<p>@toowonderful, I lifted this directly from the Tisch dept of Drama website;</p>
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<p>In practice this means that there are several Stageworks productions (consider that the equivalent of mainstage) that all Tisch drama students from any studio can audition for (except freshman). Not everybody gets cast and I’d say it’s particularly challenging for females especially in the earlier grades to land a role unless they happen to be a particular type that is needed. In that sense it’s pretty reflective of real life. Then there are studio specific productions which you are guaranteed casting in but they are limited to members of your own studio. And then there is everything else described above. </p>
<p>There are plenty of performance opportunities but it often comes down to whether or not you have the time to take advantage of them. I don’t know if that looks any different in the advanced training years (junior and senior years) because we haven’t gotten that far but I can say that the no freshman auditioning thing turned out to be a blessing and the sophomore year studio productions were great but a lot of work on top of what already is a ton of work. But somehow that doesn’t seem to stop these kids from chasing more. Go figure.</p>