The Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program

The Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program is a groundbreaking national program to serve American theater. Every year, 8-10 of the most accomplished regional-theater actors in the country are invited to participate in a weeklong master class and retreat with a world-renowned and respected Master Teacher. The 8-day immersion at Ten Chimneys includes intensive daily master class sessions, both in the historic rooms of the estate and in the modern facilities of the program center.

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Through this groundbreaking national program, the top actors in the country are given a rare and deeply needed opportunity to grow artistically, renew their passion for their art form, deepen their commitment to mentorship, and form a national community of Lunt-Fontanne Fellows. These actors return to their home communities more inspired, and more inspiring — offering great benefits to other actors, to individual theaters, to students, to communities across the country, and to American theater as a whole. Ultimately, this program does not exist simply to serve actors, but to strengthen the ability of actors and theaters to enrich people’s lives in communities throughout the country. Lunt-Fontanne Fellows do this as artists, as mentors, as teachers, and as leaders in their communities.