A Hopeful MT Major with little experience

BrianaGrace17
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:59 +0000

Well here this goes…

I’m a senior in high school in Northern California. I LOVE performing and have what I think is a somewhat good amount of experience. I have been dancing since I was 5 years old and I have gotten to a very high level in a semi-professional company so that part of my triple threat is taken care of. I did three different musicals throughout my last two years of elementary school and my first year of middle school. I’m not sure what happened but after I did Annie Jr. in the 7th grade (I had a solo) I became very shy and not confident about singing. I had taken choir classes in middle school but it seemed to fizzle out.

I didn’t have the courage to try theater again until now, as a senior in high school. I’m in Alice in Wonderland at school and I’m planning on doing Thoroughly Modern Millie with my local youth theater. So my dance resume looks pretty impressive but my theater resume does not. I’m planning on majoring in psychology but in the end my heart is really set on theater. I’m probably going to go to Sonoma State University, which isn’t really big on theater.

The point is: does anyone have any tips on how I can pursue theater with little experience? Do I have a chance at transferring to a big musical theater school?
Sorry this is long, but any tips would be appreciated. Thanks so much!