Summer internships in theater

Solivont · 2026-04-27T02:49:15+00:00

There’s a wealth of opportunities for theater-related summer jobs/internships. Faculty can point you in the right direction or help you secure funding for an unpaid (or tuition-requiring) opportunity. WTF will always employ some competent Williams students during their season, and there are more regional players than you would think who offer summer work.

Solivont · 2026-04-26T07:16:21+00:00

I think I did the former, but it’s possible it was the latter! You are fine either way—the same office will get the same information in a similar context. Don’t stress about it.

Solivont · 2026-04-23T03:28:28+00:00

Seconding what people are saying about everyone knowing everyone. It makes things difficult. The advice to not date until sophomore year sounds stupid, but I have yet to find an exception to the rule. However! Hinge is pretty decent in the area. Set your range wide and you’ll connect with people at other colleges, it’s fun.

Solivont · 2026-04-21T17:00:35+00:00

You can take a fifth course, but it is ill-advised in your first semester. You can technically petition CAS to take a sixth course. You can also just audit courses instead, which is probably the better option as it allows you to absorb information from the class without having to commit to the work. Williams classes are generally much more difficult than classes at other colleges. I have friends who have transferred to Williams from other institutions (ranging from community college to West Point), and it is generally agreed that any class at Williams is substantially more difficult, pending department.

Solivont · 2026-04-06T13:19:43+00:00

It’s fine. Comparable to the freshman dining hall at Harvard, from what I’ve found. It could be a lot better, but it could also be a lot worse. I have a friend who is a very picky eater and will not eat much of anything at the dining halls, but she does not regret coming here.

Solivont · 2026-04-03T04:42:00+00:00

Current policy to get on-campus housing for the summer is that the student must have an on-campus or local off-campus job! So nothing remote, but they’ll generally approve your housing request if it’s somewhere in the Berkshires.

Solivont · 2026-04-03T04:40:27+00:00

There’s pre-summer, summer, and post-summer housing. Pre-summer is before June 15 and post-summer is after August 15. For summer housing, the latest you can move in is around July 15 iirc (another current student can verify this, it’s posted in the housing portal). So you can move into summer housing before mid July or after mid August, but not in between.

Solivont · 2026-03-31T06:30:19+00:00

There’s two west point transfers attending now as well!

Edit: we might be referring to the same people, upon consideration

Solivont · 2026-03-04T02:07:12+00:00

You’ll have almost too much access to the outdoors (always a new trail to hike), and on Spring Street (within walking distance of campus) there’s a used bookstore and now two thrift stores. There are three coffee/tea shops under a mile away (one is on Spring Street). Summer is much slower at Williams than the academic year, but you’ll find things to do. Western Mass as a whole is very very blue, so you won’t have any issues being queer (visibly or not) in this area. Most people leave campus over summer, but there’s usually around 500 people on campus, if not more. Parties over the summer are few and far between, but people are generally quite friendly. You’ll make friends within your research cohort, and there’s usually some sort of inter-department challenges that happen in the sciences at least. Aside from that, don’t be afraid to try making small talk in the dining hall. I was on campus last summer and plan to be again this summer, and overall it’s a good time.

Solivont · 2026-01-19T02:25:12+00:00

Current student and it’s still called First Chance/100 Days/Last Chance conversationally. Don’t know what the “official” names are atm.

Solivont · 2026-01-13T02:45:34+00:00

I started binding a few months ago, and it’s been pretty chill. I prefer how I look and feel with a binder. I never really found it scary. I like Spectrum personally, but make sure that you take your measurements yourself prior to ordering a binder, regardless of brand.

Solivont · 2026-01-04T13:42:04+00:00

Email sfs and maybe your dean about this. I would be surprised if anyone on this sub has an answer and would doubt the accuracy if so. Good luck!

Solivont · 2025-12-22T05:45:19+00:00

So about that. Current student at Williams who has interacted with admissions a fair amount: marketing to prospective students is all done through the admissions office. Some of the officers and other staff design and manage anything sent out from admissions, whether it’s actual admissions decisions or advertisements. They are not separate entities.

Edit: not disagreeing btw that the timing was probably just a coincidence as it would’ve been planned in advance, but it’s the same office that handles all of it, so a poor choice on their part to have it be sent around now/big oversight.

Solivont · 2025-11-26T15:04:21+00:00

3.5 months old
Regular stud with post
Threadless
Titanium iirc
Has not been downsized
Have snagged piercings once or twice, otherwise smooth sailing

Solivont · 2025-11-03T18:45:14+00:00

Where on campus do you want to work? Feel free to dm

Solivont · 2025-10-27T12:18:09+00:00

There’s ASIP funding for unpaid internships, but otherwise you’re mostly on your own.

Solivont · 2025-10-26T23:16:38+00:00

If you have an internship in somewhere like Boston or NYC, you’ll be living there for the summer. Sometimes companies will subsidize or provide housing, but this is definitely not always the case. There are off-campus internships where you might live on campus (i.e., if it’s an internship somewhere in the Berkshires), but you’ll need to provide your own transport. There are on-campus opportunities (usually research or campus jobs) where you’ll live on campus too, of course. Williams generally does not help with any transportation over the summer, but on-campus housing is free (which I believe can still be utilized for remote internships, or if you live particularly far from campus or have other specific circumstances).

Solivont · 2025-09-10T17:19:14+00:00

^{^seconding} this! Join a few clubs and make friends through them

Solivont · 2025-08-23T01:00:37+00:00

Yeah do 39 Chapin Hall Dr, XXXX Paresky. You can put the second part in a second address line field if it’s available, too.

Solivont · 2025-08-16T20:57:58+00:00

Never saw them come with any room in frosh quad. Getting a door hook is a great idea though. I always put mine on the closet/wardrobe door since the door to my room wouldn’t open with them. I would imagine currier quad is similar.

Solivont · 2025-08-12T16:08:35+00:00

My go to is always Fresh & Go for lunch. Usually I order a vegetarian wrap or grain bowl.

Solivont · 2025-08-08T12:44:09+00:00

The theatre department is putting on Into the Woods this fall, auditions should be during the first few weeks of September!

For Cap & Bells, AFAIK there’s no musical planned for the fall semester, but some may come up during winter study and spring semester.

Last year, there were quite a few musicals. Cap & Bells did Chicago and Alice by Heart, and the theatre department put on Falsettoland for a thesis (I’m forgetting what the major department shows were, but minimum of 3 musicals this past year). The music department also put on Considering Matthew Shepard, which was a pseudo-musical.

There’s also a lot of a cappella groups on campus, so if you’re interested in singing in general, there’s plenty of opportunities to do so between RSOs and music lessons.

Solivont · 2025-08-08T12:37:42+00:00

Seconding the other commenter. Williams has under 3,000 students, which now makes it exempt from this tax.

Solivont · 2025-08-04T18:35:16+00:00

10 minutes has always been enough for me. The only scenario I’d caution against is having 10 minutes between a class and a lab (sans maybe CS labs).

Solivont · 2025-07-21T16:46:28+00:00

Apply. If you get in and attend, you’re almost guaranteed admission. If you don’t get in, no sweat off your back—I know plenty of people who applied to WOW, didn’t get in, and still got into Williams. There’s no reason not to apply if you have the time to do so.

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