Theatre College Panel; help! :)

mommafrog
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:06:22 +0000

Having (barely) come out the other side, I am going to be doing a parent panel on the college auditon process w/another mom for parents of h.s. sophomores and juniors at my daughter’s theatre program. We just saw too many families along the way this year who had no idea of how competitive this process is, how different and more complicated than “typical” college app process, etc.

What’s the most important thing you learned in the application/audition process? What should every parent know as they start following their child along their audition year?

With all the logistics (travel, calendar) I think there is a role (no pun intended!) for both kids and parents in senior year auditions. The kids need to be ready, to do the apps, essays, get the teacher recs, study the schools, keep working on their craft, take the standardized tests, keep school grades high…and the adult gets logistics and travel and a chance to look at that list – so: parents – chime in. Students – what would you have wanted your (clueless) parents to have known to better support you through a crazy, exciting, disappointing, amazing, frustrating, fascinating, terrifying audition year??