encouraged to use this perspective to define their own place in the professional community. As part of an ongoing curriculum on the business of acting integrated into their entire two-year program, students are trained in on-camera and voice-over techniques, as well as having meetings with agents, casting directors, and other entertainment professionals. In the spring of the second year, graduating actors give a showcase presentation in New York and Los Angeles for artistic directors, freelance directors, casting directors, and agents. Production history 2017-2018 Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Melia Bensussen Charlotte's Web, dramatized by Joseph Robinette, based upon the story by E.B. White, directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky Familiar, written by Kirsten Greenidge, directed by Rebecca Bradshaw Assistance, written by Leslye Headland, directed by Scott Zigler Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder, directed by Marcus Stern 2016-2017 Middletown, written by Will Eno, directed by Marcus Stern James and the Giant Peach, adapted for the stage by David Wood, from the book by Roald Dahl, directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky Violet, music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, directed by Sammi Cannold Carmen, conceived, directed, and choreographed by Alla Sigalova 2015-2016 The Shipment, written by Young Jean Lee, directed by Marcus Stern The Pirate Princess, music and lyrics by Mike Pettry, book by Lila Rose Kaplan, directed by Allegra Libonati A Big Mess, created by Daniel Passer and the A.R.T. Class of 2016, directed by Daniel Passer Dying For It, written by Moira Buffini, directed by Scott Zigler They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, written by Horace McCoy, directed by Wojtek Klemm The Bard for Bryan, Artistic Coordinator: Scott Zigler 2014-2015 A Bright New Boise, written by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Marcus Stern The Light Princess, music and lyrics by Mike Pettry, book by Lila Rose Kaplan, directed by Allegra Libonati Bridge*Widow*Hag, written by Kim Rosenstock, directed by Shira Milikowsky Silent Rage, a double bill of two plays – Heroin/e (Keep Us Quiet), written by Carson Kreitzer and Dutchman, written by LeRoi Jones, directed by Scott Zigler The Lonely Voice, directed by Ilya Bocarnikovs, inspired by the short stories of Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Anya Saffir Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief, written by Paula Vogel, directed by Melia Bensussen 2007-08 Gray City, written by Keith Huff, directed by