U/RTA is the country's oldest and largest consortium of professional theatre training graduate programs and associated professional theatre companies. Founded in 1969, U/RTA provides a variety of service, management and informational programs to its members, and to non-member students, theatre professionals and producing companies, while serving as the primary liaison between the professional and educational theatres. U/RTA encourages the professional training of artists, and of future teachers in the performing arts for all levels of education.
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U/RTA received a copy of the following letter that was sent to one of our screening judges this past February...We wanted to share it with other candidates:
"I am writing to thank you for your efforts at the U/RTA seminar for actors and the screening auditions this past week in Chicago. At the seminar, I gained a new perspective on interviewing for graduate programs in Acting.
U/RTA announced the 2008 seminar leaders conducting the hugely popular Actor Seminars presented annually in Chicago and Las Vegas during the National Unified Auditions/Interviews. "Graduate School Reality" in Chicago and "The Los Angeles/Hollywood Reality" in Las Vegas....
