I’m opening this discussion again, haha! I was told to expect a decision from LIU Post in January, and if not, to schedule a Unifieds slot, but I have yet to hear anything. Has anyone else heard anything or is everyone still waiting?? Just checking to see if the timeline is matching right now!! Thanks!!
I’m no help, we just auditions at NYC Unifieds. But we were told 2-3 weeks there so we will see!
Okay, thank you!
@mtAllDayEveryday she is academically accepted but still waiting for the audition results from November on campus.
@PrettySharpMom wow!! When you auditioned in November did they tell you when to expect a decision?
For November on-campus auditions they said January. I believe that someone else on the forum is also waiting for on-campus audition results from October.
Anyone at LIU Post that can elaborate on the future renovations and what buildings/areas are they proposing? Thanks.
@PrettySharpMom Hi! I am a current BFA at LIU Post. Currently they are planning on renovating the basement of our humanities building to include more dance studios and rehearsal space. This is planned to happen over the summer, which was largely in response to a student run social media campaign.
@mtmaybe how is the performance space at LIU? How many plays/musicals do you put on per year? I’d love to hear what you like most/least about the program. Thanks!
@mtmaybe thank you so much this is helpful! When we did the auditions it was in a small white building is that for vocal lessons anything else? Aside from the GED buildings what are the typical MT spaces? We did a tour and I believe the humanities building was the brick building/fountain outside? Also we saw the smaller theatre and the “rifle” area? Many thanks!
@NeensMom the performance space is only fair, but again it is likely up for renovation. It is a very heavily acting-based program. This year, first semester, we put on a play (a period piece), a dance cabaret directed and choreographed by a director/choreographer well-known in boston who has also taught at BOCO and Emerson (who also teaches our musical theatre dance section), a long-form improv show, two devised theses, a vocal cabaret, and a dance show from the dance program (the two are very tightly knit) in which several MT majors performed in. This semester, we are doing “The World Goes 'Round” (Kandor and Ebb song cycle), Measure for Measure by Shakespeare (which includes a lot of gender-bending, and I am actually cast in!), Sonnets from an Old Century (another play), an experimental student-directed devised piece, a long-form improv again, and once again, the dance show. In addition, there are two freshman showcases. There is also a student-run theatre company which last semester put on 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (which my roommate actually directed and it was incredible), a night of student-written plays, several performances by our student improv troupe, and the Muppets! Live. This semester, the student-run company is doing a cabaret (which was tonight), a cabaret in which seniors sing the songs they auditioned for the school with, the musical Alice (which I am not familiar with), a murder mystery long-form improv, the musical The Secret Garden (which is being staged and performed in our school’s actual gardens), and more performances from the short-form improv troupe.
@NeensMom sorry about the length! My favorite thing about the program is absolutely the training. I will say that I am an acting major, but because I have dance background and of how closely the two programs are linked, I have taken all of the same classes as my MT peers (MTs outnumber acting majors by a lot). Freshman year, you first learn very basic stanislavski first semester (not really even naming the method exactly) and the next you do contemporary scene study via the stanislavski method. Second semester you also take SUZUKI (!!!) which is an incredible physical theatre training method with roots in the noh theatrical tradition from Japan. It is an amazing experience and training method that very few other schools. The head of the theatre department, Maria Porter trained under Suzuki himself and is continuing to develop his method - she has performed and taught internationally. Something that is new last year is that juniors go onto ‘tracks’ - one that studies Advanced Suzuki with Maria and one (the one that was recently added) that studies Shakespeare with Valerie Clayman-Pye (who holds a PhD in Performance Practice, Drama and an MFA in Staging Shakespeare from the University of Exeter, where she worked with Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company). All of the juniors are very passionate and both groups love their tracks and feel as if the recommendations made by the faculty led them where they belonged. My (sophomore) current acting professor is actually new this year but previously has taught and directed all through NYC, having received his MFA in Directing from Columbia University.
The voice training at post is also stellar. We have half-hour weekly voice lessons (which for some people is too little, but sophomore year you also take a musical theatre class in which you sing more) and the voice faculty is also amazing, with great credits. My voice teacher has been a conductor, bassist, and music director on several national tours and actually won an emmy award for his music in a documentary. When I say he has changed my life and my voice I MEAN IT.
My other favorite thing about the program is that, because our school also has a dance BFA program, there are upper level dance classes and options that wouldn’t be available elsewhere. For instance, this semester I am in dance major ballet which is challenging and a great class.
my least favorite thing about the program are probably the facilities and the lack of support from the university. However, because of the program’s growing success and the department’s continued complaints we are starting to get a bit more support. In addition, there have been issues with the dining hall but it has and still is improving. Overall my least favorite part is the school as a whole - there isn’t much campus life outside of the department (which personally I don’t have a huge problem with because the department is so large and close that there is a lot going on there), the academic classes we are required to take are NOT good (luckily lots of AP credits were taken so I only had to take two) and the school definitely prioritizes their athletes. However, I love the program and the training I’m getting. This summer, I will be an (acting) at an equity theatre that focuses on Shakespeare and my training has absolutely prepared me for that.
@mtmaybe thank you SO MUCH for writing such a thorough review!! It sounds like the program itself is really stellar outside of the mediocre facilities. Hopefully, that will just keep improving! I really appreciate the time and thoughtfulness you put into your response. My daughter received her financial award package today. She auditioned at NYC Unifieds. I hope we will hear an artistic decision soon! Maybe she will see you there next year. 
I just got an email from the admissions office that said:
“The Theatre Department will begin sending program decisions in mid-February. If you have been awarded an Art Award by the department, they will notify you in late February – early March.”
So there you have it!
Thank you for the update!!
Hi- mtAllDayEveryday did you audition on campus? What month? Curious, why did they recommend to re-audition again at a future Unified? Honestly, puzzled as was invited after the campus audition for a callback November audition and that small group of 5 students were told to expect results in January.
I had a separate Unifieds with a private company in October and there they said these things!
mtAllDayEveryday thanks for the update.
BAL to you hopefully you will hear soon. 
Thank you so much!!
Thanks so much! At Chicago Unifieds, it sounded like the program accepts a large amount of incoming students. Can you comment on class sizes, individual mentorship, etc? My daughter is a M/T Major.