@bissou, i’m Sorry for the offense. Your daughter’s shift is definitely not what I was talking about. In looking back on old posts (some of them many years back), I have seen a lot of “if my kid has some space between acting gigs, she once helped (design some costumes, ran sound, did lights, etc) in 9th grade, so she’ll easily be able to get a costume designer (or whatever) job in her down time, rather than wait tables, until her next audition” sort of thing. I think that’s a lot different than applying to school for acting and then shifting focus to tech work (and doing coursework for both!) like your D! It was the assumption that someone completely untrained in a field could just walk in and pick up skilled tech work that I thought might ruffle some tech professor’s feathers.
I am sorry that I wasn’t clearer and hope I didn’t cause too much distress on your part.
And here we go–D just checked Shenandoah portal to make sure that all of her materials were complete and there is a “Decision Made” at the top, but no actual decision listed. I guess we will have to wait for an email, phone call, or snail mail. Sigh.
Best of luck, @momof2lefties!
Aargh, @momof2lefties ! “Decision made…but we won’t tell you what it is!” Hope it’s good news and they tell you ASAP!
Oh wow, @momof2lefties – talk about maddening! Joining in with the “hope it’s good news” thoughts!
Sending admission vibes, @momof2lefties !
Status switched back to “application submitted” this morning. Must be some internal notification between academic and artistic departments. I give up trying to make heads or tails and will just wait for snail mail over the next month. Stop the madness!
I am happy to report back-to-back acceptances today! Just returned home from school to find an Evansville letter in the mail (with a very generous scholarship) and not 30 seconds after D finished reading it, a phone call from Shenandoah. These are D’s first responses back from any of her portfolio reviews (both at NYC Unifieds) and we are so thrilled that they are positive ones! That initial weight is off–kid is actually going to get to go to college. 
You and D must be so thrilled - mondo congrats!!
Woohoo!!
My S17 is a freshman BFA theater tech major who wants to do lighting. His HS didn’t really put much emphasis on theater and didn’t offer any real classes in it. There was one in acting and literature, which he didn’t take, and another in sewing, which he also passed on (he is taking costume shop this semester and is sewing).
In his portfolio, he had a resume, some photos of things he had built or helped build, pages of scripts he had annotated with lighting cues and instructions and a couple of photos of sets with the lights showing. He also had some playbills showing his work and a couple of photos from local papers about shows he worked on. It wasn’t very much and it wasn’t very sophisticated. We used a regular binder and put stuff in those clear separator pages so you could see things front and back.
The schools are looking for potential. If they wanted somebody who already knew all of the tech and design stuff, they would hire a professional, not pick kids to train.
Good luck. My son is really enjoying his program.
I am a senior interested in stage management, and I also received a call from Shenandoah today! I will be going to Chicago next week to audition for several other schools, and I am bringing 2 portfolios with me as well
@Ashley102399 congrats and BAL in Chicago!
Congratulations to your D @momof2lefties! (And with $ to boot!)
Congratulations @Ashley102399 and safe travels and BAL in Chicago! What schools are you interviewing with?
@OrangeFish thank you! I will be interviewing with Webster, Otterbein, and University of the Arts
@momof2lefties Thank you!
@Ashley102399 my D interviewed with Otterbein on campus a few weeks ago. They are super-nice and easy to talk with. You’ll do great.
Congrats to @momof2lefties on the tech acceptances.
Congratulations to your D, @momoftwolefties ! My older D is a senior in tech at Evansville, and very happy with the program. We particularly like that they constantly work on developing interviewing skills – the kids come out knowing how to present themselves to the business world. I wish more colleges did this for more majors.
Checking in again on the theatre tech folks, especially class of 2022 families who are in the midst of The Wait. Please post news – we’d love to cheer you on!