<p> Application Information and Application Form 2013-2014</p><p>A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138</p><p>617.495.2668 TEL 617.495.1705 FAX www.harvardtheatertraining.org Application Requirements, Procedures & Deadlines</p><p>ALL APPLICANTS All applicants to the Institute must submit the following materials: AUDITION DATES & LOCATIONS 1. New York City Application form postmarked no later than th th January 3, 2013. January 25 -27 2. Non-refundable $75 application fee made Ripley-Grier Studios 520 W. 8th Avenue payable to Harvard University. th th 3. (Between 36 and 37 Street) Current resume of theatrical experience. th 4. Brief statement outlining your reasons for 16 Floor seeking admission to the Institute. New York, NY 10018 5. Two letters of recommendation from teachers, Cambridge directors or others who are able to comment on st nd your potential for achievement in the February 1 & 2 professional theater. Letters of American Repertory Theater recommendation may be sent separately and 64 Brattle Street must be postmarked by January 3, 2013. (No Cambridge, MA 02138 special form is required.) 6. Chicago Official transcripts from all post-secondary th th educational institutions. (If you did not attend a February 5 & 6 post-secondary institution, you must submit Hyatt Regency certified high-school transcripts.) Transcripts 151 E. Wacker Drive must also be postmarked by January 3, 2013. Chicago, IL 60601 *Applicants must have a high school San Francisco diploma or equivalent or be beyond the th th age of compulsory school attendance in February 9 & 10 Massachusetts. American Conservatory Theater 7. Recent headshot (actors only). 30 Grant Avenue 8. Two writing samples (dramaturgs only. See San Francisco, CA 94108 below for full description).</p><p>VOICE APPLICANTS ACTING APPLICANTS Voice applicant recommendations should highlight When all of the individual’s required application vocal training and experience in addition to performing materials are received, acting applicants will be notified or directing capabilities. The personal statement should of their audition appointments by e-mail. For the include philosophy of vocal training. Once received, audition, actors should prepare two contrasting selected candidates will be invited by the Admissions monologues; one selection should be a Shakespearean Committee to interview. monologue and the other selection should be contemporary. Each monologue should be two minutes long. Applicants who consider themselves singers DRAMATURGY APPLICANTS should prepare sixteen bars of a song that they can Applicants to the dramaturgy program must submit two comfortably perform without accompaniment. samples of their writing: an essay about a theatrical event, a piece of dramatic criticism, an essay about a DEADLINE play, an original play or adaptation, or any other prose Postmark deadline for application materials is that gives evidence of dramaturgical skill. After a review January 3, 2013. of the written materials, selected candidates will be invited by the Admissions Committee to interview. Financial Aid Application, Facilities, Certificate & Degree</p><p>FINANCIAL AID If you intend to apply for financial aid please download our Financial Aid Manual and Application from the Institute’s website at www.harvardtheatertraining.org. The financial aid application must be postmarked by February 15, 2013. </p><p>If applying for financial aid, students must submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form to the Federal Student Aid Information Center by February 15, 2013. You must submit your FAFSA by February 15, 2013 to be considered for financial aid in the 2013-2014 academic year. See details on the FAFSA website (www.fafsa.ed.gov). The Institute school code is E00014.</p><p>If the faculty has serious concerns about a student’s overall progress, the student may be asked to leave the program after the first semester or at the end of the first year. The decision of the faculty is final. If a student receiving financial aid is dismissed, the Institute administration will notify the financial aid officer by the end of the next class day, and the appropriate financial aid review will take place. Any refunds due to the student and/or a financial aid program will be calculated according to the latest regulations. </p><p>If you have any additional questions about Financial Aid, please contact the Institute Director of Financial Aid at 617-495-2668.</p><p>DEADLINE Postmark deadline for the financial aid application is February 15, 2013. historic Red Square. Students are registered with the FACILITIES Moscow Art Theater School and receive an identification card that provides access to the main The Institute shares the Loeb Drama Center at Harvard MXAT building, the Central Theater Library of Russia, with the American Repertory Theater and the Harvard- the Foreign Language Library, and Moscow’s many Radcliffe Dramatic Club. The Loeb contains theaters and museums. administrative offices, class and rehearsal rooms, a scene shop, a costume shop, and two theaters: the Loeb Mainstage and the Experimental Theater. The Loeb CERTIFICATE & DEGREE Mainstage is a flexible proscenium or thrust theater, Upon successful completion of the academic seating 556 and the Experimental Theater is an open requirements for the program, students will be black box theater seating up to 150. OBERON, the awarded a Certificate of Achievement from Harvard second stage of the A.R.T., is a destination for theater University and the faculty of the American Repertory and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square. The Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Institute uses all three of these