Exposure to, and experience in, all aspects of the theater is essential for aspiring theater professionals and helping to shape the next generation of theater artists and administrators is essential to the future of the professional theater. Recognizing the benefit to the field at large by building pathways between the academy and the professional theater, the Public Theater and Brooklyn College are launching a partnership that uniquely leverages the strengths of each institution, for the mutual benefit of both institutions and, especially, the students.