For five weeks every summer the Powerhouse Theater Program comes to life on the Vassar College campus to provide a nurturing environment in which passionate theater lovers from students to professional practitioners and audience members learn from one another. The Powerhouse Theater Training Program provides aspiring theater professionals a chance to immerse themselves in acting, directing, and pl
aywriting. The program’s Training Company also offers free performances throughout the season. Established as a partnership between Vassar College and New York Stage and Film in 1985, the Powerhouse Program has brought developmental productions, workshops of plays and musicals, and readings of works-in-progress to the Vassar campus. That collaboration continues alongside new partnerships with theater institutions and artists. Together with our adventurous partners, students, and dedicated audiences, we create a crucial community—one that gives time, space and voice to artists of the American theater.
