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Acting Summer Program for High School Students
Why Take Acting
Great actors have presence, commitment, and true empathy for the human spirit. At Interlochen, you will grow in these areas and more. You'll have the unique opportunity to work on both stage and screen. Expert actors and educators will broaden your technique in a beautiful, active, and immersive setting.
What You'll Learn
You will strengthen your acting skills through a curriculum that explores both scripted and improvisational work. A mix of experiences that includes on-camera work will help you develop a consistent and reliable acting process that you can adapt to a variety of scripts and styles. Please note: the first three-week session will have an emphasis on improvisation and the second three-week session will focus on acting for the camera.
As an acting camp student, you will:
- Learn practical tools to expand your physical and vocal expression
- Demonstrate fundamental acting and performance skills
- Develop your physical presence and awareness
- Strengthen your vocal instrument
Program Specialties
- Stage Acting
- Film Acting
- Improvisation
- Acting Technique
Guest Artists
Interlochen offers students the opportunity to study with some of the top artists and educators in the field. The Theatre Department regularly welcomes visiting artists. Recent guests of the department include:
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Caroline Aaron, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sleepless in Seattle, Edward Scissorhands
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Barrett Foa, NCIS:LA, Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia!
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Rhys Coiro, Entourage, Straw Dogs, The Unborn
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Robert Davis, University of Hartford
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Quin Gordon, University of North Carolina School for the Arts
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Ken Ludwig, playwright and theatre director
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Brent Wagner, Chair of Musical Theatre at University of Michigan
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Richard Winkler, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and lighting designer
Program Highlights
Distinguished Faculty
Our faculty teach and perform at Interlochen Arts Academy and other prestigious institutions and venues around the world. They've devoted their lives to theatre and teaching the next generation of young artists.
Additional Opportunities
You are also welcome to apply to our one-week Acting Intensive program and six-week High School Repertory Theatre Production program.
Interlochen is also home to the Arts Academy boarding high school, which offers theatre programs in Acting, Musical Theatre, and Theatre Design & Production for grades 9-12, as well as a post-graduate year.
I do not get the opportunity to act in film and receive this experience in my hometown. I want to continue to foster my love for film and acting into adulthood, and the training I've received here will take me far. There is no other way I'd like to spend my summer.
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