Internship Integrates Life-long Love of the Theater

 “Theater is meant to mimic life,” said Cait Williams ’15, likening the adage to her liberal arts education and her exposure to not only her major but to biology, theology, and art history.

“Art provided background for stage design, and organizational behavior helped me recognize management techniques in my internship,” said Williams.

And in her spring internship at the Chicago Opera Theater, Williams said she could relate every class she had taken to her work.

Williams served as a public relations and marketing intern for the innovative, nationally recognized opera company, which features new and rarely performed works. She said she had the amazing opportunity to work with Chicago professionals including Chicagoan of the Year Andreas Mitisek and marketing for the widely popular mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.

One of the many benefits of Trinity internships is the potential for continued employment. Recently, Williams was hired by the company as a part-time marketing assistant while she completes her final semester at Trinity this fall.

The internship melded her studies in both business communication and theater and integrated a passion for the stage that began as a child. Birthdays for Williams meant a visit to the theater with her mother, who hoped to instill a love of the arts in her daughter.

Williams has played out that passion on the stage of her community theater in Western Springs, Illinois, and on Trinity’s Marg Kallemeyn Theatre. This summer she is also using her marketing skills to promote the Alumni Theatre’s production of The Odd Couple, August 28-29, and will play the role of Rita.