Institute for Advanced Theatre Training

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The Institute for Advanced Theatre Training was founded in 1987 by the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute is considered a professional training program which lasts for two years (five semesters) including a three-month residency at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia. The current program director is Scott Zigler.

The program accepts around 20 students per year who learn both through classroom activities and numerous opportunities for stage-experience including Institute performances as well as parts in American Repertory Theatre productions. Recent Institute productions have included Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day, Albert Innaurato's The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie and a stage adaptation of Donnie Darko. In addition to performances during the students' academic year, graduating second year students also put on a series of showcase performances in Cambridge, New York City, New York and Los Angeles to aid their transition into professional work.