Have her parents read the book “A Whole New Mind” by Daniel H. Pink. It talks about how businesses now outsource many logic based jobs to India but they have not been able to outsource creative jobs. If you have a degree in theatre, you can still go to medical school, law school, and/or business school when you graduate. I have friends and our school has alumni who have done it. You will have the skills to teach acting, voice and dance and own your own private arts academy (which could easily earn you $100k a year or more). She could always get a masters in arts management and pursue an administrative job. If she got really into the admin side of things, she could run a non-profit theatre company. The larger ones have salaries in the six figures, I’ve seen as high as $600,000 in New York. With a BFA in theatre you could work in the admissions department of a university, teach at a private high school, and if you get an MFA you could teach at a university. She could go to a community college during the summer and take classes in coding and/or website design and start a lucrative side career while studying theatre full-time. Actors are usually really good at sales (which often only requires a bachelor degree in something), I have some friends who have moved into real estate and done very well.
~VT