<p>Any Theater majors out there; please give us a sense of your performance opportunities at Oxy... how many mainstage shows, student performing groups, availability to freshman.</p>
<p>Would also get opinions from current/past Theater majors on quality and intensity of the program.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Dec 4th Art interview day, for actors, playwrights and design. Interviews, tours and a play at Keck theater.</p>
<p><a href=“http://departments.oxy.edu/theater/audition.html[/url]”>http://departments.oxy.edu/theater/audition.html</a></p>
<p>I’m going on Dec 4th.</p>
<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I’m an Oxy graduate, majored in Theater. The program really is fantastic. There is more available than you can take advantage of in my opinion - I would have loved to have taken an acting for the camera class or a writing class with Laural Meade but I ran out of time. I also wish I could have taken more classes in costuming and makeup, things like that. In terms of acting, Alan Freeman, John Bouchard and Laural Meade are all great. I loved John’s classes - he pushes you hard, but it’s absolutely worth it. In the fall there are not as many acting opportunities as in the spring. If I’m remembering correctly (which I might not be), there is pretty much just the two mainstages. In the spring there are almost too many opportunities - New Play Festival, Directing Class Midterms and Finals, and two mainstages. Additionally, there was a scene study group while I was there, I’m not sure if they are still going, you should ask about it. Sometimes people also direct their own plays (on a smaller scale) for their senior comprehensives, or do a cabaret of sorts, and they are looking to cast for those as well. And also, there is a very good film department at Oxy, and those students are always casting for their short films as well. You’ll find plenty of opportunity in theater at Occidental - not to mention you are in LA! I sometimes went on auditions just to get used to it before graduating. Some of my fellow students would book gigs outside of school and work those for awhile too. </p>
<p>And of course, there is the AMAZING study abroad program that goes to the London Dramatic Academy. I studied abroad there, and it was the most amazing experience of my life. I loved London, I loved the school, the instructors, everything. They really make you work, but if you take the challenge you come out of it a million times better. LDA improved my skills by an incredible amount. I can’t express how awesome that program is. Hope all this is helpful, let me know if you have any other questions!</p>
<p>Oxy Grad</p>
<p>ETA: Judging by your username, you are a musical theater lover (like me)! In terms of musical theater, Oxy is lacking. If it is still the same as when I was there (which was verrrry recently) they only do one musical every two years. I happened to be abroad for the second one, so I only got to do one while at Oxy. That was a serious disappointment for me, so you should know that going in. In retrospect, I’m still pretty sure I would have chosen Oxy (for theater, and for how amazing the rest of the school is!), but it is good to know ahead of time. =)</p>