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Celebrating 20 years of shaping the next generation of theatre professionals, on-stage and off
FOUNDED
2007
GRADES ELIGIBLE
8th–12th
EXPERIENCE
Residential
LOCATION
Beaufort, SC
This isn't
camp.
SSTI brings ambitious young performers and technicians into a professional working environment alongside Broadway artists, university faculty, and professional theatre makers. Every student is known, challenged, and trusted with meaningful responsibility in bringing a full-scale musical to life.
SSTI students experience:
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3:1 student-to-professional ratio
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Professional productions
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Faculty from Broadway and leading college programs
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College audition and interview prep, resulting in 100% program admissions for SSTI students since 2014.
MEET THE PROGRAMS
Experience SSTI
Musical Theatre
Production
Session One: June 7 - July 4, 2027
Session Two: July 7 - August 1, 2027
The program that started it all in 2007. Spend four weeks creating a professional musical with a Broadway or university director, surrounded by people who take your talent and your future seriously. Your final week brings college-level training and one-on-one audition coaching with visiting professors.
SSTI Technical Production
Session One: June 7 - July 4, 2027
Session Two: July 7 - August 1, 2027
This is a home for students who want to live and thrive backstage. Work closely with our master instructors in the classroom and as you build and run a professional musical. Along the way, you’ll develop your portfolio and strengthen your interview skills, preparing you to tell your story confidently to colleges and future employers.
SSTI Tech:
On Deck
July 19 - 24, 2027
Explore how a production takes shape in the hands of its designers. Through hands-on design projects with SSTI professionals, you’ll learn how designers prepare, make creative decisions, and collaborate on professional productions. There’s room to experiment, try a different approach, and discover work that excites you.
College Audition
Edge
July 11 - 16, 2027 in NYC
Spend a week in New York City getting to know professors from leading theatre programs as they get to know you. Refine your audition material, receive personal feedback, and experience Broadway alongside a new circle of friends preparing for their own futures in theatre.
Groundplan:
Virtual Coaching
Fall and Spring, On Your Schedule
Groundplan gives aspiring designers and technicians someone in their corner through the college process. With online courses and one-on-one mentorship, we’ll help you find colleges that fit, develop a portfolio you’re proud to share, and prepare to speak confidently about your work.
ALUMNI NEWS
Meet the
SSTI Generation
SSTI alumni are the next generation of theatre professionals, already at work onstage and behind the scenes. They’re building careers across the industry, and we couldn’t be prouder.
SUTTON KAYLOR - The Outsiders, Broadway
SSTI 2021, 2022
EMMA ELIZABETH SMITH -
Six the Musical, National Tour
SSTI 2017, SSTI 2018
CAMERON MONROE THOMAS -
Beauty and the Beast, National Tour
SSTI 2017
RECENTLY SEEN
NICHOLAS A. WILKINSON- Heathers, Off-Broadway
SSTI 2021
HELENA MAGEE — Pirates! the Penzance Musical, Broadway
SSTI TECH
2016-2019
WILLOW HEICHEL — Jersey Boys, 2026 National Tour
SSTI TECH
2021
SOPHIA MANICONE — Parade, Broadway & Tour
SSTI 2022
CARLY CANON — MT Wichita, 2026 Summer Season
SSTI 2023
GREYSON TAYLOR — The Who's Tommy, 2026 Tour
SSTI
2017-2019
AUDREY CURDO — Hairspray, MUNY 2026
SSTI 2022
JACKSON K. PERRY — Saturday Church, NYTW
SSTI 2021
SE'LAH JACKSON — Mrs. Doubtfire, 25-26 National Tour
SSTI 2022
ELIZABETH MANDELL — Titanic, Ogunquit Playhouse
SSTI
2016-2021
Shaping Professionals,
On-Stage and Off.
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