The Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium was formed in the belief that graduate theatre training is most effective when it combines in-depth studio work with rigorous academic study and an ongoing relationship to a working professional theatre. Brown University’s Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance is internationally recognized for the quality of its faculty and instruction. Trinity Rep, with its deep tradition of resident artists, provides powerful artistic assets and creates a firm foundation of real-world experience. Together, the two organizations have produced a model of theatre training that is rigorous and technically demanding, without intellectual or creative limitations.
The Consortium includes the M.F.A. programs in Acting and Directing as well as the Ph.D. program in Theatre and Performance Studies. During their time at the Consortium, students in each of the disciplines have many opportunities to study and work with fellow students from all areas of the Consortium, including the graduate playwrights from the M.F.A. program in Literary Arts.