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2021 Virtual Apprentice Program Application

Personal Information

Full Name *

Email *

Phone *

Current Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Permanent Address (if different from current)

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Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Date of Birth *

Age *

Gender:

Pronouns:

Are there disability related accommodations we can provide to ensure you are able to participate in our program?

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 *

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 *

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

Which program are you applying for? *

Session 2: July 12-August 7

How did you hear about our program? *

Recommended by former Apprentice
Professor or acting coach
Internet search
ACTF Region
NETC
Stagesource
Strawhats
Other

Which alumni recommended our program? *

Which ACTF Region did you participate in? *

Please describe "other" *

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

If yes, which? *

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

If yes, what? *

Audition Requirements

Please check the FIRST location we saw an audition from you: *

I am a 2020 deferral (no other materials needed)
ACTF
NETC
Strawhats
None of the above, I will be sending or have already sent a video

Which ACTF Region? *

Did you show a Shakespeare monologue already? *

Yes
No, I will submit a video to apprentice@commshakes.org show my Shakespeare monologue

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

Please list the Shakespeare monologue you performed *

Other Requirements

Please upload your current acting resume as a PDF: *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

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

Please upload a current photo as a JPG *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

This does NOT need to be a professional headshot, just a photo of you! 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 OR for students being nominated for one of our Spark Scholarships, 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 (that's ok!), 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.

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