The Strand is incredibly grateful to Center Stage for allowing us to hold
Summer Camp 2014 at their home on 700 North Calvert Street.
Summer Camp 2014 at their home on 700 North Calvert Street.
Summer Camp and Snow Camp
Summer Camp and Snow Camp are week-long annual intensive programs, hosted by the Strand Theater Company, that focus on cultivating and enriching the artistic practice of directing new work. Will Davis and Michael Rau lead the all activities, building on their successful intensive as part of the NNPN/Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop during the summer of 2013.
Read Making Room for the New Work Director to hear why Will Davis believes we need more training and experimentation opportunities for directors.
Read A Week of Theater Director Training to hear Michael Rau’s reflections on the intensive he led with Will at the Kennedy Center this past summer.
Read Snow Camp Roundup to hear Michael Rau's thoughts on our initial directing intensive at the Strand this past December.
Campers
Theatre professionals, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, are encouraged to apply. Applicants need not be directors, but they must be interested in exploring the role of the director. Campers will engage in a rigorous conversation about the role of the director in the new work landscape, workshop their craft in a collaborative setting with fellow directors, and observe each other in rehearsal.
Summer Camp and Snow Camp are week-long annual intensive programs, hosted by the Strand Theater Company, that focus on cultivating and enriching the artistic practice of directing new work. Will Davis and Michael Rau lead the all activities, building on their successful intensive as part of the NNPN/Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights’ Workshop during the summer of 2013.
Read Making Room for the New Work Director to hear why Will Davis believes we need more training and experimentation opportunities for directors.
Read A Week of Theater Director Training to hear Michael Rau’s reflections on the intensive he led with Will at the Kennedy Center this past summer.
Read Snow Camp Roundup to hear Michael Rau's thoughts on our initial directing intensive at the Strand this past December.
Campers
Theatre professionals, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, are encouraged to apply. Applicants need not be directors, but they must be interested in exploring the role of the director. Campers will engage in a rigorous conversation about the role of the director in the new work landscape, workshop their craft in a collaborative setting with fellow directors, and observe each other in rehearsal.
Activities
Housing and transportation are not provided.
Directing Intensive tuition is $150.
Wish to join the Intensive but can not commit to the whole week? No problem! Purchase one full day admission for $50 (Saturday or Sunday only), or join us any week night for only $25!
In conjunction with the Directing Intensive, Three Master Classes are offered for additional cost. More Information!
- Theory and craft conversations
- Group workshop hours focused on strategies for developing a new piece
- Observership of fellow participants in rehearsal with subsequent feedback and discussion
- Group conversations about the landscape of the American theater and new play development
- A week long investigation into a new work that culminates in a final project showing
- Values and aesthetics. What do you make? How do you make it? Why do you make what you make? Why the theatre? Why now?
- Dramaturg and Playwright Relationships. What are the director/dramaturg and the director/playwright relationships? What are effective models for these collaborations?
- Models for Play-making. How will you make the play? How do others you admire make a new work?
- What is collaboration? What does it look like? What does that word even mean? How do we practice it? Who are your collaborators?
- The American Theatrical Landscape. What challenges face directors today? What are the challenges facing the creation of new work? Can we create four simple ideas that would address these challenges and change the American Theatre?
- Career Planning. How to get a job/ be a freelancer/ start a company/ work for a company/ go to grad school.
Housing and transportation are not provided.
Directing Intensive tuition is $150.
Wish to join the Intensive but can not commit to the whole week? No problem! Purchase one full day admission for $50 (Saturday or Sunday only), or join us any week night for only $25!
In conjunction with the Directing Intensive, Three Master Classes are offered for additional cost. More Information!
Our Commitment to Inclusion
The Strand Theater Company champions challenging and provocative theater that especially celebrates women's diverse voices and perspectives while bringing together the creative talents of both women and men as artists, technicians, and administrators.
We therefore embrace diversity of backgrounds and perspectives at all levels of the organization, and strive for inclusiveness in engaging employees, volunteers, and collaborators.
The Strand Theater Company provides equal opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, political belief or activity, veteran or military discharge status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all employment practices, as well as our relationships with volunteers, contractors, and partners.
The Strand Theater Company champions challenging and provocative theater that especially celebrates women's diverse voices and perspectives while bringing together the creative talents of both women and men as artists, technicians, and administrators.
We therefore embrace diversity of backgrounds and perspectives at all levels of the organization, and strive for inclusiveness in engaging employees, volunteers, and collaborators.
The Strand Theater Company provides equal opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, political belief or activity, veteran or military discharge status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all employment practices, as well as our relationships with volunteers, contractors, and partners.