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Opportunities

The President’s Promise

Every student who enters the University of Maryland shall have the chance to engage in at least one special experience that complements the academic curriculum and offers the opportunity for extraordinary personal growth.  Learn more.

--Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., President

Internships

Academic internships allow students to explore potential career fields, develop career related skills and abilities, observe professionals, and network with relevant contacts. The Department supports a variety of internships at the local, national, and international levels. The vibrant Washington D.C. theatre community supports many such opportunities and students are encouraged to take advantage of them. Many performance students receive their first important theatre credits as members of The National Players, a pre-professional touring company in partnership with the Olney Theatre Center. Other internship possibilities include, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Round House Theatre, Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, The Studio Theatre, and in Baltimore, Everyman Theatre, CenterStage, and Theatre Project. The Department of Theatre is home to The Shakespeare Globe Center Research Archive - providing an opportunity for students to serve as interns on campus or in London at the new Shakespeare Globe Theatre.

Study Abroad

Study abroad can be a uniquely transforming experience; one we highly recommend! Most popular, is the Maryland in London program, where students live and learn in one of the most exciting Theatre cities of the world.  Theatre majors have also studied in Italy, France, Spain, and Australia, among others. For more information see the Study Abroad website. 

Professional Partnerships

The Department of Theatre and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company joined forces to create Woolly/UM, a unique partnership based on a common mission: to forge the future of American theatre through Maryland's extraordinary work in developing young theatre artists and Woolly Mammoth's nationally recognized efforts in the development and production of new plays. This partnership has included staged readings and "blended" productions in which students work with professional artists and learn from affiliated artists who present master-classes, workshops and mentor-ships. In addition, the Department of Theatre launched a collaborative venture with the African Continuum Theatre Company to co-produce August Wilson's play The Piano Lesson. In fall 2009, the Department will begin a partnership venture with The Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland. Other producing partnerships in the Washington area include Round House Theater, Ford's Theatre, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Olney Theatre Center for the Arts. Scholarly ventures include collaborations with the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora as well as the University of Maryland Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Center for Teaching Excellence. Off campus, we have had collaborative efforts with the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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