Minnesota/Guthrie Callback next weekend?

ccoppi
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:43 +0000

The first two years of the program, your day is pretty packed. They both follow the same structure: you have your academic classes in the morning until about noon and then you have your BFA classes until 6 or 6:30pm. Freshman have their nights off, although one semester they have to complete a lab for their Tech. class, but that is only one night a week. Some of the freshmen decide to give up their nights to proctor the upperclassmen’s shows. It’s the same structure for sophomore year only now you add rehearsals Tuesday through Friday nights from 7:30-10pm and Saturday from noon to 5pm.

Th first semester of Junior year we go to London. We did take a couple of academic classes but I only had them three days a week (plus, we get Fridays off). The rest of the day, and sometimes night is devoted to theatre classes in various locations all over London.

When you get back from London, the schedule shifts a lot. By this time many students have completed or are almost done with their general education classes. I’m taking one academic class this semester, and then we have roughly one BFA class a day for about three hours. I have Wednesdays off completely. But rehearsal times do increase. Now weekday rehearsals go from 7:30-11pm and Saturdays start at 10am and end at 5pm.
The schedule is pretty much the same for Senior year.

So as far as academics go, it’s just like most majors; the load starts off pretty heavy and covers a broad range of subjects, and as the years go on you focus more and more on your major.

So there’s a very long answer to your question! Did that help at all? I hope your D had a great experience at callback weekend - they seemed like a great bunch of kids this year. Best of luck to her in her college search!

Claire

P.S. Here is a link to the program’s 4-year plan so you can see specific classes that we take each year.

[Theatre BFA 4-Year Plan : Department of Theatre Arts & Dance : University of Minnesota](Department of Theatre Arts & Dance)