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Theatre > Internship at New Stage Theatre

Internship at New Stage Theatre

Department of Theatre

The Theatre Intenship Program offers qualifying theatre students the opportunity to work and learn alongside theatre professionals at New Stage Theatre, Mississippi's only regional professional (LORT) theatre company, located only blocks from the Millsaps College campus. The internship program can include work/study in any aspect of theatre, including administration; stage management; set, costume, sound and lighting design; acting and directing. Students must first successfully complete a pre-internship (Theatre 3850, 3852). This introduces the student to the internship program, defines the specific area of study and establishes the working relationship with New Stage Theatre. After successfully completing the pre-internship, the student may then pursue the full internship (Theatre 4850). This involves a full immersion apprenticeship in professional theatre intended to help the student bridge to professional work.

New Stage Theatre

New Stage Theatre was chartered as a not-for-profit organization in 1965, producing its initial season in the winter/spring of 1966. Founded by Jane Reid-Petty with the assistance of the American National Theatre Academy and Actor's Equity Association, dedication to professional excellence in Theatre arts was part of the theatre's original mission. Seven of the original founding theatre members remain active on the Board of Directors in the theatre's thirtieth season.

New Stage's first home was a converted church, and the full houses for its opening season were significant: they represented the city's first racially integrated theatre audience.

The theatre produces a full professional season, including new works in the Eudora Welty New Playwright's Series. New Stage is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group and operates under a contract with Actors' Equity Association, the national union for professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

A Board of Directors governs the theatre, and artists employed for the season include designers and approximately ninety actors, five full-time acting interns, and three full-time technical interns. Audience attendance averages 40,000 each year.

Phone Numbers:
Management Office 948-3533
(Accounting, Personnel, Media/Public Relations, Rentals)

Education Office 948-0142
(Tour Bookings, Workshops, Classes)

Box Office 948-3531
(Ticket Reservations, Subscription Sales, Group Sales/Rentals, Gift Certificates)