Extracurriculars for a Career in Acting
Actors bring characters to life on stage and screen. School theater, drama camps, and community productions help high schoolers build experience and confidence performing.
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Programs for a Career in Acting
Why it fits: Theater performers submit auditions evaluated by accomplished professionals and access intensive workshops to develop their skills.
Why it fits: Direct conservatory training in acting techniques (Meisner, Atlantic Acting School) with intensive studio work.
Why it fits: Direct training in professional acting technique, scene study, voice, movement, and performance craft.
Why it fits: Direct performance experience in theatre productions and competitive festival showcases.
Why it fits: Winning plays are performed by professional artists, exposing young writers to acting collaboration and production.
Why it fits: Students perform in plays and musicals, developing core acting skills through rehearsal and performance.
Why it fits: Acting for Film programs provide practical training in acting techniques and on-camera performance.
Why it fits: Project Endeavor Hollywood Film & Acting provides direct training in acting and performance.
Why it fits: Students develop acting techniques, perform in productions, and work with professional faculty in intensive theater and film programs.
Why it fits: Theatre camps and young actor workshops provide direct performance training and mentorship from professional instructors.
Why it fits: Direct training in voice, movement, scene study, and performance culminating in a Shakespeare production.
Why it fits: Theater is offered as a dedicated field of study with performance-focused training.
Why it fits: Theatre workshops emphasize character performance, improvisation, and storytelling through group work and games.
Why it fits: Theatre and musical theatre departments provide professional on-stage training and numerous yearly productions in state-of-the-art facilities.
Why it fits: Students memorize and perform Shakespearean monologues and sonnets before judges and audiences.
Why it fits: Weekly script reading workshops and rehearsal observations directly prepare students for performance work.
Why it fits: Student ambassadors represent a theatre group, building performance and stage presence skills.
Why it fits: Students attend Broadway shows, write reviews, and engage with cast and crew to develop performance critique and artistic perspective.
Why it fits: Direct participation in theatrical productions and playmaking programs develops core acting skills.
Why it fits: Students perform in and co-create theater productions, developing performance and character work.
Why it fits: Students perform commissioned monologues on stage, directly developing core acting and performance techniques.
Why it fits: Direct recognition of acting performance artistry through national competition and awards.
Why it fits: Opera workshop and productions develop acting, movement, and stage performance skills through fully staged productions.
Why it fits: Students develop acting skills, perform in showcases, and practice dramatic techniques central to professional acting.
Why it fits: Opera performance requires dramatic interpretation and stage presence alongside vocal technique in front of professional casting directors.
Why it fits: Students perform in staged plays, developing character interpretation and on-stage presence.
Why it fits: Core activity; students engage in intensive acting training and perform in public productions throughout the program.
Why it fits: Youth ambassadors learn professional musical theatre operations and develop performance skills.
Why it fits: Students participate in staged readings and performances of plays about gun violence throughout the year.
Why it fits: Theater track provides studio work and professional experiences developing technical skills and creative expression in performance.