The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a private

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conservatory with two locations, one in

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and one in

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. The academy offers an

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in occupational studies and teaches drama and related arts in the areas of theater, film, and television. Students also have the opportunity to audition for the third-year theater company. Students can usually transfer completed credits to another college or university to finish a

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if they choose.

History

The oldest acting school in the English-speaking world, the academy in

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was founded in 1884 by Franklin Haven Sargent, a graduate of

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and professor of speech and elocution at his alma mater. Sargent's vision was to establish a school to train actors for the stage. Its first home was the original Lyceum Theatre on what is now Park Avenue South. In 1963, the school moved to its current home, a landmark building designed by the American Renaissance architect Stanford White for the

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. In 1974, the academy opened another campus in

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, which made it the only professional actor-training school in both major centers of American entertainment. The

campus moved from Pasadena to Hollywood in 2001 in a new building next to the Jim Henson Company Lot.

Academics

The academy remains dedicated to training professional actors. It offers a two-year program in which students have to be invited back for the second year. Auditions are held at the end of the second year for the third-year company. As well as training for the theatre, it now offers courses in

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and

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, providing a structured, professionally oriented program that stresses self-discovery, self-discipline and individuality. Students who graduate in New York receive an Associate of Occupational Studies degree; students who graduate in Hollywood receive a Certificate of Completion or an Associate of Arts degree in acting. Students from New York and Los Angeles can get a Bachelor of Arts degree from selected universities. Numerous students of the academy have gone on to careers in the entertainment industry. Alumni of the academy have been nominated for 110 Oscars, 317 Emmys and 94 Tonys.

Notable alumni

Among the notable people who attended the AADA are: A * Walter Abel, 1918 * Jay Acovone, 1978 * Marla Adams, 1958 * Derek Ahonen *

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Notable faculty

Notable faculty include: * David Dean Bottrell * Karen Hensel * Sandy Martin * Ian Ogilvy * Scott Reiniger * Timothy D. Stickney *Sara Mildred Strauss * Fred Williams ''(né'' Frederick James Williams; 1829–1900), who, in the late nineteenth century, had been stage director of Daly's Theatre, stage director of the Lyceum Theatre on Park Avenue, and Dean of the Faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Fred Williams' son, Fritz Williams (1865–1930), was also an actor. Williams was an uncle of actress Dorothy Donnelly (1876–1928).

Notes and references

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