Immerse yourself in an O’Neill summer – where the next act of the American Theater is written.
THEATERMAKERS SUMMER INTENSIVE
June 15-July 26, 2025
COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED: 8 hours
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Join us for a conservatory-style summer intensive at the Tony Award-winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. Take classes from artists working across disciplines and be in the room as exciting new plays and musicals are rehearsed. With new work at the forefront of this six-week program, you’ll leave with the skills to produce your original pieces as well as to be a productive collaborator in the development process. Whether you are a college student looking for a credit-earning summer program or an artist seeking concentrated training, the Theatermakers Summer Intensive will give you a springboard to the professional world.
Connecticut College is the founding partner and the college of record for the National Theater Institute programs.
CHOOSE YOUR FOCUS
At NTI, you’ll grow as a multi-hyphenate artist through cross-disciplinary coursework, while also receiving concentrated training in one of the following areas you are most passionate about:
ACTING
DIRECTING
PLAYWRITING
THE THEATERMAKERS EXPERIENCE
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Take classes from industry professionals in your area of focus and across disciplines
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Collaborate with your cohort to publicly present original work each week
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Observe rehearsals for the O’Neill professional conferences
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See new puppetry pieces, plays, and musicals in development
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Mingle with artists working across all of the O’Neill’s renowned summer programs
SUMMER AT THE O'NEILL
Every summer, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s campus is flooded with artists developing new work as part of the O’Neill’s professional conferences: the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, and National Puppetry Conference. These artists are at the forefront of what’s next in the American Theater, and pieces developed at the O’Neill have gone on to regional theaters, Broadway, the West End, and beyond. Alumni of O’Neill summer programs include August Wilson, Jeanine Tesori, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Patrick Shanley, Celine Song, Michael R. Jackson, Tom Kitt, Sam Hunter, David Lindsay-Abaire, and so many more.
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