Theatre Conservatory

Mission

We prepare passionate theatre artists to be ready for today's professional industry. Our artists leave CCPA aware of their artistic agency as well as their social responsibility.

Vision

We will be a leader in reimagining the 21st century "theatre conservatory." We will provide innovative professional training informed by social justice principles, as well as an equitable and inclusive approach to recruitment, hiring, instruction, and production.

Roosevelt University's Theatre Conservatory's core values are:

Inclusion

We recognize and celebrate the unique identities of all peoples, rejecting historic and inherent elitism and systemic racism in conservatory training. We specifically name and recognize the unique experiences of our marginalized students and faculty. Our student body, our faculty, our curriculum, and our casting reflects, celebrates, and honors the diversity of our city and country.

Artistic Agency

We instill in our students a passion for their training as theatre performers by providing them with not only the professional skills needed to succeed but the artistic agency to be transformative artists. We foster interaction with the Chicago theatre world to enhance and support their professional development and their passion for the art.

Social Justice

In keeping with and expanding upon the founding values of Roosevelt University, our Theatre Conservatory believes that every human being should have access, opportunity, visibility, agency, and voice. The Conservatory incorporates social justice awareness throughout its curriculum and production programming. Theatre Conservatory faculty and performance students believe in and are aware of their social responsibility as citizen artists.

Respect

Our students and faculty exhibit respect for each other as people and as artists, as well as respect for the work. That respect is reflected in honest, open, and civil discourse inside our classrooms and theatres.

Ensemble

Our Conservatory believes in ensemble as a core value of theatre. Our students learn the value of ensemble and recognize the importance of collaboration in the creation of theatrical works. Our faculty and students engage with each other as equitable members of the Theater Conservatory ensemble, recognizing the contributions of all individuals in the creative process.

Responsibility

We accept responsibility for our students' professional training, and on-stage experiences, and are accountable to our students for our personal interactions. We encourage transparency and open, honest communication.

Artistic Excellence

When inclusion, agency, respect and responsibility are fostered within the individual, these values set the stage for performances that are genuine, rich, and wholly unique. Artistic excellence is the culmination of the culture we create.

Identity

Roosevelt University's Theatre Conservatory provides students with innovative professional training informed by social justice, with a commitment to an equitable and inclusive approach to recruitment, teaching, and production.