Immerse yourself in drama 24-7 when you attend boarding school. Successful actors and actresses who have attended boarding school include Sienna Miller, Topher Grace, Viggo Mortensen and many others.
Aside from allowing you to fully explore your love for acting and drama, you'll also have the opportunity to learn set design and building, lighting, directing and other aspects of dramatic production. All of this falls within the immersive environment of a boarding school, where the doors don't close and no-one kicks you out of the auditorium... at least until curfew.
"What I love about our theatre society is that anything difficult to produce is handled creatively and quickly by students, and you never know who's going to come up with what."
—Robin, St. Michaels University School
Albert College
Belleville, Ontario
Andrews Osborne Academy
Willoughby, Ohio
Appleby College
Oakville, Ontario
Ashbury College
Ottawa, Ontario
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Wilcox, Saskatchewan
Balmoral Hall School
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bishop Strachan School
Toronto, Ontario
Bishop's College School
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Bodwell High School
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Branksome Hall
Toronto, Ontario
Brehm Preparatory School
Carbondale, IL
Brentwood College School
Mill Bay, British Columbia
Bronte College
Mississauga, Ontario
Columbia International College
Hamilton, Ontario
Dwight School Canada
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
Fulford Academy
Brockville, Ontario
Glenholme School
Washington, Connecticut
Gow School
South Wales, New York
Great Lakes Christian High School
Beamsville, Ontario
Havergal College
Toronto, Ontario
King's-Edgehill School
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Lakefield College School
Lakefield, Ontario
Luther College High School
Regina, Saskatchewan
Maplebrook School
Amenia, New York
NeuchÂtel Junior College
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Niagara Christian Community of Schools
Fort Erie, Ontario
Pickering College
Newmarket, Ontario
Prairie Christian Academy
Three Hills, Alberta
Queen Margaret's School
Duncan, British Columbia
Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
Kitchener, Ontario
Rothesay Netherwood School
Rothesay, New Brunswick
Shawnigan Lake School
Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
St. Andrew's College
Aurora, Ontario
St. Francis High School
Athol Springs, New York
St. George's School
Vancouver, British Columbia
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Winnipeg, Manitoba
St. Margaret's School
Victoria, British Columbia
St. Michaels University School
Victoria, British Columbia
Stanstead College
Stanstead, Quebec
The Vanguard School
Lake Wales, FL
Toronto District Christian High School
Woodbridge, Ontario
Trafalgar Castle School
Whitby, Ontario
Trinity College School
Port Hope, Ontario
Upper Canada College
Toronto, Ontario
A number of boarding schools such as Ashbury College and Bond Academy include summer programs or summer camps for acting, so you can participate all summer long, including taking on a teaching role. St. Andrew's College, an all boys' boarding school, stages a Shakespearean play every fall with high caliber sets, costumes and acting. These are just a few of the boarding schools offering a rich focus on acting and drama production.
"I think it's rewarding and challenging, learning people skills. It's a lot of work learning your lines. It teaches deadlines and teaches people to be responsible."
—Suzanne, Albert College
Drama programs that go well beyond acting
Not everyone wants to be an actor of course. Boarding schools students who take a background role in things like stage management or lighting find that this too is an outlet for aspects of their personalities. As one Albert College student admits, as stage manager, she likes being the person who knows where everything is. "I like people to need me to be a leader."
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