Non-Theatre Majors?
Non-Theatre Majors?
arykahmarye
Stand-by Joined: 1/27/05
#0Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 12:57am
I'm curious if there's anyone here on the boards who are going for a non-theatre major.
Myself, as much as i love acting and being in shows, i know it's not my strongest area. I'm starting Pre-Med at University of Washington next year.
Anyone else?
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StageWhore
Broadway Star Joined: 11/11/05
#1re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 12:58amEnglish major... thinking of journalism... maybe. (First year, can you tell?)
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"Not a bloody thing. It just sounds good."
He smiled. "That is from the `Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.` Here's another one. `In the room women come and go/Talking of Michael Angelo.' Does that suggest anything to you, sir?"
"Yeah -- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women."
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Jacinda
Swing Joined: 12/13/05
#2re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:03am
I'm a third year medical student, who became pre-med during my sophomore year of undergrad. This is my first year that I have not been in any type of play or musical. I love medicine; I am thrilled that I'll be a pediatrician in less than 18 months. But there is a lingering sadness that I don't have time to be on stage (considering it has been part of my life since I was 6 years old).
Good luck with your studies. If you ever have any questions or need career advice, feel free to ask.
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WickedlyPerfect
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/05
#3re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:04am
Tourism and Events Management Major
Business Minor
I would love to be a theater major and act on broadway, but i have zero nerves and I turn to mush when many people are looking at me
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With no one to share,
The light of the moon,
The honor of a swear?
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:20am
Music Industry and Communication Studies (concentration in Media Studies) double major with a minor in business.
Where does everyone go to school? I'm at Northeastern in Boston.
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#6re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:21am
I am only involved with theatre from the side of the audience. 
I graduated several years ago. I was never a theatre major.
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iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#7re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:24amCurrently a theater major but seriously considering changing that. My love for the craft diminishes more and more each day.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#8re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:26amI am going for entertainment communications next year. It isn't directly theater but is still in the arts and entertainment area.
RENThead414
Broadway Star Joined: 12/1/05
#9re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:38amwell, first i was an english major....then a recreation, parks, and tourism administration major....now i'm a history major, and next fall i'll hopefully be a theatre major with an emphasis in playwriting/dramaturgy/lighting design. (i'm so complicated....)
#10re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:40amI'm a freshman majoring in International Business with a minor in French. But, then again, I am a freshman.
#11re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:44amcreative writing.
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#12re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 1:57am
I could never be a Theater major; I'm more about the history of musicals and plays and whatnot than actually performing in them. I love theater and hope to get more involved with my college theater group's stuff, but my real academic passion is more like learning about them (though don't get me wrong, there's nothing like being in a show).
Anyway. 1st year. Art History. Hence my avatar.
Updated On: 12/13/05 at 01:57 AM
#13re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 2:13am
I'm in my third and final year in law school. In college, I majored in Legal Studies and minored in Marketing. When I talk to Broadway actors, they are always so shocked that I'm gonna be a lawyer, like they don't understand how come a lawyer is so into theater. But if they were in law school, they'd understand that without having the theater to escape to, I would've thrown myself off the Brooklyn Bridge a long time ago. 
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#14re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 2:13am
Me: biology and psychology double major.
I'm glad to hear that there are others of us non-theatre majors here.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#15re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 8:42amEnglish lit major, but quite a few actors/performers didn't actually major in theater when they were in college. I do theater as a hobby, and if it gets me anywhere, great, if it doesn't, it's still something fun to do.
colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#16re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 8:45amI was a vocal music education major.
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#17re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 8:59amPre-Med (Human Bio major)! I Still do the musicals at my college though. It's weird being the only non-theatre/vocal performance major in the show, but also fun.
#18re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 9:12amI'm a playwriting major (that's a non ACTING major, but not a non theatre major i guess...)
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jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#19re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 9:12amI plan to major in Music Performance but I would still like to be a pit musician on B'way.
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colleen_lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/05
#20re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 9:15am
>>It's weird being the only non-theatre/vocal performance major in the show, but also fun. <<
Theater majors basically dominated at my school, I was a vocal music major and there was only one other music major that was a regular in the shows (this number upped slightly with musicals) and I think he ended up minoring or perhaps double-majoring in theater anyway.
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#21re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 9:27amI am no where close to being a theatre major. I enjoy it, doesn't mean I have to partake in it.
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#22re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 10:32amFantabulous, I'm the same way, and I think many other posters here are as well.
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Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#23re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 10:43amPolitical Science major. But only because my parents wouldn't help me pay for school if I majored in Theatre.
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#24re: Non-Theatre Majors?
Posted: 12/13/05 at 10:50amDouble Major: English and Sociology
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