Summer Conservatory 2025

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival presents

featuring the 2025 Summer Conservatory Artists
Excerpts from works by William Shakespeare

Summer Conservatory Director -
Katie Bruno
Summer Conservatory Emerging
Director - Makinley Smith

Studio A at Nashville PBS
July 26, 2025
7 PM

Summer Conservatory Showcase

Experience an evening of monologues and scenes performed by The 2025 Class of Conservatory Artists, co-directed by Conservatory Emerging Director Emerging Director, Makinley Smith.

The NSF Summer Conservatory is an immersive professional training program for early-career theatre artists ages 18+ looking to sharpen their craft and gain practical experience. Formerly known as the Apprentice Company (ApCo), this program has been developing the next generation of theatre professionals for over 25 years and has been reimagined to better serve today’s emerging artists.

Admission is free, but reservations are required.

NSF Summer Conservatory Class of 2025

  • Simple/Fairy
    Understudy: Anne Page, Pistol, Nym

  • Nym/John/Fairy
    Understudy: Abraham Slender

  • Abraham Slender
    Understudy: Sir Hugh Evans

  • Pistol/Robert/Fairy
    Understudy: Dr. Caius

  • Dr. Caius
    Understudy: Robert Shallow

  • Summer Conservatory Artist

  • Anne Page/John Rugby
    Understudy: Hostess

  • Emerging Director

  • Fenton
    Understudy: Mister George Page

  • Summer Conservatory Artist

  • Summer Conservatory Artist

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