<p>My rising high school senior is very interested in theatre directing. She has directed and acted at her high school, trained at summer conservatory at ACT and is currently participating in Northwestern's summer theatre Cherubs program. She is less interested in a conservatory as she wants to study other subject areas so a LAC is more appropriate. She also would prefer not to be in a large city as nature, hiking, the "organic life" is very important to her. Her weighted GPA is 4.29, ACT is 27 (will be taking again this fall -- as with many arts kids her english was 33, but math brought it down). Suggestions would be so helpful. Thank you!</p>
<p>Consider Centre</a> College. The</a> dramatic arts department and facilities (Norton</a> Center) are excellent. This highly</a> rated college is in a small town with lot's of hiking and things to do in Kentucky. Mammoth</a> Caves is just a few miles away.</p>
<p>Any ideas on the east or west coasts?</p>
<p>Drew has a good theatre program on the east coast:
Drew</a> Theatre</p>
<p>Take a look at Bennington College. It's in a small town in Vermont and very eco-friendly and in a beautiful, natural area. It's small but very strong in the liberal arts as well as theatre. They've had some very successful alumni and have classes in directing, acting, and stage management. I believe they have some good film classes if she's at all interested in that. I'm an actor and it's one of my top choices for transfer. It's worth looking at.</p>
<p>See also in College Confidential's forum on Arts Majors, as well as a 12-part thread about Theater and Drama. You could run a search using the word "direct" or "director" there, or Liberal Arts Colleges, or LAC's.</p>
<p>Offhand, I thought of Skidmore College in upstate NY Saratoga Springs, or possibly Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts as part of a Five College Consortium. On the west coast, Chapman University in Southern California has a good Performing Arts major but within a B.A. program. All of these could be matches for her academics as expressed above. </p>
<p>These are more urban but investigate: Goucher College in a pleasant neighborhood of Baltimore. Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>I don't know about directing. But Keyon has a great theater program. Also, I know Bryn Mawr and Haverford have a joint theater program as well (housed at Bryn Mawr, but designed for students at both colleges).</p>
<p>Bennington would also give her a chance to work out in the field every year as there is an annual winter Field Work Term during which students do 7 week internships, giving one experience and a resume to graduate with.</p>
<p>Here is a partial list of schools Princeton Review highlighted last year ... </p>
<p>1<strong>Yale University
3</strong>Emerson College
5<strong>Bennington College
9</strong>Whitman College
10<em>Vassar College
13</em>Brown University
15<em>Knox College
17</em>Lawrence University
19*Wesleyan College</p>
<p>The missing schools are the ones we are not interested in ... sorry!</p>
<p>Ithaca has four majors that may be of interest: </p>
<p>Acting
Theatrical Arts Management
Theatrical Production Arts
Drama</p>
<p>Link: Academic</a> Programs - Ithaca College</p>
<p>my list for just "theater" ...</p>
<p>Thank you MQD for the Princeton Review list which I was not aware of. Just curious as to why you removed specific schools. Personal dislike?</p>
<p>Pardon but I can not quite remember but probably either location, never heard of it (not familiar with many MW schools), or thought it did not support my DDs other interests in language/film. My DDs interested in attending a school that has a good theater program is not only because she enjoys theater but also the school is likely to support other creative endeavors as well. Basically she loves the theater crowd.</p>