as performances spaces. Harvard University and a Master of Fine Arts degree In addition to the Loeb and OBERON, the Institute uses from the faculty of the Moscow Art Theater School. other performance spaces around Harvard. Each Acting students who are U.S. citizens or legal residents, student in the program is issued an identification card and who are not members of a professional union will by Harvard University. This card allows access to the be eligible to join Actors’ Equity Association by the time Housing Office, libraries, the Harvard Theater of graduation. Collection, gymnasiums, pools, and other facilities. In some cases there will be a small fee. While in Moscow, classes, rehearsals, and workshops will be held at the Moscow Art Theater School, which is located in the center of downtown Moscow, just two blocks from Tuition, Living Expenses, Scholarships, & Work Study</p><p>TUITION & LIVING EXPENSES Students who can document adequate preexisting medical coverage may waive the cost of The total tuition for the complete two-year, five-term the Harvard Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan. Health services program is $60,357; $34,041 of this amount in Cambridge are provided by Harvard University Health covers the 2013-2014 academic year, and the Services; in Moscow, students will have access to the remaining $26,316 is billed in 2014-2015. Tuition Medical Center of the Russian Theater Union. In for the first year of the program includes the cost Cambridge, students are responsible for their own living of round-trip transportation and housing in Moscow, as and eating arrangements. Harvard’s Housing Office well as the cost of the summer semester. Students are provides a list of housing options in Cambridge and the accommodated at the official Moscow Art Theater surrounding communities. Students also frequently find School dormitory, conveniently located right off housing from listings in local newspapers, real estate Moscow’s main street, Tverskaya. The dormitory is just agents, management companies, and notices posted on a twenty-minute walk from the school. While in bulletin boards. Students can reasonably estimate living Moscow, some optional trips may be arranged for costs of approximately $2,234 per month for room, students, such as trip to St. Petersburg for an additional board, and miscellaneous expenses during the program. cost. While these figures are based on the average expenses of current and recent Institute students; your individual A $700 deposit (non-refundable, but credited to your expenses may vary. Institute tuition in your first year) is required within two weeks of notification of acceptance. The balance of the tuition will be billed in installments due at the beginning of each of the five terms. In addition, all members of the program will be enrolled in both the Harvard Blue Cross/Blue Shield and University Health Services plan at SCHOLARSHIPS an approximate average cost of $3,020 per year. The Institute has limited scholarship funds to award each year on a need basis to eligible College and the Harvard Extension School, and students. These awards help to cover a portion of front of house staff at A.R.T. productions. Acting students’ tuition costs. If you intend to apply for students who are cast in A.R.T. productions are financial aid, please download our financial aid paid modest honorariums and/or performance application, instructions and manual from the fees, the amounts of which vary depending on Institute’s website at www.harvardtheatertraining.org. the nature and extent of the assignment. If you have any additional financial aid questions please contact Institute Director of Financial Aid at 617-495-2668. </p><p>EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Due to the intensive schedule, there are limited employment opportunities for students to supplement their financial aid resources during the school year. Federal Work Study funds are awarded on a need basis to some students as part of their financial aid award packages. In addition, past and current students have worked within the A.R.T./Harvard community as acting coaches, acting class assistants, teaching assistants for undergraduate courses at Harvard</p><p>Production Season</p><p>INSTITUTE SEASON 2012-2013</p><p>Hansel and Gretel Adapted by the company Directed by Allegra Libonati (Part of A.R.T. Season)</p><p>The Flu Season By Will Eno Directed by Marcus Stern</p><p>TBA Directed by Scott Zigler</p><p>Abolitionist Project Conceived by the company Directed by Stephen Bogart</p><p>INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS 2012-2013  New Playwriting Workshop with MFA Playwriting Program at Brown University  Harvard Playwriting Festival  Voice-over Workshop  Mask Workshop A.R.T. SEASON 2012-2013  Audition Workshop  Playwrights of New York Workshop Marie Antoinette By David Adjmi Directed by Rebecca Taichman</p><p>The Lily’s Revenge By Taylor Mac Directed by Shira Milikowsky</p><p>Pippin Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Roger O. Hirson Directed by Diane Paulus</p><p>Hansel and Gretel Adapted by the company Directed by Allegra Libonati</p><p>The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams Directed by John Tiffany</p><p>Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage By Jason Craig Music by Dave Malloy Directed by Rod Hipskind and Mallory Catlett Curriculum & Classes</p><p>The Institute curriculum is divided into five semesters INSTITUTE CALENDAR 2013-2014 listed below. The sample curriculum reflects the July 8, 2013 - Orientation for the first-year class training outline for the current year. July 9, 2013 - Classes begin for the first-year class September 3, 2013 - Fall Semester begins for both classes December 20, 2013 - Fall Semester ends January 6, 2014 - Spring Semester begins March 1, 2014 - First-year class departs for Moscow May 30, 2014 - Commencement</p><p>(Dates are subject to minor changes.)