Long Island university, NY - musical theatre program

I know they only except 16 to 22 BFA students each year but approximately how many students apply? Where do most of the students come from that attend the BFA program?

I don’t know how many apply but I do think they get a lot of walk-ins at Unifieds. When we visited last year, my daughter had lunch with a MT student from California, so I believe that the students come from all over the U.S.

I know a kid from ohio accepted there

I live about 20 minutes from LIU and many students from our high school are very involved in MT, and VP yet I know no one from our school who has attended for MT. I know of a few vocal performance majors who graduated in the last ten years or so, but I really can’t say anything of the caliber of instruction or who attends. Our all-county festival is held in their beautiful auditorium, but I have never heard of any private lessons from their instructors.

My D is so excited to be joining the LIU Post MT class of 2019. They audition about 800. They are graduating their first MT class and they are extremely pleased with the results of their senior showcase. MT students are from all over the country. D shadowed students from Georgia, Toronto, and Seattle. We are from Alabama.

Hi there,

My daughter just found out she was accepted into the MT program at LIU Post! She’s super excited and feels pretty honored since not too many people get in! She’s also been admitted to Marymount Manhattan for acting and mt. Nice to have choices! Can I ask how your daughter likes the program thus far??

My daughter got it as well!

Exciting-Congrats!!! What are your thoughts on their MT program???!!

She came out of the audition very excited about the program and the kids working the audition were great. I think well go visit campus for sure before she makes her final decision. She has 2 more auditions this Sunday and Monday then we wait. Two yeses and one no so far…

That’s great! My daughter’s last audition is this Sunday at Wagner! Can’t believe it’s the last one!! Of course, she is in a show on Saturday night near Boston, so the timing is not exactly perfect to get to NY for an audition the following day. It’s too bad Wagner doesn’t have several options to choose from. Tempted to blow it off, but she loves their program:(

We’ll be at Wagner Subday too! Afternoon session

Lol- we are afternoon session as well!

Lol we will be there Sunday afternoon also!

Maybe we’ll meet! Daughter is Rachel - red dress, southern accent, long dark hair!

Please let us know how the Wagner auditions go. My d will be auditioning there next year. Thanks!

My D applied for BFA Theatre Arts-Acting as a walk-in at Chicago Unifieds. She got an acceptance letter today with information about her scholarship but it does not mention the program. I am thinking it is an academic admit - they are apparently still auditioning and the website states notifications to the program will take place in March? To those admitted, was it clear you have an admit to the school and the program? She will call Monday but I’m curious.

My daughter received academic acceptance first… Then just received email yesterday with MT acceptance! Prior to that email, though, was a Financial aid letter with our package… So I started thinking that she probably got into the MT program once we received that financial aid letter… She auditioned the first round back in December… So it seems like we’ve been waiting forever to hear the results !!

@artskids, my D auditioned at Unified and got her acceptance yesterday via email as well. It specifically said BFA theater arts with MT concentration. Hope that helps. Best of luck!!!

@deesthree Thank you! I’ll remind her to check email as well!

Had such a crazy week that I completely forgot to call Wagner to ask if kids need to be there right at 1, which is the “official” starting time, or a half an hour early, which a lot of schools seem to require. We are driving from near Boston in am, so every minute will be crucial! Lol! Also wondering if they show up in audition clothes or dance clothes??? Usually it s show up in outfit and change into dance, but didn’t see itinerary posted online. Any idea? Thx!! Will also post in Wagner thread as well…