<p>hi sooz!</p>
<p>for the record, your kids sound great and I think it’s cool that one is/was a D1 ncaa athlete at an ivy league school, the other acting now on or near broadway, but earlier was a “professionally” child actor, and had a 1st tier agent (ca, wm or apa i guess) as a child, accelerated in kindergarten and therefore graduated from high school at 16, then one or both summered at stage door manor (three stages right?), and they excelled even though they attended a “lowly” rural high school…all from memory of your posts so please don’t be upset if i got something a little wrong. And really very impressive. i truly mean that, you should be very proud. you did a good job!!! I’m serious</p>
<p>so, I very much agree with your second paragraph. i do advocate majoring in something other than theater if the college you’re attending has a lousy theater program. and i advocate for “some” kids to skip college and go straight to ny/la and start working…college is not for everyone. and i think good theater arts programs are a good way to go as well. and i advocate for all three versions of kids above to seek professional work as soon as possible, you learn from auditions and rejection!</p>
<p>“Many who play a sport in college do so as an extracurricular endeavor”…what, not recruited d1 athletes. </p>
<p>whether athlete or actor, serious performers go into an event or an audition to win! not come in second or third, but first. there is no such thing as extracurricular behavior for successful athletes or actors. I’d advise your students and your daughter if they want to succeed they kick… on everyone else in that audition waiting area.</p>
<p>“perform” means you deliver when it’s time…that’s why competitive athletes often make great actors…like Tommy:)</p>