The Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium:

The Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium was formed in the belief that graduate theatre training is most effective when it combines in-depth studio work with rigorous academic study and an ongoing relationship to a working professional theatre. Brown University’s Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance is internationally recognized for the quality of its faculty and instruction. Trinity Rep, with its deep tradition of resident artists, provides powerful artistic assets and creates a firm foundation of real-world experience. Together, the two organizations have produced a model of theatre training that is rigorous and technically demanding, without intellectual or creative limitations.

The Consortium includes the M.F.A. programs in Acting and Directing as well as the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Theatre and Performance Studies. During their time at the Consortium, students in each of the disciplines have many opportunities to study and work with fellow students from all areas of the Consortium, including the graduate playwrights from the M.F.A. program in Literary Arts.

The primary focus in the acting training is in developing technically skilled, versatile actors capable of working in the variety of styles demanded by contemporary theatre. Directors are given the opportunity to develop their own vision, working in collaboration with actors, by creating new work and rediscovering existing texts. The M.F.A. curriculum provides a rigorous technical training program taught by a resident faculty, supplemented by guest artists from the professional and academic arenas.

The 2006-2007 season marks Trinity Repertory Company’s 43nd year of producing exciting, innovative theatre. Consortium students are fully involved in the life of Trinity Rep. They have the opportunity to work as actors, assistant directors, and dramaturgs on mainstage productions, to be taught bymembers of the company, and to attend both rehearsals and performances.

The Consortium’s acting and directing rehearsal studios are located at Trinity Rep’s home in the Lederer Theater Center, the Pell Chafee Performance Center, and adjacent buildings in downtown Providence.

  2008-2009 Consortium catalog >>

  Audition request form >>

  Financial Aid form>>

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All questions regarding the M.F.A. programs should be addressed to:

Jill Jann, Consortium Administrator
c/o Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 521-1100, x 271
email: jjann@trinityrep.com