<p>One of the great things about interlochen is the large amount of staff members who were alums....in addition to the faculty who are professionals. there are college students who are counselors, lifeguards and work at various places like the scholarshop (the "school store"), but as brbway said, no college students teach the classes. we did have opportunities to teach side activities such as swing dancing, yoga, etc that were just for fun.</p>
<p>after attending as a camper in 03 and 04, i returned back this past summer as a high school girls counselor. it was a great experience because i was able to take private lessons with the theater professionals and there is so much tradition at interlochen. everyone there is so passionate about what they do (not to imply that at stage door they aren't either lol!!!!!) and it's friendships for life. my 17 year old girls were so inspired to know that i'm still very close with all my friends from when i was a camper. i actually last night got a phone call from my camper who was from Indonesia!!! 11:30 PM my time, lunch time the next day her time haha. it is another thing that makes Interlochen great, the amount of international students the program attracts. and i personally love being in an environment surrounded by other artists who aren't just aspiring actors. at first i was kind of disappointed that none of my girls were musical theater majors (i did have a straight theater major, though), but it opened my mind so much to other styles of art. it was life-changing.</p>
<p>i think the musical theater workshop is a very good experience and the guy who runs it is a very talented actor/singer and is a member of actor's equity. it's only 3 weeks, whereas most of the camp programs are 6 weeks, but they put the 3 weekers in cabins with other 3 weekers, so they don't have to feel like the awkward newbies if they come 2nd session when everyone else has already been there 3 weeks and made friends. the revue is very high-scale and the theater is a very nice space.</p>