sheerviolette

That'd be it, Benzy!

If you're interested, you can visit his website, http://www.chasgilbert.com/chasgilbert to find out more about how awesome he is and what he does.

lockstock

Anyone know the numbers for music theater. My son auditioned last weekend, and I liked the school/location.

Thanks for the link sheerviolette

MichaelNKat

I'm not sure of all the "numbers" but I think they are looking for a yield of about 12 students in the freshman MT class. In general, decissions go out about 2 weeks after the audition.

Broadwaybelter

Has anyone heard anything yet?

sheerviolette

Actually, MichaelNKat, double that. We tend to be about 12 for each gender each year. Classes are often smaller than that as well. Last year we graduated 13 people for MT and this year we're graduating 15. The freshman class, however, is around 22 or 23 right now. I suppose a few will leave in the coming years as that is usually inevitable, but those are the numbers we tend to be around.

Glad you enjoyed the area despite the weather, lockstock!

I'm eagerly awaiting hearing about the acceptances! Good luck, everybody!

MichaelNKat

Since I have a daughter, my brain must have ignored the number of guys when I was at the info session!

sheerviolette

Well, you weren't completely wrong at all! Everybody IS "competing" against for one of the twelve spots of their gender. This is just a bit more heartening than six, that's all.

MichaelNKat, do you guys have any plans to come to an open house, to shows or to do any more tours of UArts? Please let me know! You have been a wonderful correspondent and I would love to meet you and your daughter face-to-face if she has any questions or would just like the opinion of somebody who goes to the school. I'll admit, though, that I'm biased.

MichaelNKat

Now that my daughter is done with her auditions, my wife and I finally feel like we have our weekends back! We would love to come to a show. What's the upcoming schedule - any that you are in? Our daughter is shifting into high gear for her high school show and has rehearsals everyday after school through the beginning of May and is working several weekends in March and April for a local entertainment company so I'm not sure what her availability is (and I've learned not to exceed my parental jurisdiction ). I'll pass the schedule on to her and hopefully things can mesh. It would be delightful to meet you in person.

Shana attended UArts summer MT program in 2005 and my office is up the street from UArts so she probably won't be taking any more tours (except to Cosi, Starbucks and Marathon Grill). We were at the Fall open house. Were you among the students who participated in the presentation in the auditorium (at the Gershwin "Y", if I recall)?

Do you happen to know Ellie R. (freshman BFA acting), Melvin L. (freshman BFA MT) or Kellie M. (soph BFA dance)? Shana met Ellie and Mel at the 2005 summer program and is still very close to them. Kellie and Shana work together and are also very close friends.

Take care and thanks again for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

sheerviolette

Here's a list of our upcoming shows:
- SOLISTICE - Takes place this weekend in the studio. Very short notice, I know. This is a student-directed piece and it should be VERY good. (March 1st-4th)

- YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU - March 28th-April 1st in the Merriam Theatre

- EQUINOX - April 12th-13th in the studio. Student-written, student-directed, student-acted pieces. A yearly tradition. (Pieces this year include TEARS FOR SANDRA, FRANK & AUDREY, GRACE and THEY DON'T)

- BACK 2 BACK 2 BACK - April 20th-28th. The mainstage musical this semester, comprised of three one-act musicals: LAVENDER GIRL, BACK TO BACK, and THE MICE. I will be playing Virga in THE MICE, and it should be a lot of fun. It's rather experimental, but it looks like the audience is going to have a good time.

I know OF Ellie, though I don't know her personally, I don't know Kellie at all, but Melvin and I are very good friends and he was just wonderful earlier this season in BERLIN TO BROADWAY.

I think everybody at the Fall Open House had the good fortune to see what we've dubbed "The Gala Act." If this is the case, you saw some of my very talented friends, a few of who will also be featured in the same musical.

Tell Shana to break a leg in her shows and, once again, let me know if there's anything I can do. I remember how crucial the mentoring experience was to my comfortability in the program (I think it would be this way at any school) and I remember how scary it was to be a freshman. :/

MichaelNKat

Thank you!

MichelleV

I auditioned back at 1/20 and I got an acceptance with a huge scholarship. Can anyone give me a little bit more information on the program?

sheerviolette

PM me or e-mail me at sheer_violette583@hotmail.com with any specific questions. Also, if you check the rest of the UArts threads, many FAQs are answered if you look through them.

Feel free to ask me anything, it's just hard to know what things you'd like to hear about when there's really so much to say.

BroadwayWannabe

Hi michellev! congrats on your acceptance! i am a current BFA musical theater major at uarts. feel free to PM me with questions. i LOVE it here and would be happy to help you!!!

sheerviolette

Ha, a minute apart, BwayWannabe! We are so in tune here!

Yes, to clarify, BwayWannabe and I are both current MTs in the BFA program at UArts. BWayWannabe is a freshman and I am a junior, so it's likely that she can speak more openly about the freshman year, esp. the changes that have been made since I was a freshman, and that I can speak more openly about the years beyond that. But, truly, we can both speak about our perceptions of either.

Hope that's helpful!

DcDuckee

Two of my friends have been rejected from Uarts and one accepted. I received a letter a few weeks ago saying they're still reviewing my application and they'll let me know within the month.