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Contact Cornerstone Institute at our new phone line: 1.888.315.7739

Mission Statement

The Cornerstone Institute offers multidisciplinary professional training in community-based theater using Cornerstone Theater Company's unique collaborative methodology.

Institute participants include individuals interested in the intersection of theater and community. Participants learn through both intensive training and the hands-on creation of community-specific productions, which combine their own artistry with that of experienced professionals and community collaborators.

Cornerstone Institute currently offers two programs:

• Summer Residency Program

  The Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program offers a unique, hands-on collaborative experience creating theater and exploring strategies for community engagement while living with and within a small, diverse community. Students learn both through classroom training and hands-on creation of community-specific productions, which combine their own artistry with that of experienced professionals and community collaborators. Classroom training and production experience are combined to provide a thorough understanding of the community collaboration process, from beginning to end. The Institute Summer Residency harkens back to the company's "rural years," when Cornerstone conducted residencies in small towns across America, by living communally in residence within the collaborating community for an intense, immersive experience for the production process.

• 2-Day Intensive

  The Cornerstone Institute 2-Day Intensive is designed to reach individuals, organizations and institutions who cannot commit to a longer residency, by offering a weekend or 2-day program of workshops and discussions that condenses content from the Summer Residency curriculum.
  
  

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The Cornerstone Institute supported in part by the James Irvine Foundation and the Wallace Foundation.