The life of a college student pursuing Theatre

[musicalsinger20]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 1:00pm

I go to a very small college in NC. I was wondering how it felt to be in a bigger school and to have much more facilities?

[Juliet2170]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 1:18pm

ah you can't beat the amazing facilities paid for by the very generous and extremely wealthy alumni but there's something to cherish about your small and intimate setting in NC i'm sure! when you make it big in NY one day :) you'll probably really appreciate the close bonds you can make more easily back in college.

[bjivie2]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 1:22pm

Well, I'm at University of Washington in Seattle, which has close to 30,000 students, I think. And I think the undergrad drama program has around 300 drama majors. (I think) At UW, the size really isn't an issue, because the classes are still small and you're getting individual attention. I guess the difference is that you're not with the same 20 or 30 people every day performing or directing or designing. At schools like Carnegie Mellon or Cincinatti Conservatory, you really become a close-nit family through your classes, but at UW you become a community through your classes, and a family through productions, I would say. The program is a BA program as opposed to a BFA, so you get a wide variety of education in everything theatre as opposed to just performance or design or whatever.

It's nice to have 7 functioning facilities, because there's ALWAYS something to do, some production to see or audition for. It's nice, and I really enjoy it.

Updated On: 3/30/05 at 01:22 PM