2020 Apprentice Program Application

Personal Information

Full Name *

Email *

Phone *

Current Address *

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City

State

Zip Code

Permanent Address (if different from current)

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City

State

Zip Code

Date of Birth *

Age *

I identify my gender as:

Pronouns:

ex: they/them/theirs, she/her/hers, he/him/his

Education

Please share with us some information about your current and/or past educational experience.

I am currently enrolled in or have completed an undergraduate degree program *

Yes
No

Undergraduate College/University & Graduation Year *

Ex: Boston University, 2018

Undergraduate Degree Type *

4 Year B.A.
4 year B.F.A.
2 Year/Other

Please list undergraduate majors and/or minors if applicable

I am currently enrolled in or have completed a graduate degree program *

Yes
No

Graduate College/University & Graduation Year *

Ex: Columbia, 2018

Graduate Degree earned or in process: *

Ex: MFA in performance

Please list any other performance training institutions you have attended or are currently participating in

Ex: Circle in the Square, 2017

Other information

Do you plan to apply for financial aid? *

Yes
No

How did you hear about our program? *

Which alumni recommended our program?

Please describe "other" *

Are you applying to other acting/theater training summer programs? *

Yes
No

If yes, which? *

Are you considering work or other non-acting training opportunities this summer? *

Yes
No

If yes, what? *

Audition Requirements

Please check the FIRST location we saw an audition from you or that you intend to audition at: *

I am a 2019 deferral (no audition necessary)
CSC2 Open Call (Boston or NYC), Oct /Nov 2019
Tempest Open Call, Nov 2019
NETC, Mar 2020
Stagesource, Apr 2020
Boston local audition, March 15, 2020
Boston local audition, April 11, 2020
I am unable to attend any in person audition and will only be submitting a video audition

We understand that some applicants will not have shown us a Shakespeare monologue at general audition opportunities such as NETC or Stagesource. If we have not seen a Shakespeare monologue from you please select how you have or plan to fulfill this requirement

Boston local audition, March 15, 2020
Boston local audition, April 11, 2020
I will submit a video to show my Shakespeare monologue

Please contact us if you have questions about what audition material we may still need to see from you.

Other Requirements

Please upload your current acting resume as a PDF:

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Please make sure to include your name in the file title.

Please upload your current headshot or photo as a JPG

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Please make sure to include your name in the file title.

A separate recommendation is required as a part of your application. This online form can be found at the Apprentice Program page on our website. Please share the link with your intended recommender*. Please let us know their name here so we may keep an eye out for your recommendation: *

*We suggest this to be a teacher, director, coach or other theater professional who can speak to your work as an actor and theatrical collaborator. (No recommendation required for deferral students, please put n/a)

Personal Response Questions

In considering applicants for the Apprentice Program, our goal is to offer apprenticeships to actors that are seeking to develop specific skills or to sharpen their artistic perspectives with specific experiences. Please take a few minutes to review the information about the Apprentice Program and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company that's available on our website and social media. You may even reach out to Apprentice Program staff to get a clear picture of what the apprenticeship is all about. With that information in hand, please tell us how you hope or expect the CSC Apprentice Program to influence the following: (Please use no more than 250 words.)

a) Your current personal relationship to Shakespeare's works. *

Include a challenge you face in performing one of these plays. If you have not performed one of Shakespeare's plays yet, please reflect on why that might be and how that informs your relationship with these works.

b) The role you want to play in the world as an artist. *

Describe how you see this apprenticeship helping you to achieve that goal.

Please pick one of CSC's core artistic values - access (as the word is used on the CSC website), education and excellence - and tell us how this value resonates with the work you want to do as an artist. *

Is there anything else you think we should know about you?

Optional Demographic Questions

In an effort to make this program accessible to a diverse group of applicants, we like to collect demographical information from all of our applicants so we can learn more about who is applying for our program and find ways to be more inclusive in our recruitment/enrollment process. Answering questions in the section is completely optional and information provided in this section is not used in making acceptance decisions.

I identify my ethnicity as (please check as many as apply)

Additional Info for other:

What is your household's income?

Including parents/guardian's income if dependent, self (and spouse if applicable) for independent.

Size of your household

including parents/guardians/siblings if dependent or 1 if single independent or including spouse/children if applicable

Are you a fulltime student enrolled in Massachusetts?

Yes
No

Are you a permanent resident of Massachusetts?

Yes
No