Internships in the Theatre program at Fairfield are tailored to fit student desires and program needs in such areas as scenic construction, graphic design, box office, costume and wardrobe management, and teaching.
1. Theatre Fairfield Internships - Production Interns
Every year, theatre students apply for competitive scholarships to serve as Production Interns for Theatre Fairfield. Internships are given in Marketing, Audience Relations, Dramaturgy, and Technical Theatre to assist the various faculty and guest artists in those areas. If you serve as a Production Intern, you'll gain invaluable professional experience in running a theatre operation and this will serve you well when applying for outside internships and paying jobs (with health benefits) in the professional theatre. All Theatre majors and minors may apply for these scholarships once they are enrolled in the Theatre Program; we don't accept applications from incoming freshmen.
2. Internships in all facets of creating theatre
In addition to the Production Interns listed above, we regularly offer on-campus Internships in all facets of creating theatre, from Stage Management to Design to Managing our Costume Shop. Students eligible for Federal Work-Study Grants frequently combine the internships with their workstudy positions. The faculty will be happy to work you to create a new internship with Theatre Fairfield.
3. Jamie A. Hulley Summer Internship Fellowship
This fellowship provides one student with $1,500 in living expenses to support a non-paying summer internship in any of the arts. This could be an internship as part of an established program in a summer theatre or one of your own devising. This fellowship was instituted in memory of Jamie Alaine Hulley, daughter of Professor Judy Primavera of the Psychology Department. Jamie was a talented artist in the visual arts, dance, theatre, and writing.
4. Mary Louise Larrabee Prizes
Each year, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts awards Mary Louise Larrabee Prizes to a select group of students majoring or minoring in the arts at Fairfield. The awards range in value from $500.00 to $1,500.00 and were established in 1994 through the generosity of Mrs. Mary Louise Larrabee. Prizes can contribute to the expenses of any of the following:
- Tuition
- Travel
- Accommodations
- Living expenses
- Special courses
- Special artistic projects
5. Study Abroad in London
The Theatre Program encourages Study Abroad and each year has had students in England as well as Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. Students studying in London may become an intern at a professional theatre in London.
6. Internships with Professional Theatres
Under faculty guidance and departmental sponsorship, students are able to develop internships as assistants to professional theatre designers and managers or with professional theatres, studios, and production companies in the regional/metropolitan area. We also help place students in summer internships for actors, designers, and technicians both in the U.S. and in Europe.
Internships at professional theatres have included:
- Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City
- Roundabout Theatre, New York City
- Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota, FL
- Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT
- Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ
- Honolulu Theatre for Youth, Honolulu, HI
- Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT
- The O'Neill Theatre Center, New London, CT
- Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT
- Stamford Theatre Works, Stamford, CT
- The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA
- Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, ME
- Harrisburg Shakespeare Company, Harrisburg, PA
