THEATERMAKERS
SUMMER INTENSIVE
The Theatermakers Summer Intensive program provides six weeks of rigorous theater training and the opportunity to create new work alongside the O’Neill’s renowned developmental conferences.
Whether you’re a student looking to continue your training in the summer or an artist seeking a shorter, more intense program, the Theatermakers Summer Intensive offers you concentrated training aimed at broadening your theatrical horizons.
With new work at the forefront of this program, you’ll gain the skills to produce your own work as well as to be a productive collaborator in the development process. You’ll also be immersed in an O’Neill summer, mingling with the many professional artists on campus across the O’Neill’s various programs and observing them as they develop their own new plays, musicals, and puppetry performances.
The Theatermakers Summer Intensive offers focuses in performance, directing, and playwriting, so you can hone in on what interests you most while also expanding your skillset and widening your creative lens.​​
PROGRAM DATES & DETAILS
Summer 2025
Semester Dates: June 14, 2025-July 26, 2025
Early Bird Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
Regular Application Deadline: April 7, 2025
Credits
8 Credit Hours
CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS
When you apply to attend our Theatermakers Summer Intensive, you’ll select a discipline to focus on during your time at the O'Neill. While many courses will be taken as an ensemble, you’ll attend specialty courses in your focus, and it will inform your role in weekly performances.
THE THEATERMAKERS EXPERIENCE
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CLASSES & MENTORSHIP FROM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
As a part of the Theatermakers program, you’ll study with professional working artists who are experts in their subject matter. Classes vary across the different focuses but include study in New Work, Voice, Choicework, Droznin Movement, Playwriting, Directing, and more. Plus, with so many people on campus for the O’Neill’s other summer programming, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and converse with artists from all disciplines and backgrounds.
WEEKLY PERFORMANCES OF NEW WORK​
Original pieces comes to life each week written, directed, and performed by your Theatermakers ensemble. Throughout the semester, you will create around different themes and in various styles such as musicals and radio plays. Your new work is presented to the campus community of artists, arts administrators, and faculty as well as the public.​
PROFESSIONAL OBSERVERSHIPS​​
​As a member of the Theatermakers ensemble, you’ll get firsthand insight into the new work development process as you observe the professional artists in rehearsals for the pieces that are a part of the O’Neill summer season.
THEATER ATTENDANCE
While you’re on campus, you’ll see every piece of work that is being developed as a part of the National Puppetry Conference, National Playwrights Conference, and National Music Theater Conference. If the schedule allows, you may also take a trip to see a performance off campus.
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