Program areas at Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center
National Theater institute: this program is a semester of training in directing, playwriting, design, acting, movement and voice for college-aged students each fall and spring. Nti offers other accredited training and experiential programs: theatermakers, a summer intensive in which students receive training, the opportunity for collaborative project work, and interact with the artists in residence at the O'Neill summer conferences.
National musical Theater conference: each summer this program offers a dynamic developmental opportunity for composers, librettists, and lyricists and their newest projects. Selected participants attend a month-long developmental residency in which they collaborate with directors, music directors, actors and other professional support staff. The projects are selected through an open submissions program involving a distinguished selection committee composed of more than 20 reviewers. The program is known for launching major new talent to prominence.
National playwrights conference: each summer this program provides emerging and established writers the opportunity to collaborate with directors, dramaturgs, actors and other professional staff to share and launch their new projects for the stage. The projects are highly competitive and selected through an open submissions program involving more than 150 readers and a distinguished selection committee.
Other program services include critics, puppetry, interns, cabaret, ndf, and residencies