I'm a Shenandoah MT graduate

maddogdolly
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:48:19 +0000

Hi there,

I don’t have next year’s information yet but I will call my friend Marjie in Conservatory admissions tomorrow and ask her how they came out on next year’s freshman class. I know the current freshmen started out as a group of 65. I believe they have dwindled down to around 50 now (it happens. moves, transfers, drop outs, change majors, etc). If you don’t see my answer to that in next day or two, please feel free to rattle my cage!

In answer to your second question…there’s a ton of us who either have been or currently are on B’way: in random order…Kathy Voytko (Frogs, Phantom…, Nine, can’t remember what else! Also, Kathy recently came off a year long national tour in the title role of EVITA)…Jason Wooten was on B’way in ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and FOOTLOOSE (here too, I might be forgetting one). Jason also played the role of “Freddy Mercury” in the Las Vegas production of WE WILL ROCK YOU for a year. Bobby Spencer (Robert J.) is currently on B’way in JERSEY BOYS (he’s the tallest of the 4 of them)…let’s see, who else. Kris Koop is currently on B’way in PHANTOM…(she’s been in that show for 5 years!)…um…Rick Costa, Pete Herbert, Scott Langsdon…wow, I’m forgetting somebody I’m sure! In addition, there are many more out there around the country on various national tours, which is great to have on the ol’ resume.

It’s all good as they say. If you are willing to work your butt off AND assuming you graduate with your proverbial act together AND if you’ve made yourself marketable AND most of all, if you have PERSERVERANCE and the hide of a rhinocerous, good things will happen for you! But plan to spend the next 4 years taking in everything you can and working as hard as you can to get as good as you can. You have to learn to take rejection cuz this business is full of it. You’ll hear NO alot more than you will YES.

At the end of the day, if you keep getting back up and banging on doors for more, sooner or later, the odds are one will open for you! All you gotta do is be ready. Carpe Diem!

I hope this helps!

Dolly