Gender In Musical Theatre

MomCares
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:46:20 +0000

There may be yet another aspect of the gender imbalance that I just heard of yesterday and hadn’t considered before.

As we all know, some schools weigh academics very heavily in admissions decisions. In the case of Northwestern, for example, the head of the Communications Department said the that for the theatre department they first look at the top 100 most academically qualified applicants and then start reviewing their resumes.

But here’s the thing. Since Northwestern admits 50 guys and 50 girls (I think), someone was speculating yesterday that not only would the girls be subject to harder scrutiny of their theatrical resumes, but they might also first be subject to higher academic standards to land in the top 50!

I have no way of knowing if this is true, but if so it’s yet another reason that females have to want this really badly to clear all of the hurdles that will stand in their way at times.