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• Three Year Curriculum
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Year One

The first year of training concentrates on the development of disciplined freedom and expressiveness in voice, speech, movement and imagination to provide the actor with the ability to employ the theatrical space with awareness, craft, and purpose.  Special attention is paid to fostering conversancy with, appreciation of, and the ability to make present the unique language elements of classic plays.  Work is also begun on the development of skills in script analysis and interpretation, so as to provide the ability to work beyond the context of a role into the context of the play as a whole.  Classes in rehearsal technique promote sound habits of exploration and process through the extensive preparation of full-length classic plays in which each student has a major role. Each semester culminates in public performances.  Tutorial work in each student’s individual areas of need takes place in addition to regularly scheduled classes.

Year Two

The second year continues and intensifies the studio work in voice, speech, movement, acting process, and script analysis. Tutorial work in each student’s individual areas of need continue to take place in addition to regularly scheduled classes. Students make specific application of the studio and tutorial work in three to four productions of classic plays presented to the public. These productions are carefully prepared through extensive rehearsal periods which support students in integrating and synthesizing the work being done in classes and tutorials.

Year Three

In the third year, continued daily studio work is augmented by intensive tutorial instruction in each student’s individual areas of need. Students perform in a full season of ten to twelve productions, primarily classic plays, sometimes including revivals of productions from the previous two years.  Productions are directed and designed by prominent guest artists from professional theatres in the United States and abroad and, in some cases, by PTTP faculty members.  Studio work and tutorial instruction address specific needs revealed in performance and are designed to extend the actor’s range of possibilities.  Throughout the year, artistic directors, casting directors from New York and major regional theatres, and leading theatrical agents are brought to campus to hold auditions and to acquaint students with the current practical realities of the profession.  At the end of the year, a showcase is produced in New York that is attended by leading Artistic Directors, casting directors, and agents.