I'm a freshman next year, and am not actually in the Theatre Conservatory myself. I'm an Art History major, but I do have many good friends in the conservatory. From talking to them, I know that the non MT students and the Mt kids have a lot of the same classes and the same workshops together, and that they have the same opportunities availiable to them as the MT kids (ie: voice lessons, music classes, etc since these are all elements of non musical theatre as well) As far as the audition requirements, a friend of mine who auditioned for the MT program had the same query and found that the admissions staff thought that there is so much Shakespeare out there in movies, etc that people could just study that and give a cookie cutter audition. They want to see YOUR talent, not Kenneth Branaugh's, and so they would like for their prospective students to choose something that isn't quite so mainstream. They do, however, have classes, etc, where they work on Shakespearian theatre, so it is definately not a Shakespeare free environment! Webster is a great school and everyone I have talked to in the Conservatory is very happy there. Not to mention, it's a VERY affordable option compared to some of the other schools that people have been mentioning on this thread. If you have any more questions you can email me at
pinkmartini177@hotmail.com and I'll try my best to get the answers for you from my friends.
