If you're a drama major, did you do summer programs?

Ewanes
Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:58:04 +0000

Just want to throw in my two cents here. My ds auditioned for two of the well known summer programs for the last two summers and got into both, one for MT and one for acting. In the end, we and he felt they were a bit too expensive for our budget. Better save for college. That said, I would have loved to send him. We did have him do some acting coaching this year and had some help with monologue and song selection which was invaluable. Maybe about ten hours of coaching, maybe a little more. He has had good results, so while summer programs can be wonderful for all the reasons discussed above, it is possible to find success without them. Just as an aside, my son was a late bloomer in terms of singing and having his voice settle. I am not sure that I would have wanted his potential college profs hear him sing between sophomore and junior year. It was just not happening for him vocally at that age.