<p>Can anyone tell me how many MT's are accepted and attend Marymount? </p>
<p>From their website - “On average, we make offers to 100 students for the BFA Acting Program, 100 students for the BA Theatre Arts Major with a Concentration in Theatre Performance, 70-75 students for the Musical Theatre Minor.” I don’t know how many attend though. </p>
<p>Yes, I read that as well but cannot figure out how many actually attend. It sounds like an awful lot!</p>
<p>My D went on a campus tour last spring and she is pretty sure they said the 2013 freshman class was about 35 students. But that may or may not be accurate</p>
<p>Thanks mammat. I wonder about the breakdown amounts of bfa, ba and ba/MTs?</p>
<p>The 35 was for ba/MT. She doesn’t remember about the other programs</p>
<p>That is a large class. I worry about the difficulty of getting roles with that large a program.</p>
<p>And they only do one musical a year. Keep that in mind. Unless it’s changed since last year.</p>
<p>That is a good point. I will ask about that. I think it is important to be able to be to be cast in shows. I wonder about these larger programs like NYU or Boco or Marymount.</p>
<p>That, and money, are the main reasons my D does not have NYU and BOCO on her list. Just seems like one would get lost in the crowd.</p>
<p>I agree. Getting parts will be hard enough after college, it should be a vital part of their training while in college.</p>
<p>I can only speak to Boco but by parts in shows I think you are referring to Main Stage Productions. Most BFA programs have ample opportunity to hone your performance skills, just might not be in the big productions. I would also add the better the program, the harder it is win a spot. I also think college is about learning how to perform and hone your craft. There was a girl who attended Boco the same time as my daughter and was not cast in one show during her time there yet went on to perform the lead in Once on broadway for a couple of months,</p>
<p>I can only speak to NYU, but after freshman year, you are guaranteed casting in studio productions every year. Stageworks (which is their mainstage equivalent), it is possible never be cast because you are competing with every class (sophomore on) plus any actors that can also sing and dance in the other studios though admittedly, most of the roles are filled with the MT students. If you love NYU, this shouldn’t be a deal breaker because there abundant opportunities to perform if you want to.</p>
<p>Another thought on the subject. In many cases, the bigger the school the bigger the production. Through the years it always seemed as though Boco was putting on Les Miz type shows so there were always lots of parts/roles.</p>
<p>Roosevelt/CCPA has a larger class size but does have guaranteed casting per semester. Freshman year there is a fall and spring showcase for freshman, then they enter the general casting pool. Starting next year there will be 2 musicals per semester, plus MT’s audition for all the straight plays too.</p>
<p>An actor friend of mine who was in the Broadway production of Footloose is at Marymount Manhattan’s production tonight and is enjoying it from a message I got! So nice of him to go.</p>
<p>That is good to know alwaysamom. I just can’t seem to get a lot of feedback about the program.</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at BoCo, and there are so many productions on campus that kids do get plenty of opportunity to be cast in a production. He was just in a student directed production of parade, where he and 2 other freshman were cast. I have to say my wife and I were floored by the talent in the cast. Also, while it is a large program, they break the class into small groups of 12-13 kids, their Core, and he has become so close to this small group of kids. A large group also let’s everyone find their group of friends. He’s an introvert, the furthest thing from a diva, and he has found a great group of friends - far enough from the divas always trying to bring attention to themselves.</p>
<p>I also would love to hear more about Marymount’s program…I have heard it is good and people were buzzing about it at Unifieds and I loved the school but feel like I know so little about it. </p>