<p>Was just wondering whether your kid intends to: 1. just use it as part of activity list and subject of most significant activity essay? 2. build one of the major essays around it? 3. send a dvd of a performance as a supplement? 4. send copies of reviews?</p>
<p>If it matters, the kid at issue is not (currently) looking to major in this field but it is a very strong EC for him. Our counselor advises to build one of the big essays around it, but I haven't asked about the idea of sending a dvd or reviews yet... Thanks.</p>
<p>My son’s EC’s were nearly all theater related. He did not use it as an essay topic because he felt the essay was a chance to tell the admission officers about a different aspect of his life. </p>
<p>Having said that, the best advice my son ever recieved about essays was that it’s not the topic that matters, it’s what you do with your topic.</p>
<p>I would google “what kids learn in theatre” and if you find the article, I am thinking of, it will give you a wonderful list about how they learn teambuilding, goal setting, deadline submission, and a bunch of other things. That way, when you DO build the essay around it, you can show how important it is to each of these keywords. </p>
<p>My son had a lot of Film/Video things on his resume and it worked quite well to his advantage.</p>
<p>If your child is thinking about pursuing theater in college, I would definitely submit a DVD or arts supplement with reviews of shows. Just make sure what you submit is truly their best work. </p>
<p>If they’re not planning to pursue it seriously in college, I would skip the DVD and arts supplement, but put it into the essay.</p>
<p>Kelowna, it is very avant garde – called live machinima or digital puppetry. Using video game technology, control video game characters as actors in theatrical performances. They perform off off Broadway and got a major review in New York Times. One problem is that no one, incising adcomms, will have any idea what it is…</p>
<p>"If your child is thinking about pursuing theater in college, I would definitely submit a DVD or arts supplement with reviews of shows. Just make sure what you submit is truly their best work. </p>
<p>If they’re not planning to pursue it seriously in college, I would skip the DVD and arts supplement, but put it into the essay. "</p>
<p>I agree with above post. Would not send a DVD, but could put a short excerpt of the review in quotations in the essay if it can be incorporated well, with the link in the essay just to convey legitimatcy.</p>
<p>Here is my advice as someone who assists students who are applying to college for theater and other arts areas…to both audition and non-audition colleges. For a student with significant talent and experience in this area who is applying to any colleges with NO live auditions to be admitted, this is what one should do:</p>
<p>Call and ask the school if they accept arts supplements (not all colleges do). Find out if there are any guidelines, restrictions, or requirements and to whom it should be sent (the admissions office or the theater…or film…department). Many colleges do accept arts supplements and in fact, the Common Application has an arts supplement form. For schools that do accept one, and who don’t outline any requirements/guidelines, I would include the following:</p>
<p>~a DVD that is approximately ten minutes long…two contrasting monologues, song sample only if student is a singer, excerpts of live performance in significant roles…label the DVD as to what it contains. </p>
<p>~ a theater or arts resume</p>
<p>~one or two artistic references (acting coach, theater director, etc.)</p>
<p>~~you mention articles and reviews…you could include but I would pick just one or two and ONLY if the article mentions your student specifically and is not merely a review of the whole production…but this is not truly necessary to include</p>