Actor Training

Hartt's Actor Training curriculum and faculty provide students with training, performance opportunities, and professional contacts to prepare them for successful careers in acting. Acting and scene-study classes form the nucleus of the training, which includes all aspects of voice and speech, movement, and text analysis. Students participate in rehearsals and studio work applying their accumulating knowledge and experience in a setting where they can be mentored by faculty. In addition, weekly master classes, career workshops, faculty, The Hartt School/Hartford Stage Partnership in Training, and the senior showcase allow students to build a network of professional contacts.

Theatre performance opportunities begin in the second year of training with focus on modern American realism. Most of the ten plays produced annually are selected from the standard repertoire, and a few new works. Experience with new works gives students the opportunity to collaborate with playwrights for the full "page to stage" experience. In the spring semester of their third year, Actor Training students spend approximately ten weeks training intensively on Shakespeare at Hartt's center in Birmingham, England. Housed at The University of Birmingham, Westhill College, the program has ready access to major regional theatres as well as The National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Upon their return to Hartford students perform in several of Shakespeare's plays. In their fourth year, Actor Training students audition for the artistic staff of Hartford Stage Company, a Tony Award-winning regional theatre. Students have the opportunity to participate in performances at Hartford Stage, which includes roles in their production of A Christmas Carol, parts in their Brand:New Festival of New Works, and may include roles or understudying in other productions. Also, in their final year students present two showcases for agents, casting directors, and managers in New York City and Los Angeles.

Major in Actor Training (134 credits)

First Year
Subject Code	Course Title	Credits	Credits
		Sem. 1	Sem. 2
HTA 110-111	Voice I - II	3	3
HTA 120-121	Movement I - II	3	3
HTA 130-131	Acting I - II	3	3
HTA 140-141	Rehearsal/Performance I, II	1	1
AUCC, AUCS	All University Curriculum	3	3
HTS 140-141	Stagecraft	1	1
CPO 404, 405	Music Theatre Chorus/Laboratory	1	1
MUS 110,111	Paranov Performance Hour	0.5	0.5
RPW 110 - 111	Reading and Writing I - II	3	3
HLM 020	Information Literacy in the Performing Arts	0	-
Total Credits		18.5	18.5
Second Year
HTA 210-211	Voice III - IV	3	3
HTA 220-221	Movement III - IV	3	3
HTA 230-231	Acting III - IV	3	3
HTA 240-241	Rehearsal/Performance III - IV	1	1
AUCT, AUCW	All-University Curriculum	3	3
M 110, 114 or 116	Precalculus/Statistics/ Contemporary Mathematics	3	-
DRA 362	Development of Theatre	-	3
HTA 200-201	Text Analysis I - II	2	2
MUS 110,111	Paranov Performance Hour	0.5	0.5
Total Credits		18.5	18.5
Third Year
HTA 305	Study in England	-	6
HTA 310	Voice V	3	-
HTA 320-321	Movement V - VI	3	3
HTA 330	Acting V	3	-
HTA 360-361	Projects I - II	3	3
	Academic Elective	3	-
HTA 300	The Shakespearean Context	3	-
Total Credits		18.0	12
Fourth Year
HTA 331	Acting VI	-	3
HTA 410-411	Voice VII - VIII	2	2
HTA 440-441	Rehearsal/Performance V - VI	6	3
HTA 451	Career Preparation	3	-
HTA 461	Projects III	-	1
	Academic Elective	-	3
HTA 400	Shakespeare in Text and Performance	3	-
HTA 412	Acting for the Camera	-	4
Total Credits		14	16

Note: Theatre students must maintain a 2.67 major GPA at all times.