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In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter's list of best undergraduate drama schools ranked Carnegie Mellon second. [2] In 2014, The Hollywood Reporter ranked the School of Drama number three in the world among drama schools. [3] In 2015, the same publication ranked the MFA program at the School of Drama number five in the world. [4]
The Juilliard School (/ ˈ dʒ uː l i. ɑːr d / JOO-lee-ard) [5] is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City.Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became the Juilliard School, named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. Juilliard.
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA) is a private drama school in New York City. It was originally conceived for the purpose of training actors for film and television acting and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) to offer associate degrees .
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting [2] (formerly Stella Adler Conservatory) is a prestigious acting school that was founded by actress and teacher Stella Adler. [3] [4] The Stella Adler Studio of Acting has two locations: its original New York City conservatory, founded in 1949, and the Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles. [5]
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) is a private conservatory for the performing arts in New York City [2] and Los Angeles, California. The conservatory offers master's degrees, [3] bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates in professional performance.
In 1961, Hughes retired and was succeeded by Gregory A. Falls. Falls created the Professional Actor Training Program (PATP), a prestigious BFA (now MFA) program that placed the school among the nation's top professional acting conservatories and initiated the Ph.D. program in theatre history, theory, and criticism.
Upon graduation from the program, students are eligible to join the Actors' Equity Association. In 2019, the program was named one of the top 25 drama schools in the world by The Hollywood Reporter. The program auditions 1200-1500 students annually in four locations. It accepts a maximum of 12 students per school year.
A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory is a theater training program for youth through the ages of 19. It was founded by Luanne and Ross Graham in 1971. Successive YC directors include Candace Birk, Sharon Newman, Linda Aldrich, and Susan Stauter. The program has been led since 1988 by Craig Slaight.