Just to show you don't need a fancy school to do great theater

[EmieMarie]

Posted: 10/13/07 at 10:57pm

I attend western Washington University, a state college, with about 13,000, not to compettitive, definatly smalled that University of Washington.
Anyway, while my drama mates went off to NYU and Manhattan Marymount, I got jealous

But, by the second week of school I was told I would get to direct a one act play! A freshman, second week and directing a play, (not even for class!)

I know the stress that all you high school seniors are going through, and just want to tell you, if you don't get into a top school, the world is not over, in fact, if you are in a school with a large graduate program, chances are you won't be able to do much until you're a graduate.

Just giving hope to some of you, Just because a school doesn't have the best name, doesn't mean it doesn't have a kickass drama program, my school does and only people in Washington Know it.

So in hopes that you don't ovestress yourselves untill you cry (much like I did) Alot of schools are just names, you can do the same in alot of other places.

Bon Chance, and if anyone is from Washington (the state) consider Western!!!

[gumbo2]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 12:11am

Wooooo, I'm from Seattle and have a ton of friends who go to Western. The drama program really is excellent.

Posted: 10/14/07 at 1:43pm

Thanks for the advice. I just spent hours workign on my applications, and I feel like I got nothing done. That makes me feel a bit better. I've been doing a lot of crying, unfortunately. I think I'll just need to relax.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 1:51pm

And also keep in mind that the "fancy schools" sometimes dont have programs as large as you think. I think the amount of BoCo graduates is like 11 and the undergrads are the ones getting all the roles. BoCo has a small program with intimate settings. In all of my classes there are about 12-15 students maybe less, except for Musical Theatre.

My advice: Go on Facebook, search the networks of schools you're interested in and talk to the students. Thats what helped me. The students won't give you all the bull that admissions might. :]

[SarahBeth]

Posted: 10/14/07 at 4:27pm

I'm in love with my small state school department. There are about 40some performance majors with maybe 20 tech and a couple theatre lit and some education thrown in. A lot of times I feel that i'm getting exactly the same training for $20,000+ less.