Training
•Two annual main-stage theater productions directed by faculty and guest artists
•Two annual dance concerts featuring student and faculty choreography
•Additional student-directed readings, workshop presentations, and directing projects
•HartBeat Ensemble (Hartford-based professional theater company) serves as resident company at Austin Arts Center through at least 2028
•Austin Arts Center houses Goodwin Theater (300+ seat proscenium), Garmany Hall (flexible black-box), four dance studios, and a Performance Lab
Professional Development
•Student performance groups: Trinity College Dance Company, Jesters, Shondaa Steppers, Latin Dance Club, and Moveable Joints (comedy improv)
•Community engagement network with Hartford public schools and local arts organizations
Study Abroad
•Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Semester in NYC (founded 1986), a full-semester immersion at the renowned La MaMa E.T.C. in downtown Manhattan
•Includes academic seminar, arts internship, practice classes, weekly performances, and a student-created original production at La MaMa
