| jbinca, I agree completely with what you say about the benefits of doing things Minnesota/Guthrie's way. My D's high school (an urban arts high school with admission by audition only) does it that way: once a kid has gotten into the school by audition, all roles are assigned according to what the teachers think the kids can handle/what they need to work on. (Seems to be a happy medium between casting by type and skill and challenge casting.) It seems a very sane approach that cuts down on the internal competition, though (of course) there is always mild grumbling about who got what and why. In general, though, the kids "get it" and understand.
jbinca, did your D end up at Tisch or did the person who ran the Fordham program end up at Tisch? Wasn't clear on that. |