The O'Neill National Theater Institute

The National Theater Institute started at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in 1970 with the mission of training young theater artists through an intensive conservatory curriculum taught by professional artists and master teachers from the U.S. and abroad.

NTI has nurtured the careers of almost 1,000 theater artists, including: award-winning actors Jennifer Garner (Alias), John Krasinski (The Office), Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and Jeremy Piven (Entourage); directors Jeremy B. Cohen (Hartford Stage), Erica Schmidt (Playwrights Horizons) and Rebecca Taichman (Woolly Mammoth Theater); playwright Adam Bock (The Receptionist); and producers Susan Booth (Artistic Director, Alliance Theatre) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer, Manhattan Theatre Club).

At NTI you have one semester – fourteen weeks – to delve deeply into the craft of theater. Seven days a week, from sun up to sun down, you train with working professionals who challenge you on every level to develop your instrument, expand your artistic horizons, and be a more malleable artist that is truly present and pliable in the moment. With the ensemble of fellow students you create a community that has only one goal: to make bold, new theater.

NTI is a kind of crucible. Through the intensity of the regimen, the rigor of the classes, and the creative pressure of the collaborative process, you strengthen your craft and theatrical vision. You enter as a student; you emerge later on as a better artist.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, NTI
Jeff Janisheski

24/7 TRAINING
This fully accredited, fourteen-week study away program is offered twice a year, in the FALL and SPRING, at the O’Neill in Waterford, CT. Classes are held seven days a week from 9AM to 10PM with a 7:30AM warm-up six days a week. This challenging curriculum is enhanced by special workshops, guest artists, and theater trips. The semester culminates in a public presentation of a final project.

This rigorous, conservatory-based approach to theater training exposes students to a broad range of theater styles and techniques. Coursework is rooted in five primary elements: Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Design and Movement & Voice.

TWO WEEKS TRAVEL
Two weeks of the semester are either spent abroad or in New York City. Students train, see theater and also visit museums and cultural sites. In the past NTI students have traveled: to London and Stratford-upon-Avon to study with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company; to Russia to train with master teachers from the Moscow Art Theater School, the Vakhtangov School and the St. Petersburg Theater Arts Academy; and to New York City to work with the Wooster Group and Anne Bogart’s SITI Company.

SEMESTER DATES & APPLICATION DEADLINES
Admission to NTI is competitive; applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadlines.

NTI Spring 2009		January 25 through May 3, 2009 Application Deadline: October 27, 2008

NTI Fall 2009		September 13 through December 20, 2009 Application Deadline: March 20, 2009

NTI Spring 2010		January 24 through May 2, 2010 Application Deadline: October 20, 2009

NTI Fall 2010		September 12 through December 19, 2010 Application Deadline: March 20, 2010

ACCREDITATION
20 credit hours or 5 course credits. The National Theater Institute is fully accredited through Connecticut College.

One semester of academic credit is awarded to undergraduates who successfully complete the program. Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Movement & Voice, and Design courses are each assigned a value of four credit hours each. At the end of the NTI semester, grades are transferred to Connecticut College where they are put on an official transcript and forwarded to the student's college or university registrar upon request.

LOCATION
O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut.
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PROGRAM FEES
These fees are effective as of September 18, 2008
SPRING 2009 SEMESTER
Tuition: $12,400 (includes $900 non-refundable reservation deposit)
Room & Board: $5,600 (meals served 7 days a week)
Travel & Culture: $900
Total Comprehensive Fee: $18,900

FALL 2009 – FALL 2010 SEMESTERS
Tuition: $12,400 (includes $900 non-refundable reservation deposit)
Room & Board: $5,900 (meals served 7 days a week)
Travel & Culture: $1,000
Total Comprehensive Fee: $19,300

In addition to the Comprehensive Fee all students must remit a $100 key/security deposit prior to their arrival at the O'Neill Center.

Dates of the program and fees are subject to change.

PAYMENT POLICY
Once you have received notification of acceptance into NTI, a $900 non-refundable deposit must be paid within 14 days or your position will not be held. This deposit is deductible from your total tuition charge. Payment of the remainder of your comprehensive fee will be arranged upon acceptance.

FINANCIAL AID
Check with your school’s financial aid office to determine whether your existing loans, grants and scholarships can be applied to the National Theater Institute programs. In most instances they can be transferred because of our accreditation through Connecticut College. Connecticut College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. NTI has a limited and need-based scholarship program. Please telephone the NTI office at (860) 443-7139 if you have financial aid questions.

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
The O'Neill Theater Center affirmatively seeks to attract to its faculty, staff and student body persons of diverse backgrounds and, pursuant to this policy, no applicant for admission or applicant for employment is discriminated against because of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, national or ethnic origin.

MEDICAL INSURANCE
The O'Neill Theater Center assumes no medical expenses for its students. All students must have medical insurance coverage either through their parents, their personal insurance, or from their college or university.

LIBRARY FACILITIES
The library contains an extensive collection of plays and theater literature. Students may also use the services of Connecticut College's Shain Library.

THE EUGENE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER
Preston Whiteway, Executive Director

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is a beautiful 90-acre estate overlooking the Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut. Since 1964 the O’Neill has been a major force in the development of theater in America. Some of the artists who have created work here include: playwrights Edward Albee, Kia Corthron, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Adam Rapp, Paula Vogel and August Wilson; directors Michael Greif, Moisés Kaufman, Harold Prince and Lloyd Richards; and actors Michael Douglas, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Sarah Jessica Parker and Meryl Streep. Avenue Q, In The Heights and [title of show] are current examples of the many O’Neill shows that have gone to Broadway.

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