Any thoughts, calm my fears...

<p>So, I went through the audition process with my son last year. He was Music education. He was accepted at each school he applied and is very happy were he landed. Next one is my daughter. She is currently a high school junior and is a theatre kid. I am nervous because it seems like the percent of acceptances into theatre programs are much lower then I experienced with music. </p>

<p>She is a great student, probably 3.9 unweighted GPA and is enrolled in AP and honor courses. She is taking her SAT's for the first time in March. She did respectable in the PSAT's with over 60's in all three areas.</p>

<p>She is not looking at hugely competitive colleges. She would like to double major in theatre education and journalism. </p>

<p>We live in a small community and her theatre experience is limited to high school musicals and some community. She has had nice parts in most things she has been in but no leads at this point. </p>

<p>I am scared that she will apply and find herself not accepted anywhere. She is looking at smaller schools like belmont, Lipscomb, Elon and Flagler. </p>

<p>I know no one can say how auditions go, but she will not be going for the BFA. Any thought on chances, should I make sure she has a non theatre major in mind if things fall thru?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>The fact she wants to do theatre education has me confident that she will be accepted and will succeed. Add a double-major in Journalism (plus her grades!) and I could practically guarantee that she will be accepted somewhere.</p>

<p>Audition-wise…correct me, but does she need to audition to study theatre education? Non-BFA programs generally don’t require an audition, although each school is specific and different.
You didn’t say where your daughter is looking (location-wise) into going, but might I add SUNY Potsdam to your list of potentials? They offer a major in Theatre Education, very small school, not particularly selective, non-audition and a minor in Journalism/major in Communications.</p>

<p>Yeah…I was actually surprised that almost all of the places she has looked at seem to require an audition for theatre education. Thanks for your encouraging words, I am more nervous then she is!! I guess that is the mom in me!! Thanks for the SUNY recommendation. She is pretty set on going south of the mason-dixon line. She hates cold weather. Her dream school was actually St. Olaf in Minn, until she found their webcams and saw the snow starting back in october!!!</p>

<p>Coastal Carolina University (South Carolina) doesn’t have a theatre education major but they do offer a BA in Dramatic Arts. No audition required - just an interview. You can double major or easily pursue a minor there. My D has a friend who is majoring in Dramatic Arts and minoring in Journalism. Relatively small state school. With her stats she should qualify for an academic scholarship. BAs can audition for the shows and there are lots of ways to get involved in all things theatre. Might be worth a look:
[CCU</a> Department of Theatre](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/theatre/html/ba-drama.html]CCU”>http://www.coastal.edu/theatre/html/ba-drama.html)
[Department</a> of Communication](<a href=“http://www.coastal.edu/communication/journalism/index.html]Department”>http://www.coastal.edu/communication/journalism/index.html)</p>

<p>Emerson College offers both.</p>

<p>We have a good friend in the theatre education program at UNC Greensboro and she loves it. She did have to audition and she has continued to audition for and get parts in their productions. Her mother is a high school theatre teacher herself and is very impressed with the program. Might be worth checking out!</p>

<p>Northwestern is ideal for a Theatre/Journalism double major (world-class programs for both majors), but it doesn’t meet her geographic desires, and at 8,000 students might be a bit larger than what she wants.</p>

<p>On the other hand, she’ll be so busy doing a double major, and will be indoors for all her theatre work anyways, so perhaps she’ll open her mind to a climate that, shall we say, encourages studying? ;-D</p>

<p>I have several friends in the Theatre Ed program at UNCG, as was our new drama teacher. It is awesome. An excellent program. I would think you could double major, particularly since it is possible to finish the Theatre Ed program in 3 years if one so chooses. She would not have to audition prior to attending, simply send in an app. There are auditions for the BFA Acting program at the end of the first semester, and I believe Theatre Ed kids have to go through an audition process then as well? Not positive about that.</p>

<p>Oh, well if snow isn’t what she wants, never mind about SUNY! Haha.</p>

<p>James Madison’s track in Theatre Education will begin with next year’s catalog (2012/ 2013). JMU is a BA program, but all programs are auditioned/ interviewed. If you would like more specific information please feel free to PM me… not sure if JMU might be too big for her wished, though.</p>

<p>Don’t worry, schmee, your daughter looks like she’s in great shape for college applications! </p>

<p>If she is interested in Theatre Education, she definitely should not overlook Ball State University. I am biased, of course; I am a Theatre Ed major myself. This is the second-largest Theatre Ed program in the country, and some awesome things about it are that every student has a directing opportunity before they graduate. Also, the Theatre Ed option runs a local K-12 school theatre program, which provides teaching opportunities with high school students as well as opportunities to work with a wide age-range of students. One of the most notable things about the program is that we run The Prism Project: a nationally-recognized performance opportunity for children with autism. Here is the link to the Theatre Education’s webpage on the BSU website: <a href=“http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/TheatreDance/ProgramsStudy/TheatreEd.aspx[/url]”>http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/TheatreDance/ProgramsStudy/TheatreEd.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is the link to the journalism page on the BSU site as well: <a href=“https://sitecorecms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Journalism/AcademicsandAdmissions/ProgramsofStudy/BachelorsDegrees/Journalism.aspx[/url]”>https://sitecorecms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Journalism/AcademicsandAdmissions/ProgramsofStudy/BachelorsDegrees/Journalism.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you have any questions, please PM me; it’s not often there is a prospective Theatre Ed. student on here! Best of luck with the school search!</p>

<p>I sent you a PM!! Thanks for your response!!</p>