letsfigureitout

I posted this on a "headshot" thread. . .but this one gets more "action." Should the student's name be printed on the headshot photo?

hcpss

Hello,

Saw your post about the headshot - and your comments about NCSA. We haven't gotten to sending headshots yet - some request you bring them to the audition - but I do remember reading specific instructions on various college websites concerning headshots so I would check each one to see what they require. If they don't specify, I am planning on putting his name on the back just in case. Can't hurt. If you are uncomfortable with that, you can always email or call them. Eventually they get back to you!

NotMamaRose

Headshots usually can be printed with the actor's name on the front in whatever font he or she prefers.

letsfigureitout

Anyone going to Pittsburgh for auditions at Point Park or CMU this weekend?

UAmom

We aren't headed up to Pittsburgh, but good luck!!!
We did go see Urinetown at Otterbein on Sat. It was fantastic!!! We will be going up there for auditions on Nov. 30th. Anyone else going as well?

letsfigureitout

My son is auditioning at Otterbein on the 30th.

NotMamaRose

letsfirgureitout, tell your son to break a leg! We're all rooting for him.

hcpss

We're catching Point Park and Otterbein at the unifieds. Are going to Purchase Jan. 26. Anyone going to Purchase Jan 26? We are anxious to hear impressions of Otterbein and Point Park!

letsfigureitout

My son's going to Purchase on the 26th, too. Juilliard on the 25th.

Frenchlaw

Does anyone have any feedback on the drama program at University of Toronto?

UAmom

I hope your S's auditions went great at CMU and Point Park this past weekend. I guess we will see you at Otterbein in a few weeks. My D's high school show is now over, so we get to focus on college again - sigh! It will be nice to have the first audition and get things rolling.

briansteffy

Is anyone out there auditioning for the acting program at the Univ. of Arizona? If so, what have you heard about last year's retention numbers?

Another question: I noticed that both SUNY Purchase (20%) and NCARTS (50%) seem to restrict the number of out-of-state students. Does this apply to acting admissions? I suspect that NCARTS does, but that the 20% Purchase number is due to the fact that most non-conservatory students are in-state.

NotMamaRose

briansteffy, I don't have hard and fast numbers, but I get the same impression as you about Purchase: that most of their non-arts students (non conservatory students) *do* come from instate. From what I have been able to ascertain, the academic "bar" to get into SUNY Purchase for liberal arts is not the very highest. Does anyone know what the conservatory (BFA in acting) retention rate is?

briansteffy

NotMamaRose: I think you are correct about Purchase. I was struck by the USWN data that suggests that only 48% of students eventually graduate from Purchase, but this is college-wide data, which includes a significant number of liberal arts students. I suspect that he graduation % is much higher for Theater students. I thought that I read somewhere on CC that there is not a 'weird' (I never know what is the best way to sematically treat this) cutting system at Purchase. I've decided to use the word 'retention' as a politically correct and 'understanding' alternative to 'cutting'.

briansteffy

By the way, for those who expressed concerns about my illness, I was diagnosed as 'clean' yesterday. I am feeling good, which means that I am now going to have to go here and there with my S to audition. So far, my wife has been carrying the load. She, however, will get him to FSU in Jan. (acting), since she attended FSU in the late sixties, and has not been back since.
We are auditioning at Penn State (BA, Acting), Syracuse, Rutgers, UCONN, and Hartt. We plan to catch Guthrie, Evansville, Otterbein, Purchase, and Utah at Chicago Unifieds, and, if frequent flier miles are left, we will audition with Arizona. We (wife and S) recently visited two LACs; Bennington College and Franklin & Marshall. That's a lot of submissions. We may break the submission record. In fact, just to increase the probability that there is a home somewhere, we already/will applied to a few non-audition BFA programs: entertaining West Virginia, Buffalo, Marietta, Wyoming, and Montana. I would still like to get a discussion going on programs like the latter ones listed, as there seem to be some hidden gems out there. True, they may not have brand ID, and may not lanunch S/D into an acting career, but they seem to offer great teaching, facilities, and in-program opportunities.