Brown, Vassar, Wesleyan -- Comparing academics/theater/dance

CaMom13
Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:54:51 +0000

I visited all 3 schools with two theatre kids (one tech, one acting/MT) and I know recent students from all three schools. The last time I looked at the schools was 2 years ago with my acting kid. Although Brown’s drama dept has a good reputation the overall environment for student theatre training and performing was the least impressive of the three. Their big spring production had an open call for casting and cast mostly students with no acting training… which made us wonder a bit about the depth of talent at the school. My D came from a high school with high quality theatre and it seemed like it would be a step down. Wes was also “everyone plays” but seemed to have a very vibrant student theatre scene - even though my D wanted pre-professional training she was impressed with the campus support for theatre at Wesleyan and applied there. Vassar has a real commitment to the arts and a good history of producing successful PA alumni… we loved the environment but the location was too quiet for my city kid.