<p>Okay I still have not heard from Syracuse. What is the deal?</p>
<p>Have you contacted admissions? Did you have a 2nd choice or just MT?</p>
<p>I dont know why the site put asterisks over some of my words. They were not inappropriate at all, I promise. I meant to say I am not kidding when I say he is an administrator with experience in his art.</p>
<p>How big is the BFA MT class size, and how big are the actual classes?</p>
<p>I’ll be a freshman in the fall, but the current freshman mt class has 24. When I watched a few acting classes, most had about 16-18 in a class… They said they generally go for 10 guys and 10 girls but sometimes wind up unbalanced or with a few more depending on the year… this was according to the program head!</p>
<p>Do you know what next season’s shows are at SU? Thanks.</p>
<p>Can you tell me what the audition process for the MT program is like? What the day’s schedule is, what the dance audition is like, ect. ect.</p>
<p>It’s been a few years, but at my D’s audition they first brought the whole group into the theater for an orientation talk. Students were then taken in as a group to the dance audition, and were taught several combinations: ballet and jazz/MT style. After this, they had time to change clothes, and went in individually for vocal and monologue auditions. During the song/monologue session, my D was asked to re-do one of her songs with some tempo and phrasing changes. (She was accepted, by the way, and graduated last year.)</p>
<p>The main-stage season this year will be: The Cradle Will Rock, Fuddy Meers, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe (joint production with the Equity theater Syracuse Stage), The Lower Depths, Quilters, and As You Like It. In addition, there will be many Black Box productions each semester. Students also have the opportunity to audition for Syracuse Stage productions, and that season includes: The Boys Next Door, The Turn of the Screw, Red, Caroline or Change, and The Brothers Size.</p>
<p>My D was accepted last year and this is still the same schedule. Just make sure you remember to do the essay they ask for and bring it with you to the audition. Break a leg!</p>
<p>You mentioned that each teacher has a different “approach” to acting and the way they teach. Does each subscribe mainly to a different technique (Meisner, Stanislavski, etc.), do they each teach basically the same technique but from different perspectives, or do they each teach a mix of different techniques? What are the techniques taught? I saw on the website for the Acting program that students are taught Strasberg’s “Method” technique, which worries me a little, since it’s pretty controversial in the acting world and I’m not particularly fond of it myself…is Method acting a main staple of the program, or is that just one approach? Is everyone taught Method?</p>
<p>Syracuse theater students have 4 acting teachers during Freshman year. Each focuses on a different acting technique. Sophomores then have the opportunity to choose which one teacher/technique they would like to study with and focus on during their second year.</p>
<p>Do you happen to know what those techniques are?</p>
<p>My D is working out of the country right now, so I can’t ask her for specifics. However, I know that there is a Meisner teacher and one who focuses on the Stanislavski method. Another teacher takes a more general approach, using techniques from many areas. I don’t think there is anyone who focuses solely on Strasburg. There are several other instructors who focus on a classical technique, but I’m not sure if their classes are available during Freshman year.</p>
<p>And I wouldn’t worry too much about the Strasburg method being “controversial”. I don’t know of any reputable college theater program that would not expose students to some version of the Method. It is a legitimate acting technique that is pretty wide-spread in the industry.</p>