BFA Theatrical Directng....Advice? colleges?

CADirectorMom
Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:37:50 +0000

This is my first post and I have read many of the other posts on Directing degrees. I am looking for any current information that might have changed in the last couple of years. There isn’t an abundance of information specifically focused on the undergrad Directing programs.

My son has been involved from a performing aspect in Theater for the last six years and attends a Performing Arts HS in So Cal where he is in the Musical Theater program which basically means that he attends two additional classes after school. This is his fourth year in this program and he is currenting directing the first production, Bye Bye Birdie.

He was the Asst Director this past summer at a Children’s Summer Theater Camp and has also directed scenes for other school assignments.

We visited NYU, PACE, University of the Arts and University of Michigan in the summer and he will be applying to all of those schools in addition to Carnegie Mellon, Webster, Marymount Manhattan, DePaul and Columbia College.

Are there other programs out there that should be added to the list? He is intent on a university with a degree in Directing, not a general Theater Arts degree. He prefers the big city to a rural area.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Any tips for his portfolio for his interview would be gladly accepted as well!

Thank you all!