Student & Alumni Reflections
“The Academy taught me to have the courage to approach things in a different way.”
--Bo Peabody, PG ’90, Entrepreneur and Author
“Academy teachers were passionate about the books we read, they gave us creative assignments, and they supported us in experimenting with our own writing styles.”
--Tobey Ward, ’00 Author
“The Academy gave me a firm grasp of important playwrights and plays, like the work of Oscar Wilde, Tom Stoppard, the Classic Greek playwrights, and especially Shakespeare and Shakespearean language.”
--Gretchen Eisenman, ’04, Costume Designer
“The Academy’s size gives you the ability to be creative, yet focuses your skills. I cannot say enough about how the Academy gave me the tools to develop my thoughts and then to bring them to paper or to a podium. [As with] any subject or skill, the more you use it, the better you get at it. The Academy reminded me of that every day in and out of the classroom.”
--Oliver Stebich, ’88, Co-founder of Stebich Ridder International
“It was the teachers I had throughout my high school and college years that enabled me to find myself as an artist and an educator.”
--Nora Zale ’00, Adjunct Art Faculty at The Academy at Charlemont
