A few weekends ago the Mentees at Third Rail gathered in the basement of Imago Theatre to begin a weekend-long intensive exploring vocal techniques for actors. Led by certified Fitzmaurice instructor and Company Member Michael O’Connell, the group would spend the next few days loosening, relaxing and letting go of unnecessary tension in order to […]
Category: Mentorship Program
Don’t Miss the Mentorship Company’s Presentation
At 11:00 am on the morning of Monday, September 6th, Third Rail Company Members and any Members who wish to attend will be treated to a brand new theatrical presentation created in 36 hours by our new Mentorship Company. They will have been working hard (and sleeping little) to bring us this fully produced performance […]
Introducing The Mentorship Company
Labor day weekend. Many people are taking last camping trips for the season. Many people are having barbecues and drinking Mai Tais. Many people are shopping at Back-to-School sales. But not our Mentorship Company! They will be spending their weekend working hard together as they start their year with us. On Friday evening, they will […]
Meet the Mentee Class of 2015/2016 part 2
This upcoming year will be the fourth of Third Rail’s Mentorship Program. We’ve had 33 emerging theatre professionals participate in the last three years, and we’ve watched them move on to many exciting projects locally and beyond. In just a couple of weeks we’ll be welcoming the newest group of developing theatre-makers into Third Rail’s […]
Meet the Mentee Class of 2015/2016 part 1
Each year Third Rail selects a group of emerging theatre professionals to join our Mentorship Company for a year long residency. It’s been tough to say goodbye to the brilliant group from last year. In fact, we’ve even kept one of them – Nate Cohen – to be Chief Resident who will serve as a […]
Membership Kickoff Event
We’re pulling out all the stops for our Membership Sneak Peek! We are rolling out an entirely new way to engage YOU, our audience, and we want to share the details with you over delicious nibbles and sparkling libations. Third Rail’s new Membership Program is designed to deepen connections between artists and audiences, and create […]
Clearer from a Distance: Themes of Belonging in Middletown, Frankenstein and the Life of a Mentee
I’ve been thinking a lot about belonging recently. It’s something that’s been on my mind since May when I graduated college, but it wasn’t until I watched Third Rail’s production of Will Eno’s play Middletown that I was able to finally put a definition to it the feeling: Belonging is the sense of being woven […]
