Students selected for an internship program may substitute up to 12 credits from theatre courses in their area of specialization subject to the approval of the department. Interns have worked in acting, management, design theatre technology, publicity, audience development, and arts administration. The department offers numerous elective courses in special projects such as musical theatre, audition technique, scene painting, playwriting, improvisation, and in-depth studies of specific dramatists or genres.

Internship opportunities have been arranged with a number of organizations including New York costume production houses, regional theatres, touring companies, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, and summer stock theatres. Below is a list of local and regional theatres where internships may be found:

Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence, RI
http://www.ppacri.org

Theatre by the Sea
Matunuck, RI
http://www.theatrebythesea.com

Goodspeed Opera House
East Haddam, CT
http://www.goodspeed.org

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre
Pawtucket, RI
http://www.gammtheatre.org

Trinity Repertory Company
Providence, RI
http://www.trinityrep.com

LongWharf Theatre
New Haven, CT
http://www.longwharf.org

Perishable Theatre
Providence, RI
http://www.perishable.org

2nd Story Theatre
Warren, RI
http://www.2ndstorytheatre.com