<p>I'm only a Soph. in High School, but I'm already trying to find possible opitions for school. One of the biggest criteria for the school I attend will be that it is located in/by a big city. Any ideas? (Even smaller schools would be fine-just as long as its in a big place) One place I've been looking at is NYU-any thoughts on that? Any schools that are similar to NYU but in different locations?</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon or Point Park University in Pittsburgh are top schools. Pittsburgh has a lot to offer in the way of theater. The entire cultural district is right outside Carnegie Mellon’s gates</p>
<p>NYC = Fordham, Pace, Marymount Manhattan, NYU
Boston = Emerson, Boston U, Boston College
DC = American
Chicago = DePaul, Roosevelt, Columbia College, Northwestern (sort of)
Philly = Temple, Penn
LA= UCLA, USC
I’m sure there are lots of others I’m leaving out</p>
<p>There’s also the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Philly is a really awesome theatre town, with lots of extremely talented people and great theatres (we have the oldest theatre in America, the Walnut Street Theatre!).</p>
<p>DC/ DC Area – Catholic University, George Mason, University of Maryland College Park</p>
<p>New York - Juilliard and SUNY Purchase is 30 mins outside of the city in Westcheaster.</p>
<p>Atlanta – Emory
A top academic school with a lesser known but outstanding small BA Theater program. Emory is on a par academically with a schools like Northwestern and Brown, but its approach to theater is very different. The theater department is very small and intimate. Yet, because of Emory’s enormous endowment (thanks Coca Cola!), the theater department has a great funding base. If you have a special project in mind and go about it the “right” way, Emory will generally fund it. In addition, Emory is fortunate to have an equity theater resident as its official theater department performing vehicle. Students get regular opportunities to work with professional actors and directors. Of course there are other student run performance opportunities available as well. While it’s a small program, the close faculty interaction allows talented and dedicated students to get a lot out of it. Emory regularly sends top students to the top MFA programs in the nation (my daughter hopes to be one of these next year).</p>
<p>PS – Atlanta has a nice theater community as well, including one of the nation’s top regional Shakespeare theaters.</p>
<p>Austin - University of Texas
[Department</a> of Theatre and Dance : University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/]Department”>http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/)
Austin is a great place to live. Terrific university and wonderful theatre program. Lots and lots of amazing theatre to see and do in Austin.</p>
<p>I’d say Barnard for New York City as well.</p>
<p>Fordham’s Theater program is based at their Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan around 60th, not too far from the broadway theatre district and everything else arts related you can think of. It’s also a more traditional alternative than some of the other NYC schools.</p>
<p>Great call on CMU and Point Park, merrmerrbear. Pittsburgh is a rich cultural city.</p>
<p>My sister went to UT Austin and never came back… She was in the music program. Loved Austin and the campus. Still lives there.</p>
<p>Just another recommendation for DePaul University in Chicago!</p>
<p>I’m not sure what aspect of theatre you want to major in, but The Theatre School at DePaul is awesome–hands on, focused classes in one of the greatest cities for theatre in the US. It’s a conservatory so they have very specific majors, not just a general ‘theatre’ degree. I’d strongly consider looking into it!</p>
<p>A question about UT - Austin - I know they have an excellent M.F.A. program that is very highly regarded, but does anyone have any knowledge about their B.A. program? I’ve heard of a few schools with very strong M.F.A. programs that have sub-par undergraduate programs and am wondering if UT - Austin fits into this category, otherwise, I’d love to go there</p>