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SATE members (fondly referred to as SATE-ists) train together every Monday night from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Training includes the exploration of many theatrical disciplines, theories, techniques and practices, but at the core of SATE training is the ongoing practice of SUZUKI (a Japanese actor training method, developed by Tadashi Suzuki, Artistic Director of Suzuki Company of Toga) and VIEWPOINTS (a philosophy and technique for training actors, devising works and building an ensemble, created by Anne Bogart, Artistic Director of The SITI Company--riffing off of Mary Overlie's "Six Viewpoints" of modern dance origin).

In addition to SATE's ongoing practice of Suzuki and Viewpoints, the company also studies other actor training methods and traditions, including: improvisation, clowning, stage combat, Meisner, dropping-in, Linklater, Yoga, Alexander technique, Stanislavski, just to name a few. SATE also strives to train technicians of theatre, and often conducts stage management, crew and theatre etiquette workshops for up-and-coming younger SATEists.

Training can be very physically demanding, however, SATE is open to theatre artists of all capabilities and expertise! It is SATE's nature to be inclusive of all artists who share SATE's common dedication to the ongoing fine-tuning of our collective instrument: ourselves.

SATE members (artists who have made a commitment to making training on Monday night a priority and who have had no more than 3 absences in a 3 month period) pay only $10 a month for this privilege.

Anyone wishing to investigate SATE training is welcome and encouraged to do so--the first Monday night is free!! If, after seeing what SATE is all about, anyone would like to become a member of SATE, a formal application can be made and membership is granted at the discretion of the ensemble.