The British American Drama Academy

Applications are now open for our Summer 2025 conservatory acting programmes:⁣
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⁣⋅Midsummer in Oxford Program (Actors 18+)⁣
12 July – 10 August⁣
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⁣⋅Midsummer Conservatory Program (Actors 16-18)⁣
12 July – 2 August⁣

Applications due: 1 February
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Applications are also open for our early summer intensives:⁣
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⁣⋅Greek Theatre Program (Participants 18+) ⁣
7 June - 4 July
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⁣⋅Black British Theatre and Performance Program (Participants 18+)⁣
7 June - 5 July

Applications: 1 February⁣

Apply – BADA The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

"It has been wonderful to see so many members of the BADA family, to have joined everyone in celebrating BADA’s 40th Anniversary over the past few months, and to know that BADA is flourishing in its 40th year.

It all started in New Mexico in 1982, when Tony Branch invited members of the National Theatre to Santa Fe (including the wonderful actor Simon Callow who still supports BADA today). Two years later, in 1984, was the first Midsummer in Oxford Program. When I think of what BADA has become over the past four decades, I think in particular of community, of the BADA family -- of all the wonderful and talented students and brilliant and inspired faculty members that have come together over the years. From that original 80 students, the BADA family has grown to now more than 5,000.

This Giving Tuesday, please join me in support of BADA and our ever-expanding our family by making a donation to BADA's Scholarship Fund. Your contribution will help BADA as we continue to grow our community and to provide life-changing experiences and training to talented actors, regardless of their background or financial situation, for another 40 years."

Carolyn Sands
Co-Founder of BADA

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To make a donation to BADA this , please visit: https://bit.ly/BADA24 or click on the link.

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Alums in NYC or headed to NYC for Thanksgiving - there’s still time to catch alum Kelly McCreary (LTP ’01) in the world premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s "BAD KREYÒL” at Signature Theatre! A Signature and Manhattan Theatre Club co-production and the final production of Morisseau’s Signature residency, "BAD KREYÒL” interrogates cultural identity and global impact. The play explores what happens when Simone (played by Kelly), first-generation Haitian American, and her cousin Gigi, Haitian-born and raised, reunite to honor their grandmother's dying wish for them to reconnect. Simone's pilgrimage back to her ancestral homeland forces both cousins to confront their differing world views.

"BAD KREYÒL” runs through December 1 at The Pershing Square Signature Center/Irene Diamond Stage on West 42nd street.

Congrats, Kelly!

BAD KREYÒL | Signature Theatre Show BAD KREYÒL Written by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene About this Event Signature Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club Present A World Premiere Co-Production Dominique Morisseau completes her Signature residency with this beautiful world premiere production about interrogat...

Announcing the dates & deadlines for our Summer 2025 conservatory acting programmes!⁣
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Applications will open on 4 December for:⁣
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⁣⋅Midsummer in Oxford Program (Actors 18+)⁣
12 July – 10 August⁣
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⁣⋅Midsummer Conservatory Program (Actors 16-18)⁣
12 July – 2 August⁣

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Applications due: 1 February
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Applications are currently open for our early summer intensives:⁣
⁣
⁣⋅Greek Theatre Program (Participants 18+) ⁣
7 June - 4 July
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⁣⋅Black British Theatre and Performance Program (Participants 18+)⁣
7 June - 5 July

Applications: 1 February⁣
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For more information, or to sign up to be notified when applications open, visit: www.bada.org.uk⁣

Apply – BADA The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

Applications are now open for BADA's 2025 early summer intensives: the Black British Theatre and Performance Program & Greek Theatre Program!

Applications are due 1 February. For full dates, details, and to apply, visit:

Study – BADA The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

Break a leg and happy opening night to alums Sam Gold (MIO ’96) and Jasai Chase-Owens (MCP ’13) and the cast and crew of “Romeo & Juliet” on Broadway! Sam directs this visceral new production and Jasai is making his Broadway debut in the role of Gregory.

This limited engagement of “Romeo & Juliet” will run through February 16, 2025.

Romeo + Juliet on Broadway | Official Site | Get Tickets Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler star in Romeo + Juliet. Coming to Broadway September 26. Get your tickets now from the official box office.

