<p>OK, I was not aware of that. Thank you!! I am dying to find out what studio I am in… :)</p>
<p>That would be your best starting point and then come back and ask specific questions. Also, if you attend the accepted student events, there will be current students from various studios there and you can ask directly. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that you are assigned to a primary studio for two years. After two years, you can continue in that studio, do an advanced studio, or many various combos such as two years in studio X, one year in studio Y and one year in studio Z and so on. You have a chance to be exposed to a wide variety while at Tisch. There are many options. Your choices will evolve once you are there.</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted to NYU Tisch Playwrights Horizons (Yeah!) and
UCLA Theater General Theater Studies (Also Yeah!). Wondering about how students
like both programs and if anyone compared the two. Any discussion or guidance is welcome!
We live in Southern California, but older sister is a Sophomore at NYU Cap 21.</p>
<p>How does your daughter already know which studio she is placed in at Tisch?</p>
<p>Playwrights is not one of the Actors studios, it stands alone.
So when you apply, you only apply to that particular studio
unlike CAP 21,etc. where you can be placed in any acting studio.</p>
<p>Hmmm, that doesn’t seem to fit my own understanding, unless I am not following you correctly. </p>
<p>When you audition for Tisch, no matter the studio…acting OR MT…you can mention your first choice studio, but there is no guarantee of being placed in it. If you are an acting applicant, for example, and say you want Playwrights Horizons studio, you still may be placed in another one such as Stella Adler. </p>
<p>You do not apply to a particular acting studio. If you are an acting applicant, you are applying to Tisch Drama and not directly to any studio. The auditors are free to place you in any studio, and not necessarily your preferred one.</p>
<p>Everyone has to wait for their studio assignment to come out in about a week or so. </p>
<p>Perhaps I don’t get what you are saying but having had my own kid attend Tisch, having advised applicants to Tisch for many years, including this year, and having had them be accepted, I have not heard it to be different than I am saying, or definitely not as you are saying.</p>
<p>Perhaps her daughter applied for the directing track at Playwrights Horizons (by doing the directing portfolio at the auditions) so therefore the only studio they would be put in was Playwrights.</p>
<p>just like claydavis said the ONLY way you would know you were going to be at playwrights is if you applied to the directing program, because it is one of the acting studios HOWEVER they also train directors and designers in order to create true theatre artists.</p>
<p>Califnyudad I honestly couldn’t give a comparison between the two programs and I HIGHLY doubt they overlap in any way unless the general theatre program at UCLA is a conservatory training program that teaches directors, actors, and designers through hands on experimentation. Completely possible, but I don’t think they’d be similar. </p>
<p>The other possibility is that you mean the difference between a BA program and a BFA in which case there are tons of threads on that. As far as it’s applicable though, to my understanding, in a BFA roughly 70% of your work is going to be theatre based while 30% will be in academic, and the opposite is true with BA’s. I know that’s the worst description possible of the differences, but that was what made the most sense to me when I was deciding between the two. </p>
<p>In any event, Playwrights is amazing and totally worth the money. But I can’t really compare it to anything since I don’t believe there’s anything quite like it anywhere else.</p>
<p>Hello. I found out today that I got into Playwrights horizons, but I am only interested in acting, not playwrighting or directing or technical theatre. Someone on this thread said something about choosing specific tracks within playwrights. Does that mean that I can choose strcitly an acting track? Or will I have to learn everything both years?</p>
<p>I was accepted into Stella Adler and am pretty excited. However, I did originally want MT. How much vocal training and dance training can someone in an acting studio still recieve?</p>
<p>Rickeyy, I hope someone with current knowledge of Playwrights (or a memory better than mine) will chime in here. My recollection is that for the first year, there is not much choice, you would study multiple areas. After the first year, you have significantly more choice. On a more personal note, my son’s experience was that knowledge of design, directing, tech, etc. made him a better actor. Playwrights is an acting studio. There is an emphasis, however, on bringing together a creative group of emerging theater artists to support the development of new works.
I found this info on the NYU site.
[Playwrights</a> Horizons: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU](<a href=“http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/DR_PlayHorizons_2.html]Playwrights”>http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/DR_PlayHorizons_2.html)
Unfortunately the studio site with the most complete info seems to be under construction.
