Training
•Meisner and Stanislavski-based actor training, reexamined through an anti-racist lens
•Movement training: Loyd Williamson, Michael Chekhov, Laban, Alexander Technique, yoga, period styles
•Voice and speech: Fitzmaurice Voicework with Linklater, Rodenberg, and Knight/Thompson pedagogy
•Expanded curriculum includes entrepreneurship, international theater, social justice, and content creation
•Prepares actors for stage, screen, and new media
•Courses in on-camera work, podcast and digital media creation, and performance across cultures
•Masterclasses across various fields of expertise
Notable Alumni
•Joe Minoso — series regular on NBC's Chicago Fire, 2018 NIU Alumni Achievement in the Arts Award •Kurt Sutter — creator and showrunner of FX's Sons of Anarchy, executive producer on The Shield 
