Beyond Dartmouth: Off-Term Internships, Fellowships, and Graduate Programs

Thanks to the college's unique D-Plan, our students are able to pursue internships during their off-terms. Theater students are encouraged to take advantage of our unique partnerships and connections to Northern Stage and New York Theatre Workshop. The department also benefits from its close relationship with the New London Barn Playhouse, a professional summer stock theater in New London, NH, where Dartmouth students can be found onstage and behind the scenes in a variety of roles.

Click here for funding opportunities for internships, both at the department and college level. Students are strongly encouraged to reach out to the Department Administrator and/or the Chair if they are concerned about the financial feasibility of an internship.

Students should be aware that the following list of opportunities is not meant to be exhaustive; instead, we are highlighting those companies and institutions where the department has strong connections and/or a track record of placing interns. Students are strongly encouraged to reach out to individual faculty members and/or the Academic Assistant if you are interested in speaking to a student or recent alum who has participated in these programs.

• Denver Center Theatre Company
• Elevator Repair Service
• Hartford Stage Company
• Manhattan Theatre Club (Intended principally for graduating theater students with significant experience and professional aspirations.)
• New Repertory Theater, Watertown, MA
• Portland Stage Company
• Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
• Roundabout Theatre Company
• Seattle Repertory Theatre
• Shakespeare & Company
• The Civilians
• The Cleveland Play House
• The Flea Theatre
• The Lark
• The New York Theater Workshop
• The Signature Theater (New York)
• Theatre Communications Group
• Williamstown Theatre Festival
• WP Theater (Women's Project Theater) 

The department is proud of its many alumni who have gone on to top graduate programs in theater. This list reflects those programs where we have a track record of placing students. Please contact the Academic Assistant if you’re interested in speaking to alumni of these programs. Additional resources for more comprehensive listings of programs are provided below.

Click here for information for graduate funding opportunities available from the College as well as national fellowships. 

• American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
• Brown/Trinity Rep University
• California Institute of the Arts
• Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House
• Columbia University School of the Arts
• Julliard
• London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)
• New York University/Tisch School of the Arts
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
• University of California, San Diego (UCSD)/ La Jolla Playhouse
• University of North Carolina/Playmakers Rep
• University of San Diego/Old Globe Theater
• Yale University
  
  
   

PhD programs in Theater and Performance Studies

University Resident Theatre Association website (for information on auditions and interviews for MFA programs in all areas of theater)