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Causes: Arts & Culture, Theater

Mission: The launchpad of the american theater, the o'neill is the nation's preeminent theater development center, dedicated to empowering new artists and works that advance american theater.

Programs: National theater institute: this program is a semester of training in directing, playwriting, design, acting, movement and voice for college-aged students each fall and spring. Nti offers two other accredited training and experiential programs: the moscow art theater semester (mats), in which students travel to moscow to attend a full spectrum of acting classes at the famous moscow art theater; and theatermakers, a summer intensive in which students receive training, the opportunity for collaborative project work, and interact with the artists in residence at the o'neill summer conferences.

national playwrights conference: each summer this program provides emerging and established writers the opportunity to collaborate with directors, dramaturgs, actors and other professional staff to share and launch their new projects for the stage. The projects are highly competitive and selected through an open submissions program involving more than 150 readers and a distinguished selection committee.

national musical theater conference: each summer this program offers a dynamic developmental opportunity for composers, librettists, and lyricists and their newest projects. Selected participants attend a month-long developmental residency in which they collaborate with directors, music directors, actors and other professional support staff. The projects are selected through an open submissions program involving a distinguished selection committee composed of more than 20 reviewers. The program is known for launching major new talent to prominence.

other program services include critics, puppetry, interns, cabaret, ndf, and residencies
305 Great Neck Rd, Waterford, CT 06385
860-443-5378
Arts & Culture
Waterford
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