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Theater Arts productions place students as performers, designers, dramaturgs, writers, and directors alongside Theater Arts Faculty, Staff, and Guest Artists. Students often become directly involved in the many research endeavors undertaken by Theater Arts faculty, both on campus and in the field. In addition to the many credit-bearing creative experiences on offer there is also an array of extra-curricular performance opportunities with the many student-governed performing arts groups.聽聽 Extra-Curricular Theater and Dance Independent of the program in Theater Arts, extra-curricular theater聽and dance abound at MIT. The Shakespeare Ensemble is devoted almost exclusively to the production of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, presenting two full productions during the school year as well as scene nights and master classes. Other important extra-curricular organizations include the Musical Theater Guild (the oldest and largest student-run theater organization at MIT), the聽MIT Asian Dance Team, the聽Ballroom Dance Team,聽Dance Troupe, E33, and comedy group聽Roadkill Buffet, among others. The contributions of each are vital components of the diverse theatrical life of the MIT community. A student-run listing of all theater groups can be found at聽theater.mit.edu. 聽 Theater Arts Performance Initiatives Each year the program in Theater Arts hosts a number of research-oriented performance projects, new play development studios, conferences, dance workshops, and special events. Faculty directed projects take place both on campus and off, and are often credit-bearing, practice-based research experiences. In many cases these experiences involve direct participation in professional productions. Students have participated in performance projects at the Institute of Contemporary Arts/Boston, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Arts Emerson, American Repertory Theater, Houston Opera, The Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and internationally in Germany, France, Norway, China, Japan, India, Peru, the United Kingdom and Hungary. Students are also encouraged to initiate their own independent productions and workshops with the support and mentorship of Theater Arts Faculty and Staff. In addition, the Playwrights Lab annually offers advanced playwriting students the unique opportunity to rehearse and present their original plays in collaboration with professional actors and directors. 聽 Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities Many of our students go on to study theater arts in performance and design in pre-professional graduate schools (including Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Design, Yale Drama School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, McGill, and Cal Arts) and some have gone on to careers in theater, film and related fields. 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Students often become directly involved in the many research endeavors undertaken by Theater Arts faculty, both on campus and in the field. In addition to the many credit-bearing creative experiences on offer there is also an array of extra-curricular performance opportunities with the many student-governed performing arts groups.聽聽 Extra-Curricular Theater and Dance Independent of the program in Theater Arts, extra-curricular theater聽and dance abound at MIT. The Shakespeare Ensemble is devoted almost exclusively to the production of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, presenting two full productions during the school year as well as scene nights and master classes. Other important extra-curricular organizations include the Musical Theater Guild (the oldest and largest student-run theater organization at MIT), the聽MIT Asian Dance Team, the聽Ballroom Dance Team,聽Dance Troupe, E33, and comedy group聽Roadkill Buffet, among others. The contributions of each are vital components of the diverse theatrical life of the MIT community. A student-run listing of all theater groups can be found at聽theater.mit.edu. 聽 Theater Arts Performance Initiatives Each year the program in Theater Arts hosts a number of research-oriented performance projects, new play development studios, conferences, dance workshops, and special events. Faculty directed projects take place both on campus and off, and are often credit-bearing, practice-based research experiences. In many cases these experiences involve direct participation in professional productions. Students have participated in performance projects at the Institute of Contemporary Arts/Boston, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Arts Emerson, American Repertory Theater, Houston Opera, The Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and internationally in Germany, France, Norway, China, Japan, India, Peru, the United Kingdom and Hungary. Students are also encouraged to initiate their own independent productions and workshops with the support and mentorship of Theater Arts Faculty and Staff. In addition, the Playwrights Lab annually offers advanced playwriting students the unique opportunity to rehearse and present their original plays in collaboration with professional actors and directors. 聽 Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities Many of our students go on to study theater arts in performance and design in pre-professional graduate schools (including Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Design, Yale Drama School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, McGill, and Cal Arts) and some have gone on to careers in theater, film and related fields. 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advantage of the many performance opportunities on campus and off. Engaging an audience in performance is a direct extension of what is learned in the classroom and an elegant expression of work developed in the studio. Theater Arts productions place students as performers, designers, dramaturgs, writers, and directors alongside Theater Arts Faculty, Staff, and Guest Artists. Students often become directly involved in the many research endeavors undertaken by Theater Arts faculty, both on campus and in the field. In addition to the many credit-bearing creative experiences on offer there is also an array of extra-curricular performance opportunities with the many student-governed performing arts groups.聽</p> <p>聽</p> <p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/public/resize/pictures/w97-casting-the-vote-150-2000x1333-511x340.jpg" style="float:right; height:340px; width:511px" width="511" height="340" /></p> <h4><strong>Extra-Curricular Theater and Dance</strong></h4> <p>Independent of the program in Theater Arts, <a href="http://theater.mit.edu/">extra-curricular theater</a>聽and dance abound at MIT. The <a href="http://ensemble.mit.edu/" style="text-decoration:none;"><u>Shakespeare Ensemble</u></a> is devoted almost exclusively to the production of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, presenting two full productions during the school year as well as scene nights and master classes. Other important extra-curricular organizations include the <a href="http://www.mit.edu/~mtg/">Musical Theater Guild</a> (the oldest and largest student-run theater organization at MIT), the聽<a href="http://adt.mit.edu/">MIT Asian Dance Team</a>, the聽<a href="http://ballroom.mit.edu/">Ballroom Dance Team</a>,聽<a href="https://dancetroupe.mit.edu/">Dance Troupe</a>, <a href="https://e33-productions.mit.edu/">E33</a>, and comedy group聽<a href="http://web.mit.edu/roadkill/www/">Roadkill Buffet</a>, among others. The contributions of each are vital components of the diverse theatrical life of the MIT community. A student-run listing of all theater groups can be found at聽<a href="http://theater.mit.edu">theater.mit.edu</a>.</p> <p>聽</p> <p><img alt="Elektra" src="/sites/default/files/public/resize/pictures/realwheel_fefu_scheib-511x340.jpg" style="float:right; height:340px; width:511px" width="511" height="340" /></p> <h4><strong>Theater Arts Performance Initiatives</strong></h4> <p dir="ltr">Each year the program in Theater Arts hosts a number of research-oriented performance projects, new play development studios, conferences, dance workshops, and special events. Faculty directed projects take place both on campus and off, and are often credit-bearing, practice-based research experiences. In many cases these experiences involve direct participation in professional productions. Students have participated in performance projects at the Institute of Contemporary Arts/Boston, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Arts Emerson, American Repertory Theater, Houston Opera, The Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and internationally in Germany, France, Norway, China, Japan, India, Peru, the United Kingdom and Hungary. Students are also encouraged to initiate their own independent productions and workshops with the support and mentorship of Theater Arts Faculty and Staff.</p> <p>In addition, the <a href="https://mta.mit.edu/mta-playwrights-lab">Playwrights Lab</a> annually offers advanced playwriting students the unique opportunity to rehearse and present their original plays in collaboration with professional actors and directors.</p> <p>聽</p> <p> <img alt="Playwrights in Performance 2014. Photo by Eurah Ko" src="/sites/default/files/public/resize/pictures/occurrence_w97_1-511x340.jpg" style="height:340px; width:511px" width="511" height="340" /></p> <p><strong>Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities</strong></p> <p>Many of our students go on to study theater arts in performance and design in pre-professional graduate schools (including Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Design, Yale Drama School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, McGill, and Cal Arts) and some have gone on to careers in theater, film and related fields. 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