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We rely on the generous support of people like you to sustain our tradition of artistic excellence, and secure a bright future for our Company.
Modeled after our internationally acclaimed Month-long Intensive, the Summer Shakespeare Intensive (formerly the Summer Training Institute) provides young actors the opportunity to immerse themselves in Shakespeare six days a week for four weeks during our summer performance season. The Summer Shakespeare Intensive is geared towards undergraduate theater students, recent graduates, and early career acting professionals, but it is open to open to a wide-ranging audience of theatre performers and practitioners.
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9:00am to 12:30pm - Voice and Movement classes
12:30pm to 1:45pm - Lunch
2:00pm to 5:15pm - Text/Scene work or Fight, Clown or Elizabethan Dance class
5:15pm to 6:45pm - Dinner
6:45pm to 9:30pm Text or other class (some evenings will be off)
The above is intended to give an idea of a day rather than a specific commitment to an inflexible schedule. There will be changes; occasionally there will be time free for learning lines and some nights off. There will be one day off each week, typically Mondays. All scene work will culminate in a final showing of the scenes open to company members, family and friends of the participants.
May 31 to June 26, 2022
ARRIVAL DAY: Monday, May 30
DEPARTURE DAY: Monday, June 27
$5,950 USD
Early payment discount: Pay the full tuition by April 1 and save $750.
A limited number of scholarships are available for People of the Global Majority/BIPOC artists from the Dennis Krausnick Fellowship Fund. Need based scholarships are also sometimes available. Contact training@shakespeare.org for more information.
Scholarships for actors of color are also available from the Johnny Lee Davenport Fellowship. The application deadline is April 23, 2022. Click here for more information and to apply.
Please note: Multiple discounts and scholarships cannot be combined.
Shakespeare & Company is a fully vaccinated campus, from our full-time employees, seasonal staff, artists, volunteers, and program participants. To ensure the health of our Shakespeare & Company community, all Center for Actor Training participants must be vaccinated against COVID-19 (including a booster shot). All participants and workshop staff will also be tested weekly during the Summer Shakespeare Intensive. Masks may be required for certain classes and events.
As conditions of the global pandemic are ever-evolving, these guidelines are subject to change and will be updated accordingly. These guidelines are consistent with and/or exceed current Board of Health and State Orders at this time, and we may continue to establish stricter policies based on local conditions and Actors’ Equity Association guidelines. We thank you for your patience, communication, and cooperation.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus this summer!
The most important thing I’ve taken from the Conservatory has been a sense of professionalism. I used to consistently walk into auditions feeling the terror of unpreparedness: even if I’d rehearsed my monologue or sides forwards and backwards, I would arrive at an audition and suddenly feel overtaken with a sense of not knowing what the hell I was doing, more
My experience at the 2007 Summer Training Institute was absolutely priceless….I learned to bring a sense of play to everything I do. Play might be the most important tool for an actor but it’s surprising how quickly we forget to play because we try to be ‘right.’ There is no such thing as ‘right.’ To me, this is what the more
All of the vocal and physical training we did enabled me to see how much freedom and availability are possible, which raised my expectations of myself. But for the first time I felt that I had the tools to move forward with those expectations. I can hone, clarify and broaden my Shakespeare monologues (and other pieces, too!), and I gained more
Shakespeare & Company is a professional live theatre company in the heart of the Berkshires, presenting a vibrant summer performance season featuring the works of Shakespeare in repertory with classic and contemporary plays. The Company offers one of the most extensive actor training programs by a regional theatre in the country, and is also home to an award-winning and nationally recognized theatre-in-education program.