, and a fall touring production for local elementary schools
•Bullet: Over 200 productions staged with approximately 20,000 annual attendees
•Bullet: Mount Players student production company presents one-act plays each semester
•Bullet: Semester showcases for Acting, Voice, Musical Theatre Dance Styles, and Hip Hop Dance classes
•Bullet: Students may audition for TAM productions alongside community performers
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: MassTransfer eligible for guaranteed transfer advantages to Massachusetts state universities and UMass campuses
•Bullet: 61-62 credit curriculum designed as a foundation for transfer to BFA/BA theatre and music programs
•Bullet: Honors Program available with tuition waiver and guaranteed honors program acceptance at Massachusetts public colleges