To all BADA alumni, family and friends, ⁣
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Join us to celebrate BADA’s 40th Anniversary this November in Los Angeles and New York City!⁣

Leading American Shakespeare directors (and BADA alumni) will join Dean Ben Naylor to discuss contemporary Shakespeare production and training in the UK and the US. Come with your questions as we discuss why Shakespeare remains relevant to this day!

-On Saturday 16 November 2024 in Los Angeles, we’ll be joined by Barry Edelstein (MIO ‘84), Artistic Director of The Old Globe in San Diego

-On Monday 18 November 2024 in New York City⁣, we’ll be joined by Sam Gold (MIO ‘96), Tony-winning director, currently helming Romeo & Juliet on Broadway

Visit the post on our blog for full details and to RSVP!

40th Anniversary Events in LA & NYC this November – BADA The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

Discover British conservatory training and immerse yourself in London theatre this Spring at the British American Drama Academy: applications are open for our Spring 2025 London Theatre Program, our semester-long study abroad program for Juniors and Seniors enrolled at accredited American colleges or universities!⁣

The London Theatre Program offers two tracks for talented and dedicated students who are passionate about acting or directing, about the art of theatre, and who are seeking personal challenges and new perspectives:

•Acting: BADA’s semester-long conservatory acting track immerses students in the rigorous theatre training of British and European conservatories. The semester is divided into two parts: eight weeks of training, with five weeks of rehearsals culminating in performance in a small-scale professional theatre. Each production is led by a professional director, working with professional creative and technical teams.

•Directing: starting in Fall 2024, the London Theatre Program offers a Directing track alongside the Acting track for students who aim for a career as a professional director. There are a limited number of spaces each semester for directing students. Directing and acting students will be in a number of classes together during the first eight weeks of the semester and each directing student will work as an assistant director for five weeks on one of the end-of-semester productions.

BADA students are taught by an internationally acclaimed faculty and the intensive London Theatre Program includes tutorials, theatre trips, and masterclasses with leading actors and theatre-makers, in one of the world’s great theatre cities.

Applications are due October 15! For details about the London Theatre Program and details about the Acting and Directing tracks, or to start your application, visit our website.

London Theatre Program – BADA The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

Haappy opening night to alum Kelley Curran (MIO '03), who is starring in "The Meeting: The Interpreter" about a playwright's chance encounter with an important Russian interpreter.

"The Meeting: The Interpreter" runs through 25 August at The Theatre at St. Clements in New York City.

Break a leg, Kelley!

Home - The Meeting: The Interpreter Play The NEWS you heard. The STORY that has never been told. UNTIL NOW. The NEWS you heard. The STORY that has never been told. UNTIL NOW. Starring Frank Wood Bio Kelley Curran Bio In 2020, international playwright, documentary filmmaker, and fine artist Catherine Gropper had a chance meeting with a man....

Break a leg and happy Opening Night to alum Sydney Lemmon (MIO ’15) and everyone at “Job”!

This tense, psychological two-hander about a psychological exam that goes awry was a New York Time's Critic's Pick during its Off-Broadway run at the Connelly Theater earlier this year.

The Broadway production of Max Friedlich’s thriller will run through 29 September at The Hayes Theater.

Congrats, Sydney!

JOB THE PLAY | OFFICIAL BROADWAY SITE A new play by Max Wolf Friedlich. Peter Friedman & Sydney Lemmon. Directed by Michael Herwitz. The Hayes Theater 240 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

Headed to the Edinburgh Fringe? Faculty member Madeleine Potter is starring in the UK premiere of Adam Rapp’s “The Sound Inside”. Nominated for the Tony for Best Play, “The Sound Inside” explores the intense bond that forms between an Ivy League creative writing professor and her complicated student.

"The Sound Inside" is a part of Travfest24.

Previews are scheduled for 28 July & 3 August, then the production will run through 25 August at the Traverse Theatre.

Break a leg, Madeleine!

The Sound Inside Scotland's new writing theatre, the Traverse champions creative talent by placing powerful and contemporary theatre at the heart of cultural life.

