Circle in the Square Theatre School

Additionally, Circle offers seven-week summer intensives for acting and musical theatre students.

Circle in the Square Theatre School's primary objective is to train actors and singers for work in professional theatre, film, and television; it utilizes an eclectic curriculum to expose the students to various acting styles, methods, and techniques.

Theodore Mann started the highly selective school in 1961 with 15 students in a Greenwich Village venue on Bleecker Street when Circle in the Square Theatre was an Off-Broadway venue.

[1] Jacqueline Brookes, the Broadway actor, was a member of the faculty from 1973 until her death in April 2013.

[2] Circle in the Square Theatre School offers its students the rare opportunity to train and perform in the Broadway Theatre, and see the shows at Circle for free.