It makes sense to figure out whether this is a good fit for you. Good luck no matter where you choose!</p>
<p>Yay new playwrights people, this is exciting. I, and almost everyone else, had the EXACT same reaction to when we found out we’re in playwrights. The thing is it’s exactly like Jasmom just explained it and it is COMPLETELY worth it. I am SUCH a better actor now than I was at the beginning of the year and, i know for me, a large part of it is not because of work in my acting class but because of work in Design with Michael Krass, amazing amazing man. </p>
<p>Some of the people that came to playwrights left early on because they were worried about whether they were going to get as good of an acting education as the other studios since all they do all day is act. The thing is though, EVERYTHING you do at playwrights relates back to your acting, and you may even discover that there are other things that you thought you never wanted to do that you actually enjoy. Once you discover that there’s more for you to work with and for you to do. The playwrights community is amazing, the teachers are all gods and godesses. Plus you’re studying with the directors. The directors know you and will cast you. </p>
<p>The one thing playwrights can really brag about above all else is that the people that graduate from playwrights usually are able to live a life in the theatre, and if that’s what you want, then playwrights is for you.</p>
<p>Soozevit, you are so knowledgeable about NYU/Tish, I hope to hear from you (and other people of course) about Playwright Horizons. My D was accepted but we don’t know much about this studio “from the inside” - as opposed to Stella Adler where she went as a teen and which she loved. She is currectly directing in her HS but is really interested in pursuing acting, and Stella Adler method appeals to her enormously. Atlantic studio approach to acting wouldn’t be her thing at all, and musical theatre is again not something she is interested in. She is not locked in the Method however - loved Brecht type acting, is exploring absurdist theatre which requires a different take on acting - but is concerned about focus on her craft as an actor.
NYU is terribly expensive, and we must think carefully about taking out a loan to the tune of 100K for her college. She was accepted at a top LA college with strong drama dept. which would cost us MUCH less than that. She is committed to a career in acting but of course she is very young and will start conservatory now only if the studio is a good fit for her. What do you think? Can you tell us something about class sizes, courses, teachers, general atmosphere? Cooperativeness (as opposed to star-system competitiveness) is very important to her - she loves ensamble work and generosity of acting partners.</p>
<p>size: 15 at most in your group
classes for NYU: Writing the essay, Intro to theatre prod, intro to theatre studies
classes for playwrights: Two different acting classes, movement and african dance, directing, design, voice and speech, impulse breath, and salon.
First Year Teachers: Maggie Low, Elizabeth Hess, Peter Bass, Fritz Ertl or Gerrit Turner or Tomi Tsunoda, Michael Krass, Marika Becz, Mark Enright, Doug Paulson, Salty Brine
Atmosphere: Supportive, exploratory, full of life/sensual</p>
<p>As far as between the east and west coast it’s a matter of whether you want to be doing theatre or film, or if you want to be situated with ties in New York or LA.</p>
<p>ponornica, while I do know a bunch about NYU/Tisch, having had a child who recently attended there for four years and I also advise students who have been admitted there, I am not your best source for detailed information about Playwrights Horizons. My D was not in that studio, though she was in a musical at that studio (there are some students in that studio who study directing and put on some really good musicals!). It would be better if you talk to current students, alum, or parents from that studio. </p>
<p>I can say that my D had many friends in PH and they loved that studio. It certainly is a studio for studying acting, but I know they have some tracks for the upper level years and for example, one track is directing. They even have MT practicums but these are options, not required, in upper level tracks. I think your D would enjoy the acting in PH, but also remember that after two years, she has the option of doing another acting studio if she would like. But students in PH certainly are there for acting, and some pursue other things like directing. But acting is certainly one of the tracks or focus if the student prefers that. It would help to talk to those who can share more specifics than I can about the studio. I only know that those in the studio really like it and in fact, my D has friends who chose to do PH for their advanced studio (even after CAP21). These are all actors.</p>
<p>I cross posted with Nabende and so he/she just gave you some good details. I agree on the collaborative nature of that studio and it not being competitive.</p>
<p>Thank you both. Do you know of any link where we could meet current PH students and/or alums?</p>
<p>I apologize for using abbreviations - by “LA” I didn’t mean Los Angeles but “liberal arts college”. My daughter is primarily interested in theatre at this point.</p>
<p>Are freshmen divided into “track-groups” - playwrights, directors, actors…? What kind of acting courses do freshmen & sophomores take? </p>
<p>It is great that studio classes are not bigger than 15 and that the atmosphere is cooperative. What are the faculty like in terms of approachability, generosity with their time, support of students, skills as teachers? Does the studio take care of its graduates (showcase, auditions, contacts jobs…?) What are the greatest strengths of PH? Are there any down sides to PH? </p>
<p>Thanks so much.</p>
<p>are you going to the Accepted Students Day? I think that students from each studio will be there.</p>
<p>ponorica - I know there is a Facebook group for NYU Tisch 2014 as my D joined it. She told me that there are already discussions going on for each of the studios and she is already “meeting” 2014 students as well as some current students who are answering lots of questions.</p>
<p>Austinmom, thanks for telling me about facebook - that’s a good source I hope. My daughter is not able to go to the events for accepted students this weekend, but hopefully she’ll be able to travel to NYC later & meet with some PH students & faculty. Any suggestions are welcome as to how to get as much information as possible before may 1.</p>
<p>Ponornica, maybe you should call Tisch and see if they can mail you the materials they gave out to the PH students at the event today. They describe the program – the track for each year, the history and a detailed description of the first year curriculum.</p>