</p><p>FIRST YEAR SCHEDULE ACTING VOICE DRAMATURGY </p><p>SUMMER SEMESTER Acting Acting Practical Dramaturgy July-August Voice and Speech Voice and Speech Voice & Speech for Dramaturgs Cambridge, MA Movement Movement History of Set Design Stanislavsky, Chekhov Stanislavsky, Chekhov Introduction to Dramatic and MXAT and MXAT Structure Russian Language Russian Language Stanislavsky, Chekhov and and Culture and Culture MXAT Russian Language and Culture Dramaturgy Casebook Icons of Masculinity Introduction to Dramaturgy English, Irish, and Postcolonial English Language Drama</p><p>FALL SEMESTER Acting Acting Dramatic Structure September-December Voice and Speech Voice and Speech Voice & Speech for Dramaturgs Cambridge, MA Movement Movement Critical Writing Singing Singing Russian Language & Culture Dramatic Literature Dramatic Literature Dramatic Literature from Greeks to Ibsen from Greeks to Ibsen from Greeks to Ibsen Russian Language Dialects History of American and Culture Alexander Technique Institutional Theater Ballet Voice Seminar Practical Dramaturgy Social Dance Coaching Assignments Theories of Representation Alexander Technique Shakespeare Production Assignments Dialects Teaching Assignments Writing for Publication New Play Development Adaptation</p><p>SPRING SEMESTER (Part 1) Acting Acting Critical Writing January-February Voice and Speech Voice and Speech Theories of Representation Cambridge, MA Movement Movement New Play Development Dramatic Literature Dramatic Literature Dramatic Literature from Greeks to Ibsen from Greeks to Ibsen from Greeks to Ibsen Dialects Combat Adaptation Singing Singing Practical Dramaturgy Russian Language Dialects Russian Language and Culture Shakespeare and Culture 1st Faculty or Guest Voice Seminar History of American Directed Project Coaching Assignment Institutional Theater Alexander Technique Alexander Technique Production Assignments Ballet Teaching Assignments Writing for Publication</p><p>SPRING SEMESTER (Part 2) In Moscow: In Cambridge: In Moscow: March-May Acting Acting Contemporary Russian Theater Actors & Dramaturgs: Voice and Speech Voice and Speech and MXAT Magazine Moscow, Russia Movement Movement History of Russian Art Voice Student: Fencing Combat and Architecture Cambridge Rhythm Voice Seminar Soviet and Russian Cinema Ballet Singing Meyerhold and Set Design 20th Century Russian Coaching Assignments Russian Literature and European Theater Alexander Technique 20th Century Russian Suzuki Shakespeare and European Theater Dialects Teaching Assignments</p><p>SECOND YEAR SCHEDULE ACTING VOICE DRAMATURGY </p><p>FALL SEMESTER Acting Acting Practical Dramaturgy September-December Voice and Speech Voice and Speech Translation Cambridge, MA Dialects Dialects History of Critical Writing Movement Movement Aesthetics American Musical American Musical American Musical Theater Theater Theater Ballet Voice Seminar New Play Development Alexander Technique Singing Production Assignments Singing Teaching Assignments Writing for Publication Acting in Institute or Coaching Assignments Thesis A.R.T. Productions Alexander Technique Shakespeare </p><p>SPRING SEMESTER (Part 1) Acting Acting Practical Dramaturgy January-February Voice and Speech Voice and Speech New Play Development Cambridge, MA Shakespeare Shakespeare Aesthetics Movement Movement Production Assignments Combat Voice Seminar Writing for Publication Singing Singing Thesis Ballet Coaching Assignments Alexander Technique Teaching Assignments Acting in Institute or Dialects A.R.T. Productions Alexander Technique Dialects</p><p>SPRING SEMESTER (Part 2) In Cambridge: In Moscow: In Cambridge: Actors & Dramaturgs: Acting Voice Practical Dramaturgy Cambridge, MA Voice and Speech Movement New Play Development Voice Student: Shakespeare 20th Century Russian Production Assignments Moscow, Russia Movement and European Theater Writing for Publication Ballet Acting Thesis Showcase in Cambridge Coaching Assignments Los Angeles & NYC Suzuki Acting in Institute or Teaching 1st Yr. Class A.R.T. Productions Combat Alexander Technique Admissions Application Form</p><p>Please Print or Type</p><p>Legal Name (Last, First, Middle): ______</p><p>Other names used i.e. artist’s name, maiden name: ______</p><p>Social Security Number:______Date of Birth:______</p><p>Current Address:______</p><p>Current Address Good Until: ______Sex: ______</p><p>Permanent Address:______</p><p>E-mail Address: ______</p><p>Current Phone:______Permanent Phone:______</p><p>Work Phone:______</p><p>Current Occupation: ______</p><p>Postsecondary Educational Institution Dates Attended Degree</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>Area of Study: ACTING___ DRAMATURGY___ VOICE ___</p><p>For actors, check audition city preferred and list your preferred dates.</p><p>NEW YORK_____ CAMBRIDGE_____ CHICAGO_____ SAN FRANCISCO_____ January 25-27 2012 February 1 & 2, 2013 February 5 & 6, 2013 February 9 & 10, 2013 Note: There will be no morning auditions on 1/25 or 2/1.</p><p>1st Choice Date:______Morning_____ Afternoon _____</p><p>2nd Choice Date:______Morning_____ Afternoon _____</p><p>3rd Choice Date:______Morning_____ Afternoon _____</p><p>Have you applied to the Institute before? ___Yes ___No If so, when?______</p><p>How did you first learn of the Institute?______</p><p>______</p><p>Mail to: A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training Application Deadline (postmarked): 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 January 3, 2013</p>