Professional Theatre Initiative
The School of Theatre has a long tradition of embracing the value of the
professional theatre’s participation in the education of our students.
We have now arrived at a landmark number of professional theatre
ventures that embrace, in a special way, the possibilities of building
strong bridges between the study and practice of the theatre arts.
The Professional Theatre Initiative seeks to provide opportunities for stimulating, creative interactions between participating theatres and our students. Our hopes for the future are nothing short of creating models or producing relationships that deepen the educational experience, providing a special path for professional experimentation, and creating new possibilities for the creation of new plays for the theatre.
We are pleased to celebrate our professional partners in this endeavor. Here in Boston, the Huntington Theatre Company and the Boston Playwrights' Theatre are the cornerstones of the initiative. Reaching outward, new relationships with the Actors' Shakespeare Project in Boston and Olney Theatre Center for the Arts in metropolitan Washington, D.C., along with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, further enhance the possibilities of this initiative.
Professional Affiliations
- Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
- Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Boston, MA
- Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Boston, MA
- Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
- Olney Theatre Center, Olney, MD
- Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY
- Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA
- Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC