Thank you for your interest in our 2025 Apprentice Program. Our recruitment period runs from January – April. Interested applicants MUST submit: - Application Form - Recommendation Form (or Nomination Form for Spark Scholars) - $25 non-refundable application fee (waived for nominated Spark Scholars) - An audition. Apprentice acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis. You will be notified of our acceptance decision within two to three weeks, after we have received ALL of the above materials. We will close applications as soon as we have filled our company, but no later than April 28, 2025. Dormitory housing options are first come, first served so we encourage you to apply as early as possible if you are interested in that option. Spark Scholars must apply no later than March 17, 2025 for consideration.

Personal Information

Name *

First

Last

Email *

Phone *

Mailing Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Permanent Address (if different from mailing)

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Date of Birth *

Age *

Pronouns:

Are there disability (or similar) 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, 2024

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, 2025

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, 2023

Other information

Are you interested in requesting dormitory housing through Suffolk University? *

Yes, (additional housing costs apply, please see website for rate information)
No, I will secure my own housing and acknowledge I am responsible for my own transportation to program locations

Please note that all housing is handled through individual agreement with Suffolk University and is deployed on a first come, first served basis as space is available. CSC does not guarantee any housing or roommate assignments.

Is there anything Suffolk should know about your housing needs including any accessibility accommodation requests?

Do you plan to apply for any of the following? (Check all that apply)

Need-based financial Aid
Audience Ambassador Workstudy
Social Media Workstudy
Apprentice Experience Workstudy
Production Workstudy
Costume Workstudy

All of the above opportunities require a short additional application, which can be found on our website.

How did you hear about our program? *

Recommended by former Apprentice
Professor or acting coach
Internet search
KCACTF Region
URTAs
Boston Area Theatre Auditions (BATAs)
Other

Which alumni recommended our program?

Which KCACTF Region did you participate in?

If "other," please describe:

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: *

ACTF
URTAs
Strawhats
Stagesource
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 before the deadline

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 (or nomination for Spark Scholars) 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/nominator*. 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.

Recommender's/Nominator's Email *

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 mind, 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 path you hope to take creatively and/or the impact you want to have 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.

Could you share the lenses and/or identities that make your perspective as an artist unique? These could include categories such as: race, ethnicity, gender, ability/disability, neurodivergence, additional vocations, familial or personal roles, or any other identities that resonate for you. Please answer only as you are comfortable.

EXAMPLE: Michelle Obama's lenses might include being a cisgender black straight married woman who is a lawyer and a mother.

What is your household's income?