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HISTORY OF NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF DRAMATIC ARTS
NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF DRAMATIC ARTS

National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts was founded by C. Wayne Rudisill (CEO and President) in 1975 in Washington, D. C. and was recognized by the United States Department of Education as an accredited institution of higher education in 1980. The curriculum of the Conservatory is based on the teachings of Michael Saint-Denis, who developed the instruction at the Royal Shakespeare Studio and the Drama Division of the Juilliard School in New York. Michael Saint-Denis emphasized that a school is not only a place to learn from the past but a place to explore new ideas and experiment in ways not possible in commercial theatre. His fundamental aim was to provide each school a comprehensive framework of techniques around which the student’s initiative, imagination, and invention could be developed. National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts offers its students a remarkable vision and teaches them the craft to achieve that vision.

The curriculum at National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts was also written by Mr. Rudisill in consultation with three major forces of 20th Century Theatre: Harold Clurman, the Founder of the Group Theatre, director and critic stressed the importance of “ensemble” work of an actor; Jo Mielziner, noted Tony winner Scene Designer emphasized the importance of “hands on and apprenticeship training”; Joseph Papp, Founder of New York Shakespeare Festival fervently believed the importance of new and unbounded works.

Admission to the Conservatory was by the audition process. The first two years emphasized development of an actor’s working technique. Students accepted into the third year were part of an acting company call Actors Repertory Theatre. The Actors Repertory Theatre produced six plays composed of classical, modern, and musical dramatic literature.

The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts was chosen by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to offer “Theatre Seminars” for high school and college students. For 12 years, these seminars consisted of workshops in every phase of theatre, acting movement, vocal production, lighting, design, and playwrighting. The yearly event lasted one entire day and the workshops were taught by working professional in the commercial world. During the summer months, the Kennedy Center requested that National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts develop dramatic presentations whose content would be about the gifts that the World Nations gave when the Kennedy Center. Students from the Conservatory acted in the presentations.

Roger Stevens, Chairman of the Kennedy Center, Lily Pope Guest, Chairperson of the Friends of the Kennedy Center, George Stevens, Jr., President of American Film Institute, and Wayne Rudisill, president of National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts created the annual Kennedy Center Honors. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing for their lifetime of contributions to American Culture.

The professional world opened its arms to the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Artists who conducted master classes or served as teachers and directors included Jo Mielziner, Harold Clurman, Joseph Papp, Tony Roberts, Edward Villella, Carol Channing, Michael Moriarty, George Hearn, Dorothy Loudon, Maury Povich, Elizabeth Ashley, Roger Stevens, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Martin Charnin, Davy Marlin Jones, Jane Alexander, Lee Strasberg, Richard Barr, Richard Coe, William Gibson, Robert Lewis, Davis Gaines. Waynerudisill (talk)