Congrats to alums Moses Ingram (MIO '18) and Y'lan Noel (MIO '12) who are both starring alongside Natalie Portman in AppleTV's new limited series "Lady in the Lake"!

Based on the 2019 novel of the same name -- inspired by real events in Baltimore in 1969 -- by Laura Lippman, the series follows a a bored housewife trying to build a career as a investigative reporter and a murdered Black activist, exploring racism and misogyny in America in the '60s.

Episodes 1 and 2 are available now and new episodes will be released Fridays on AppleTV+.

Congrats to Moses & Y'lan!

Watch Lady in the Lake - Apple TV+ When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.

Break a leg to alums Victor Williams (MIO '94), Noah Michal (MIO '23), and everyone at The Classical Theatre of Harlem's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as they begin performances tonight!

Victor is Theseus / Oberon and Noah is Helena in the free, outdoor production, which also features comedian Russell Peters as Nick Bottom, which sets the story against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance.

"A Midsummer's Night Dream" runs thru 28 July at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheatre in Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park!

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Break a leg to alum Jenna Augen (LTP '05) and masterclass guest Dale Rapley who are both appearing in the Royal Shakespeare Company's new play "Kyoto"!

Based on the 1997 UN climate summit in Kyoto that resulted in the Kyoto Protocol and an international commitment to reduce greenhouse gasses, the play explores the slow steps toward an agreement and the American oil lobbyist who tries to stop it.

"Kyoto" is a co-production between The Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance, written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson and directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.

The productions runs until 13 July at the RSC's Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

About the play | Kyoto | Royal Shakespeare Company From the writers and directors of the universally-acclaimed The Jungle comes this pulse-pounding political drama.

Alum Joe Mydell (MIO '84) is the Lord Chief Justice in Robert Icke's "Player Kings" which ends its twelve-week London run at the Noel Coward Theatre this weekend and embarks on a UK tour throughout July.

"Player Kings" is recent LTP masterclass guest Robert Icke's new adaptation of "Henry IV, Parts I & II" and stars Sir Ian McKellen as Sir John Falstaff, Toheeb Jimoh as Prince Harry, and Richard Coyle as King Henry.

Player Kings | Starring Ian McKellen | Official Website Shakespeare's Henry IV is reimagined in Player Kings, adapted & directed by Robert Icke and starring the inimitable Sir Ian McKellen.

Congrats to alums Ruth Nega (MIO '01) and Elizabeth Marvel (LTP '88) who are both part of the incredible ensemble of 's new legal thriller "Presumed Innocent"!

Based on the novel by Scott Turow, "Presumed Innocent" is a limited series that tells the story of a Chicago prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague.

Episodes 1 & 2 are out now and remaining episodes will release on Wednesdays on AppleTV!

Watch Presumed Innocent - Apple TV+ A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep …

Congrats to alums Alessandro Nivola (MIO ’92), Moses Ingram (MIO ’18), and masterclass guest André Holland on “The Big Cigar” which premieres today on AppleTV+!

André stars as Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton in this miniseries that traces Newton's attempts to outwit the FBI, enlisting the help of film producer Bert Schneider (played by Alessandro) to escape to Cuba in 1974 under the guise of making a movie. Moses guest stars as Teressa Dixon, a Black Panther Party who helps to keep the movement going in the wake of Huey’s escape.

The miniseries’s first two episodes are now available to stream.

Watch The Big Cigar - Apple TV+ Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.

To all BADA alumni, family and friends,

Join us in 2024 to celebrate BADA’s 40th Anniversary!

BADA’s success is built upon the dedication and passion of people
like you – our faculty, staff, alumni, masterclass guests, scholarship supporters and of course, our participants. Please save the dates to join us at the end of Midsummer in Oxford, or at one of our US events in the autumn, as we honour BADA’s past, celebrate its present, and look to an even greater future ahead.

In celebration of BADA’s 40th anniversary, please save the date for one of the following events:

Saturday 3 August 2024 - Oxford
Open Day for Midsummer in Oxford

Saturday 16 November 2024 - Los Angeles
Masterclass and Reception

Monday 18 November 2024 New York City
Masterclass and Reception

Please save the dates and more information will follow.