The application component of the Professional Immersion Program allows participants to apply the skills and knowledge obtained through both the internship and academic training to a project within the organization. With these projects, each individual is responsible for an element of the assignment: Interns create and initiate a plan of execution, teach and delegate to other interns and, through this process, hone leadership abilities.

PIP Success Story
Drew Kaufman
Scenic, 2007

Since leaving Cal Shakes, Drew has won regional KCACTF (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival), awards for his designs, and come back to Cal Shakes to work as a carpenter and Assistant Lighting Designer. As of this writing, Drew is designing for Diablo Valley College, Town Hall Theatre, Marin Academy of the Arts, and the Bentley School. Scroll down for photos of his work.

Taken during the load-in of the 2007 Cal Shakes production of The Triumph of Love.

This is a machine Drew used for the build of King Lear (2007), the result of which can be seen in the next photo.

Drew really honed his welding skills during his internship.

Drew’s lighting design for Threepenny Opera at University of Oregon, for which he won First Place in his region at KCACTF and went as a finalist to Washington D.C. to compete at the national level.

Threepenny Opera at University of Oregon, for which Drew won First Place for lighting design in his region at KCACTF.

Drew’s set design for a horror movie-inspired Hamlet at the University of Oregon.

Drew’s set design for a horror movie-inspired Hamlet at the University of Oregon.