How Berridge eases the transition from high school to collegiate arts programs. Musical Theatre students perform in their final showcase at Berridge. Most high school arts programs, well-funded or not, are treated by most students and parents as an extracurricular activity. This can certainly be frustrating for the two or three students per school that have a serious interest in a career in the performing arts. I went to a New England private high school that had a delightful

Berridge alum Ian Soares (Class of 2015) writes about his experience on our Summer Acting Program at Chateau le Mont Epinguet in...

November is "Artistic Empowerment Month" here at Berridge Programs! Here, company founder and director Andrea Mardon tells us tells us what artistic empowerment means to her and how Berridge accomplishes it. How did you get the idea for Berridge France? I stayed at Chateau le Mont Epinguet on vacation back in 2005. I was running study abroad programs for a big outfit in New York City, but I’d trained as an actor. And I’d just thought it be so amazing to get all these professi

Alum and faculty member Katie Royer shares her story of falling love with Berridge 13 years ago. Ian: Tell me a little about yourself!...

Read about our longstanding tradition of open performance nights in our Barn and Amphitheater. Berridge has always been a place where...

Actor and Berridge Shakespeare teacher Simon Purse re-kindles of love of acting Shakespeare with the Cue Script Technique. Sometimes it...

A Berridge 2015 alum shares her top ten takeaways from her summer in France. Written by Sara Florez. The summer after my freshman year of...

Berridge Artistic Director Andrea Mardon shares the details of how "A Summer in France" came to be. Ian: Can you tell me about how...