Level of Training at the Ivies?

[arwarw]

My daughter is a sophomore theater arts and performance studies (TAPS) major at Brown. Like Yale, Brown also doesn’t accept an Arts supplement for theater. Per Brown’s web site

Auditions and portfolio reviews are neither required nor reviewed for students interested in TAPS. Any materials sent directly to the department will be returned unread and we will not forward materials to the Admissions Office on your behalf.

I think Northwestern, one of the top theater BA programs in the US, also does not except theater supplements

My D is deeply immersed in theater and academics at Brown, but she does supplement her technical training through the National Theater Institute, which Brown faculty encourages and helps facilitate. There is lots of theater and film going on at Brown all the time. Jodi Foster and Robert De Niro were recently there for the Ivy League Film Festival which is held at Brown annually. http://www.browndailyherald.com/2016/04/06/jodie-foster-reflects-on-career-path-in-film-industry/
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2016/04/deniro

Per wiki:

Brown’s theatre and playwriting programs are among the best-regarded in the country. Since 2003 eight different Brown graduates have either won (four times) or been nominated for (six times) the Pulitzer Prize—including winners Lynn Nottage '86, Ayad Akhtar '93, Nilo Cruz '94, and Quiara Alegría Hudes '04; and nominees Sarah Ruhl '97 (twice), Gina Gionfriddo '97 (twice), Stephen Karam '02, and Jordan Harrison '03. In American Theater magazine’s 2009 ranking of the most-produced American plays, Brown graduates occupied four of the top five places—Peter Nachtrieb '97, Rachel Sheinkin '89, Sarah Ruhl '97, and Stephen Karam '02.

The undergraduate concentration (major) encompasses programs in theatre history, performance theory, playwriting, dramaturgy, acting, directing, dance, speech, and technical production.

Best of luck to your son!