#1
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:17pm
Because I really want to continue doing theater in college but I don't think a double major would work out.
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#2
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:28pm
depends where you go. I know a lot of places where you don't. but show up at auditions and ask them. you never know.
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#3
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:34pm
Like Dre says, it depends on where ya go! But usually, you don't.
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#4
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:37pm
you might be more likely to get a role if the casting person is one of your teachers.
#5
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:39pm
ditto-ing the "it depends"...at my school you don't have to be an acting major, but you DO have to be in the department...so anyone who is an acting, design/tech, puppetry or drama BA major can audition.
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#6
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:44pm
At my school, its open to everyone. I was just in a show - it was pretty much split between theater and non-theater majors.
#7
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:57pm
My school produces 1 or 2 theater majors a year, so it's really "anything goes" as far as casting. Just make this a factor when choosing your college.
#8
Posted: 1/3/06 at 1:00am
I think at (some) bigger schools or schools with conservatories, you might have to be a major. At smaller schools, you don't. It never hurts if you are a theater major though.
#9
Posted: 1/3/06 at 2:15am
I recently directed a production at a University in Michigan and maybe half of the cast were majors, the rest just auditioned and got in.
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#10
Posted: 1/3/06 at 2:21am
My school, I'm pretty sure you have to be in the theater program. But there are also separate drama programs for non-majors and they put on their own productions every year and they don't have to deal with the casting competition.
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#11
Posted: 1/3/06 at 4:27am
Yeah, usually even if you have to be a theater major to be in school/department-sponsored productions, there are student-run organizations that put on their own shows. We have one that produces a play every fall and a musical every spring. So all chance of doing theater isn't lost even if you aren't majoring in it.
#12
Posted: 1/3/06 at 7:34am
I recommend that you get The Complete Idiot's Guide to Acting. It has a really great chapter about acting in college.
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