Skidmore vs Wagner

Ilovethestage04
Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:16:12 +0000

Hi! I attend Skidmore and I am here right now…so if you have any questions about the school and the department I would be happy to answer them. As of now, I am heading towards an interdisciplinary major in Dance/Theater with a minor in music. But I am actually planning on taking next year off and transferring the following school year. I decided that I want more of an intense musical theatre based program, then what Skidmore offers. However, my year has still been a good one. I’m in intro to acting this semester and I feel I’ve learned a lot. I also am taking rudiments of music (a basic music theory course), ballet, tap, and jazz theatre dance, and an anthropology course. If you can make it up to Skidmore next weekend, you could see the musical being performed. The department does not produce musicals, but the student-run organization Cabaret Troupe does. We are performing Merrily We Roll Along next weekend at the Saratoga Music Hall in downtown Saratoga springs. The experience with cab troupe has been very fun, and I’ve particularly enjoyed helping out with tech work this week. (Basically i’ve been painting for hours every night ) Cabaret troupe is a lot like high school theatre. The shows are student directed, and tons of fun, but if you want to really learn and GROW as a musical theatre artist, it’s not quite enough. Skidmore’s theatre department is really great, and will give you a solid base in straight acting. And plus, the school on the whole has a very nice atmosphere. If your daughter wanted to come and visit overnight, she could stay with me. I’d definitely be willing to do that and I know the school could arrange that! So feel free to send me a message!! Hope any of this helped!
~Amy~