Stage Management & Design/Technical Concentration
5-Weeks
Backstage and design work is brought into the spotlight in this program. All of the Stage Management & Design/Technical classes offer students tremendous and wide-ranging opportunities for individual instruction from a select staff of design and technical theatre professionals.
The SMDT students participate in the core classes of Acting and Voice & Movement in the mornings. They will also take special Stage Management and Design Process classes in the afternoons, and will learn about Text Analysis through a design lens in those classes. We believe that to be an effective specialist, one must have a complete understanding of the entire art of theatre.
Each Stage Management & Design/Tech student will serve as a Stage Manager for one of the productions performed in the final week of the program. In the evenings, they work beside professional directors in rehearsals for those productions, giving them the opportunity to work jointly alongside their Performance concentration peers and contribute to the vision of the production. SMDT students eventually manage all aspects of the show during tech and performance week from backstage and/or the stage manager booth. All experience levels are welcome and encouraged.
