emom

Hello. Someone suggested I look at something on the MT thread and I'm not sure how to find that. Can someone tell me how?

thanks,

emom

wool4all

Try this link

Musical Theatre Thread

and welcome to CC!
Carole

Pedrao

Hello guys , my name is Pedro i´m from Brazil , i pretend to be an actor and i´m trying to find the right school for me.Because i´m unable to attend Colleges or Universities(i have no experience, wouldn´t pass auditions) i need to find a school that can teach me the basics so i can try to get in college/University .I would like a school in a major city , so far i have : Chicago Audition Studio, Steppenwolf Theatre Company,Steven Ivcich Studio,Victory Gardens Theatre. Philadelphia :BUSHFIRE THEATRE OF PERFORMING ARTS, ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY. NYC: Stella Adler Studio ,The Acting Place, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Goldston Studio. Vancouver: Vada
I don´t which one is good or bad a need your help?i´m open to sugestion.

travellinghopefully

Does anyone have any info on the drama program at Columbia College in Chicago?

SeaShells29

My D just got accepted to the BU Summer Theater Institute and is really excited about it. The students get to audition at the end of the program for admission into the BFA theater program but then still have to get accepted to the university itself. I was wondering if any of you out there have first-hand experience with this program or know anything about it. I would greatly appreciate any info. Thanks!

ElliottsMom

Try a search of the Drama and MT threads. I recall someone talking about this school not too long ago. They were saying that friends chose to go to Columbia over other more well-known schools.

I was checking out the site this weekend as a safety school for my S. It's absolutely amazing how many faculty members they have. Looks like a pretty well-developed program. Website is tough to navigate and I'm still not sure if it's a BA or BFA (or both).

travellinghopefully

Thanks Elliots Mom. I did look, they offer a BFA and it looks great. Does anyone know how this compares with Emerson?

WallyWorld

We had a recent experience that has altered out plan of how to identify schools on D short list. Last week we traveled a pretty good distance to visit one of her target programs. It is a BFA ATP school whose name has shown up on this thread a number of times as being a selective school that attends the unified’s.

The faculty was super accommodative to our visit. We met with the departments academic advisor, saw a student play, met with and got a facilities tour by the department chair and sat in on two ATP classes. Everyone was helpful and friendly.

There were some things we saw that were very positive but also some observations that were cause for concern that probably will change the ranking we give their program. The importance of a campus tour has been highlighted on this forum many times. I would add that it really does need to be when they are in session. Being around the students, seeing them work, perform; hang out, etc gave us some key insights to the program.

The dilemma for us is that we had planned to visit a number of programs this summer and are now thinking that it would be less than optimal. It is difficult for us to travel and tour a great deal during the school year. We want her to audition in person to the top few programs she identifies for her (as apposed to the unified’s) but it is difficult to identify her top programs without a visit first.

ElliottsMom

Certainly true WallyWorld. We live in Calif., so visits to the East and Mid-West during the school season are especially difficult. We are going to be visiting 5-6 schools this summer with all of the limitations in mind. It will be during the summer school session so there should be some kids on campus (though the theater is usually dark in the summer).

Two years ago, we purchased videotape college tours for a number of schools my oldest son was considering. Again, not the best option, but we did learn some things. For example, since he's not used to snow and wouldn't have a car on campus, he ruled out campuses that were not geographically compact. The thought of hoofing it through a couple of feet of snow had that kid focused on a smaller sized campus.

I"ve come to the conclusion that this audition school stuff is so competetive that we'll just have to see where the acceptances pan out and plan some April visits from there. I am optimistic about those acceptances, but working hard on the "safety" list right now.

ilbamom

We visited 4 universities in the northeast last summer. As a result our d took one university off of her list. We found staff and administration to be very accommodating when we visited. She was able to still get a "feel" about the schools. She did not visit every school to which she applied. In fact, the 2 schools offering her acceptance from Chicago Unified auditions, she had not visited. She visited after acceptance and made her choice. She was not accepted by the schools we visited in the summer, so we just wrote it off as a fun familiy trip.

Happy Hunting

ElliottsMom

Which schools did your D get acceptances for? What was the outcome of your visits to those schools??

3kids

My daughter is a high school junior and was just accepted to summer theatre programs at Boston University and California State Summer program at Cal Institute of the Arts. Does anyone know about the reputation of these programs? She can't decide where to go.

3kids

My D was also just accepted and we know NOTHING about the program other than what the website says. Do you know anything - how selective is the program? Does it increase your chances for acceptance into the BFA program? Who are the faculty? Please let me know if you have ANY information about the program.

eatanimalcrakers

Hi,
I'm a junior in high school looking for acting programs and I can use all the help I can get. I'm starting to think I prefer BFA, but I'm still open to BA... so far I'm keeping to the east coast (especially NY) but I really don't know where I want to go. I know I'd like to be an a big city - possibly Chicago? - but not as far away as CA. So far I've visited and loved NYU and Juilliard, liked Sarah Lawrence and Marymount Manhatten, and was a bit put off by the University of Maryland and Fordham but need to think about them more. Other programs I'm considering but don't know much about are Depaul, Emerson, Boston University, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and especially Carnegie Mellon, but I'm spending the summer there so I should get a pretty good feel for it. Any thoughts? Info? I need help!
~Katie

fishbowlfreshman

There’s a nice little test Doctorjohn came up with that might help you out with your BA vs. BFA question if you haven’t already taken it. It looks like you’ve got a good list of BFAs to start with. You might also want to take a look at Purchase College and Rutgers University which are both a hop, skip and a jump from NYC. I believe Pace University in NYC also has a fairly new BFA that might be worth a look. Then there’s University of the Arts in Philadelphia. If you’re open to big cities in the Mid-West, you might also want to look at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory Drama Program, University of Minnesota Guthrie Theater Program (Minneapolis), Webster University (St. Louis), and Roosevelt University (Chicago). If you could be interested in heading south, the University of Miami might be worth a look. Then there’s Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX if you could see yourself going that far. Also, depending on how much you want the big city campus life, you should know that NCSA is located in Winston-Salem, NC which has a population of under 20,000 and is about an hour-and-a-half drive from Charlotte. Hope this helps.