What to focus on summer before Senior year? (Shows vs summer program)

EmsDad
Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:26:34 +0000

1. Don't worry about what other people have on their resumes.

2. Your resume will look fine with all this stuff. 3 lead roles, some supporting roles and all your training will fill up a page nicely.

3. Resumes don't carry a lot of weight with college reps. Here are some quotes from the horse's mouth:

From kjgc at Coastal Carolina

Well. As a rep. As a person who looks at the resumes most intently. I can say from my singular perspective (and you are going to hate this.) It doesn’t matter. Sorry. Theatre people are ridiculously sure of their own opinions regarding talent and fit. If you handed me a piece of paper that said you have done 20 shows, been in every club, and worked at the homeless shelter I would take note. But if you weren’t a good fit, or what we were looking for, we wouldn’t much care. I suppose if two people are at some plausible “same level, same look” situation, we MAY look at the resume and make some decision. But it is rather unlikely.

From KatMT at James Madison

The resume does not carry a lot of weight in and of itself for us in the program admissions process. It does give us a sense of the kind of experiences in which an applicant has been involved, and we often use it as a jumping off point for the interview… asking questions about somethings on the resume in order to get the student to talk about their experiences.

Ultimately, at least for us, the audition itself (followed by the interview, essay, and academics) carry MUCH more weight than the resume.

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