| WSHoos -
Thank you for your post. I think it's a chicken and egg discussion. Are the BFAs given special treatment OR are the BFAs just special? I think they are special so DUH they would get cast in the MT roles. But let's face it this is the 2nd year of BFA at IU and I don't think there are that many BFAs out there to compete with and a show normally requires a large cast. I also don't know of any Director that is going to cast someone who is a BFA over a BA if the BA is just perfect for the role.
As for opportunities to perform - we were told there were the shows in the Drama Dept, 2 Other Schools, plus the Music School, Plus individual productions. As for the MFAs - no MFAs got into Forum and only 1 got in Seussical. And what we were told made sense - the focus of the MFAs is usually different - they are focused on things like Chekov not Musicals.
My D didn't get into the BFA. Maybe George didn't need another tall brunette or maybe my tall brunette wasn't as talented YET as some other tall brunette. But I'm betting that after she trains with this very fine faculty at IU she will be fierce and have no doubt I'm going to be seeing her in shows at IU. |