Future Theatre Artists Program

The 2016 Future Theatre Artists Program will focus on:

• The capacity to be fully present on stage in process and performance
• A physical technique for actors that focuses on movement design, flexibility, cultivating physical impulses, and generating ensemble collaboration practice
• The skills to be vocally expressive
• The basic principals of acting needed to “live truthfully under imaginary circumstances”
• The tools to affect someone/the audience/the world around us
• The courage to bring your story and the stories of others to theatrical life
• How to bring your own unique self to a role
• The capability to decipher and bring to life Shakespearean text

The online applicatiion and relevant documents for the 2016 Future Theatre Arists Progrm will be available in the near future. Please check back. The deadline to submit your completed application, along with your recommendations and transcript will be announced at that time.  

Candidates for admission to Future Theatre Artists Program for Spring 2016 will be notified of an invitation to interview via email by mid-December 2015.

Interviews will take place in early January 2016 with final selection and notification in mid-January 2016.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• Strong previous interest and/or participation in theatre arts and performance

• Academic achievement and a strong hunger to learn

• A desire to explore new pathways of looking at performance

• Ability to work in an ensemble and to collaborate

• A firm commitment to completing the entire program, which will be held on 14 Saturdays from early February through mid May

Applicants must complete all components of the application in order to be considered for admission to the Future Theatre Artists Program:

PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION

Each applicant must submit ONE PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION. Please download and print the personal recommendation form (available in the future) and request that your teacher complete and mail it to the following address, postmarked by TBD.

ACADEMIC REPORT FORM & HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT

Each application must include an ACADEMIC REPORT FORM and a HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT. Please download and print the Academic Report Form (available in fall 2015) and request that your guidance counselor or college advisor complete and mail all materials to the following address, postmarked by TBD.

Submit all above information to:

Department of Drama
c/o Kenneth Noel Mitchell
Associate Chair of External Outreach and Administration
721 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212 992 9327

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

Each applicant must submit an ONLINE APPLICATION. Please register and submit your application via the online link below by TBD. Each applicant must be prepared to:

• Provide Basic Personal Information.

• Provide Basic Educational Information.

• Provide an Artistic Resume. Please also list any leadership roles you have held or creative activities in which you have been involved during the last three years, either in school or outside of school (e.g., internships, clubs, music, dancing, songwriting, performing, etc.).

• Reflect on any creative activity in which you have been involved during the last three years that represents your passion and enthusiasm for the arts.

• Personal Statement. How has theatre directly influenced your life? How do you feel theatre influences the world around you?

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1. HOW MUCH DOES THE FUTURE THEATRE ARTISTS PROGRAM COST?

The program is free to all participating students.

2. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN APPLICANTS?

Applicants must demonstrate:

• Previous interest and/or participation in theatre or performance

• Academic achievement 
Ability to work as a team member

• Willingness to collaborate 

• A firm commitment to completing the entire workshop, which will be held on twelve Saturdays from February through May
Twelve to fifteen students, will be selected after a review of application materials and an interview.

3. WHEN DOES THE PROGRAM TAKE PLACE?

Spring 2016 Future Theatre Artists Program will meet on 12 to 14 selected Saturdays from early February to mid May. A Future Theatre Artists Program final project presentation and reception will take place on the last Saturday of class.

Classes are held from 10am-4:30, and students are expected to attend the entire duration of all class sessions. All instruction takes place at the department’s facilities.

4. WHO TEACHES THE WORKSHOP?

Future Theatre Artists is facilitated by Drama Faculty in collaboration with staff, alumni, and current upper-level students.