Earn your MFA in Classical Acting in one extraordinary year.
At the Academy, we believe that reimagining great texts requires craft, scholarship, flexibility, and audacity. We believe that exhilarant language can change space and time; we believe in the power of the human body to manifest mythic stories; and we believe that theatre should be a profound exploration of the variety and breadth of the human spirit in all of its myriad incarnations.
Our intensive program is a joint venture between Shakespeare Theatre Company and the George Washington University. Classes in Acting, Text & Rhetoric, Voice, Speech, Mask, Movement, and Stage Combat make up the core of the curriculum. Faculty members for the program are award-winning actors and artists associated with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in a changing world.