SPT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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Many students want to find high-quality stage combat training associated with an actor training program. Many colleges and universities, as well as theaters and private schools offer such training. It can vary from a one semester crash course, to a seven semester overview. If you are interested in finding institutions who offer this type of training, and who offer the Skills Proficiency Test, look below. You can be assured of safe, quality training, as the institutions below hire Society of American Fight Directors certified Teachers, Fight Directors, or Fight Masters.
PRIVATE TRAINING CENTERS
Academy of the Sword
The Actors Gymnasium, Chicago
Art in Arms, St. Paul, MN
Atlanta Stage Combat Studio
Bard Alley Studio, Cincinnati
Boise Stage Combat
Combat Inc., New York City
Dueling Arts International, San Francisco
Fake Fighting Company, MN
Fight or Flight Academy, MN
Fights R Us / New York Fight Ensemble
Fights4 / Summer Sling, New York City
Freehold Theater Studio Lab, Seattle
Lincoln Square Arts Center, Chicago
The Los Angeles Fight Academy
MACE: Movement and Combat Education, Chicago.
The National Fight Directors Training Program, Maine
The Noble Blades / Reston Community Theatre VA.
Roundhouse Theatre, MD
Swordplay, New York, NY
Theatre Puget Sound, Seattle
Vagabond School of The Arts, Chicago
INSTITUTIONS supporting The SAFD Skills Proficiency Test
Academy for Classical Acting at G. Washington University
Adelphi University, N.Y.
American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)
American University, Washington D.C.
Arcadia University, PA.
The Atlanta Stage Combat Studio
The Barter Theater, VA
Blue Jacket
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brigham Young University
Brooklyn College – Graduate School
The California Institute of the Arts
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western University, Cleveland
Catholic University, Washington D.C.
Christopher Newport University
City College of New York
The College-Conservatory of Music
College of Du Page, IL
College of William and Mary
Colorado Renaissance Festival
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Columbia College Chicago
The Cornish College of The Arts, Seattle
DePaul University, Chicago
Denver Center for The Performing Arts
Duke University
East Carolina University
Eastern Illinois University
Everyman Theatre, Baltimore
Florida State University
Fort Lewis College
Frostburg State
FSU/Asolo Conservatory
Fullerton College
Georgia Shakespeare Festival
Hanover College
The Hartt School at University of Hartford
Hofstra University
Horn in The West
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ithaca College, London Centre
Kutztown University
The Lee Strasberg Institute
The Legend of Daniel Boone
The Lost Colony, Manteo, N.C.
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Tech
Marquette University
Maryland Renaissance Festival
Marymount-Fordham London Drama Academy
McDaniel College
Mercer University
Muhlenberg College, PA
The National Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
National Theatre Conservatory
New Mexico State University
New York University
Niagara University
North Hennepin Community College, MN
Northern Kentucky University
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Northwestern University, IL.
Off Square Theatre, WY
Ohio University
On Edge Productions
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Pace University, (Undergraduate and MFA) New York City
Paradise Valley Community College, AZ.
The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University – Berks
Regent University
Reinhardt University
Rockford University
Rockland Community College, N.Y.
Roosevelt University, Chicago
Rowan University, N.J.
Rutgers University
Sarah Lawrence College, N.Y.
Savannah College of Art and Design
SC Dallas
Shakespeare Theatre Company / Folger Theatre
Southern Illinois University
Southern Methodist University
State University of New York / Purchase
Sterling Renaissance Festival
Synetic Theater, Washington D.C.
Tecumseh!
Temple University
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Theatre West Virginia
Three Dragons Academy, Seattle
Unifers
The University of Alabama
The University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Arizona
The University of the Arts
The University of Cincinnati
The University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The University of Denver
The University of Florida
The University of Houston
The University of Idaho
The University of Illinois
The University of Iowa
The University of Kentucky
The University of Maryland
The University of Mary Washington, VA
The University of Miami
The University of Michigan
The University of Nebraska
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of Oklahoma
The University of Pittsburgh
The University of South Carolina
The University of South Florida
The University of South Alabama
The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Utah
The University of Virginia
The University of Washington
The University of Wisconsin: Milwaukee
The University of Wyoming
Unto These Hills, Cherokee, N.C.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech
Walnut Street Theatre School
Webster College
Western Illinois University
Western Oregon University
Wichita State University
Willamette University
William Peace University
Wright State University