<p>Your daughter may want to consider: </p>
<p>Vassar (Poughkeepsie, NY); Skidmore (Saratoga, NY); Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY); Bard College (Annandale-On-Hudson, NY); Williams (Williamstown, MA); Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA); Brandeis University (Waltham, MA); Brown University (Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, CT); and while it’s not in the Northeast, Northwestern University (Evanstown, Illinois). </p>
<p>All offer competitive academics, plenty of theater studies and performance opportunities, and each campus (other than Northwestern University), has a very artsy feel. While the NY schools listed above are small by comparison, all are located in suburban locations that are an easy train-ride or drive into Manhattan. The Massachusetts schools listed above are all very close to Boston, MA. </p>
<p>Northwestern is considered by some to be the “Ivy of the Midwest”, and offers challenging certificate programs in Acting and Musical Theater which are by admission only after sophomore year. Evanston is a suburb of Chicago. </p>
<p>Brown and Yale probably speak for themselves. Even Georgetown University in Washington DC now offers a Theater minor; and if your daughter is looking at the Ivies, she might also want to consider Dartmouth and/or Tufts, in addition to the others mentioned. </p>
<p>I hope this helps! Best of luck to you and your daughter …</p>