APPRENTICE PROGRAM

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Company Member Jesse Waddell poses with Apprentices Anica Schubert and Alexis Zmuda as they work the info table. Photo Credit: Tiffany Gilly
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2019 Apprentices Jacob Alexander and Darius Haase onstage in A Midsommer Nights Dreame. Photo Credit: Tiffany Gilly
In the first day alone, I learned more about performing Shakespeare than I ever have."

Jacob Orr, 2011 apprentice
OPS is a melting pot of some of the most talented and delightful artists I’ve ever met and had the privilege to train with and learn from. Even in a pandemic I consider this to be one of the most educational summers I’ve had thus far; I gained an even deeper appreciation for Shakespeare as well as a myriad of other skills that are useful for any artist!”"

Isaac Ellingson, 2020 apprentice
2022 Apprentices & Interns
See below for more information.
Am I Eligible for an Apprenticeship?

-Are you  a current student or just starting a new career in theatre?
-Are you looking for a summer acting program to add to your resume?
-Do you live or have available lodging in the Portland area? 
-Are you excited about Shakespeare and this learning this unique acting style?
-Are you looking for wide and varied contacts in the Portland theatre scene?
Email apprentices@opsfest.org by Feb 28 for access to required training materials and info sessions.
​Completed applications are due by March 31.

former apprentices

2021:
Riley Anna
Jaime Belden
Liz Bellows*
Zeb Bodine
Emma Chang
Emmy Christopherson
Ella Devito*
Hannah Kelly*
​Theo Levine*
Zora Richardson*
2020:
Sarah DeYoung
Isaac Ellingson
Amiee Hamilton*
​Laura Hankins*
Davis Mackintosh
M Montgomery
Ajai Tripathi*
Olivia Wycoff*
2019:
Jacob Alexander
Garrett Brown*
Chloe Duckart​
Darius Haase
Ty Hendrix*
Corey McEuin*
Hannah Strawn*
2018:
Kay Argens
​Tiffany Gilly
David Laidler*
Anica Schubert
Ricardo Vázquez
Alexis Zmuda
2017:
Kelsea Ashenbrenner*
Elise Dixon*
Megan Haynes*
​Erin Kirkpatrick
Jonah Leidigh
Jurnee Neeko
Emma Whiteside
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2016:
Jayde Ali Blackmar*
Jessie Hirschhorn
Alec Lugo
Kira Marshall*
Kailea Saplan*
Rosalind Sullivan-Lovett
Evan Tait
2015:
Kallan Dana
Alexander Georgi*
Samie Pfeifer*
Lexie Quandt
Caleb Sohigian
Tara Spires
James Swinford*
Blaine Vincent III
2014:
Jake Bisuut
Shannon Mastel
Madeline Shier
James Swinford*
Blaine Vincent III
2013:
Natalie Gullo*
Colin Kane
Elizabeth Romero
Jack Russell
Lauren Saville
James Swinford*
2012:
Alwynn Accardi
Jacquelle Davis
Kenneth Sergienko
Tom Young
2011:
Amy Hakanson
Shawna Nordman
Jacob Orr
Matthew Sunderland
2010:
Hailey Bachrach
Galatea Swart*
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
* indicates intern