<p>I want some help in finding summer courses and apprenticeships that I can apply for.</p>
<p>I know that Skidmore hosts the SITI Company Summer Workshop and I would LOVE to do it, but I don't know if I should apply because their website says "The applicant pool varies from year-to-year, but typically applicants range in age from upper-level undergraduate students to seasoned professionals in the field."</p>
<p>Do you know of any other interesting programs? I would like to work closely with a company or a collective.</p>
<p>My D had a wonderful learning experience at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ Apprenticeship program. It is a big commitment, however, 11 weeks. You can pm me if you have any questions. She loved it so much she will probably return there this summer.</p>
<p>But as for the SITI Company Summer Workshop, it doesn’t hurt to apply. My D was one of the youngest apprentices at NJ Shakes–most were rising seniors, new grads, and some MFA students and grads. </p>
<p>Aren’t you a year older, milky? They are usually looking for disciplined, dedicated, reliable workers, and no petty drama. If you feel you fit the bill - and it sounds like you do - there’s no reason you can’t apply. The worst that will happen is that they’ll say no, which is where you’d be if you didn’t apply.</p>
<p>A few years ago my S was an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival after his freshman year in a BFA acting program. He met just one apprentice who was younger than he was. The festival accepts as apprentices college students and graduates. He found it to be a really rewarding experience - he is still in touch with some of the other apprentices. It was a lot of hard work that consumed many, many hours - he spent much of the summer helping with technical aspects, including work at the mill shop, heating food for the crew that had to break down the set after a production had concluded, etc. Some apprentices did get to appear in some of the productions, mostly as human scenery. My S did get to perform, but probably not in the way that he had imagined. There is a fee for the program, but the fee covers room and board at Williams College as well as classes with visiting professionals. They do have a scholarship program for persons who cannot afford the fee. Also, there may be some value to having a festival like Williamstown or NJ Shakespeare that Connections mentioned on your resume because it does appear that having been an apprentice is kind of like being part of a fraternity/sorority for the summer. There is no audition but I believe 3 letters of recommendation and an essay are required. The deadline for applying is usually around March 1.</p>
<p>Younger college students might also be interested in the much less costly Shakespeare & Young Company summer program. It is for students ages 16 - 20. My son did it the summer after his sophomore year at BU and got a lot out of it.</p>
<p>It’s funny this thread came up, as my S is considering a gap year before he starts at Kenyon. He emailed National Theater Institute at O’neil Theater to see if it would be okay if he applied even though he is not technically a college student yet. They emailed him back right away and were VERY positive about him applying. So I think he will be applying there for sure. He wants to attend the semester program, not the summer. He is also going to look in an internship when he attends the HUMANA festival in Louisville, KY. Lots of great stuff to look into. He also wants to travel/backpack abroad. I thought the UK programs looked amazing… but he wants to wait till college to to be that far away. Kenyon has an unbelievable program at Exeter for a year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! I’m going to pay for the course with the money I’ve been saving since I was 9, so it has to be very worth it haha. And unfortunately I can’t afford a plane ticket to the UK.</p>
<p>The O’Neill is an AMAZING place and I’m applying for summer internships there. But because I did NTI and I plan on doing MATS, I’m not sure I should do Theatermakers.</p>
<p>5boys - if you want some NTI advice email me. I went to NTI before going to college and it was definitely an awesome experience and the best semester of my life.</p>
<p>And about the Shakespeare programs, I know they are wonderful, but because I will have an amazing Shakespeare teacher next fall, I’d rather do something that I can’t do in college during the summer.</p>
<p>MilkS-my daughter attended MATS and loved it. After college, she did an apprenticeship at the Headlong Performance Institute in Philadelphia. You can get college credit for HPI; however, I’m not sure that it’s a summer program. I think it’s offered in the fall.</p>
<p>It’s the Moscow Art Theatre School’s USA summer program where the teachers from the school come to Cambridge for 5 weeks in the Summer. It looks absolutely incredible.</p>
<p>Josh: I didn’t mention above that my daughter attended the Moscow Art Theater summer program that you’ve linked. The year she did it, the program was housed at Lesley University (in Cambridge). She did the program before her senior year and had previously spent the fall semester of her junior year in Moscow at the MATS program. IIRC there were some of the same instructors in Cambridge as in Moscow. She loved both programs.</p>
<p>Ok… I don’t know how to PM now. so maybe someone can enlighten me. Milkshakspeare… I am trying to get info on whether NTI gives any kind of FA? My S is very interested but it is too pricey for us. Let me know your thoughts… thanks!</p>
<p>5boys - “NTI has a limited and need based scholarship program. Please telephone the NTI office at 860-443-7139 if you have financial aid questions.”</p>
<p>Just a quick update - I was accepted to the SITI Summer Workshop at Skidmore College! If anyone has questions about it in the future, feel free to contact me.</p>
Hi everyone! Bumping this thread again, because I’m looking for a new program. Still the same “requirements” of my original thread…
I’m currently looking at the Watermill Center International Summer Program (run by Robert Wilson). Does anyone know anything about it? It seems extremely competitive, so I’d like to have a couple of more options.
@milkshakespeare Watermill looks pretty facinating. It looks like it’s for the mature artist that’s been creating for a while. What do you know about?
@arwarw It sure looks awesome. I emailed them and they said they take both young professionals and arts students, but from what I’ve heard you need to be really “special” (multi-talented, outside the box, etc). Not sure what to expect exactly, but Robert Wilson is amazing and so are most of past years’ guest artists.
My daughter has had many friends who have done Tisch Amsterdam and all have said it is life changing and fantastic. She would have loved it but we could not fund summer programs during the college years. However, she did train at ETW at Tisch which is closely aligned with the Amsterdam program.