1. THE HANGAR LAB
The Hangar Lab Company provides emerging actors, directors, and choreographers a
supportive and challenging artistic environment within which they can expand their
experience and abilities. Designed for advanced college students and early–career
professionals, the program offers intensive hands-on training in a repertory
environment. http://www.hangartheatre.org/content/view/lab-company.html
Hangar Lab
SHAKESPEARE & CO
Shakespeare & Company’s Professional Actor Training has for three decades concentrated
on heightening actors’ abilities to engage, explore and express fearlessly and lucidly to bring
language, character and the physical instrument together in such a way as to help actors “to
hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature.” The Summer Training Institute provides young
actors the opportunity to immerse themselves in Shakespeare six days a week for four weeks
during the height of our Summer performance season. http://www.shakespeare.org/training/
Shakespeare & Co
STRAWHAT AUDITIONS
StrawHat supports professional theatre and the careers of non-Equity performers and
technical artists looking to develop their careers in theatre. The combined audition event
takes place once a year in New York City and features three days of auditions, 700+
performers, 30+ theatres and producers offering employment opportunities, and is open to
non-Equity performers age 18 and older. http://www.strawhat-auditions.com/StrawHat
DRAMA CAREER DEVELOPMENTSUMMER STOCK AND APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL
The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s summer season offers a variety of career
advancement opportunities for young theatre professionals and recent college
graduates, and more experience professionals. Ranging from supervisory to
assistantship positions, WTF staff members have the opportunity with some of the top
professionals in American theatre. http://wtfestival.org/work-learn/
NEW ENGLAND THEATRE CONFERENCE AUDITIONS
The annual NETC Theater Auditions provide a service whereby producers and directors of New
England and other theatres from throughout the country meet in a group to audition and interview
candidates for positions in summer and year-round professional theatres as performers, designers,
technicians, and theatre / production staff. These auditions are open to non-Equity members and
Equity Membership Candidates. http://www.netconline.org/netc-theatre-auditions.php
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) Summer Performance Training Apprentice Program offers 16
students from all over the country a multifaceted approach to actor training with a strong emphasis
on voice and movement. Our belief is that theatre succeeds through ensemble work. As a result,
students are vital members of the BTG community, rehearsing and performing on one of our many
stages, taking classes each day in a wide range of performance techniques and presenting reviews
and cabaret performances. http://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/education/apprenticeships
Williamstown
NETC
Berkshire