Emerson BFA Theatre

lovetoact
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:16:22 +0000

BA theater programs tend to have a much lower concentration on the acting core–maybe a semester or a couple of semesters focusing on that, but then they broaden.

I love the new comedy focus at Emerson as well. I think that’s a great addition to their school. My son did a two-week teen program at the Gotham Comedy Club when in high school and it really helped him to think outside of the box of performing someone else’s material. They did a lot of improv and ended the program with a stand-up set. I think many, many screenwriters major in something other than screenwriting or comedy, at least for undergrad. If you want to write, you’ll need a broad perspective of content to pull from, so other majors might be excellent as well. Writing courses are definitely helpful to focus him on writing though.

Another avenue is to find out which colleges have excellent extracurricular comedy or tv/film clubs that he could be involved with. Sometimes figuring out the craft from soup to nuts from other students who know what they’re doing is even more helpful than what students learn in the classroom.

Another consideration is that NYC and Chicago have excellent comedy scenes and there are many opportunities to take summer or weekend/evening classes in writing and comedy.