<p>I have a question about sending in a theater supplement. I would like to maybe sing a few songs (a light Opera aria, an eighties rock song, a modern musical number, and an Oscars and Hammerstein type song) and include a tape with a dramatic and comedic monologue. Theater takes up a huge amount of my time and is a big part of who I am...should I send in a supplement to the colleges I'm applying to (mainly small LACs like Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, and Williams and Middlebury as reaches)? I've already submitted my ED application for Dartmouth, but I thought it might be a good idea to send in this supplement if I'm deferred (which probably won't happen -I'm sure I'll be outrightly rejected <em>sigh</em>). Anyways, I just wanted to know what people's thoughts were on this. I am pretty talented in the theater arts (at least that's what people have told me) and I think it would add something to my app. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Send it if you are planning on continuing theater and contributing to the theater programs at your schools. And, of course, if it would help your application. Remember that someone who is the most talented person in a small school may be nothing in the eyes of the adcoms, so make sure to make your supplement as outstanding as you can. Also, you should check each school to make sure they accept supplements (I know some schools won't). But, yes, I think it could definitely add a lot to your application, especially at the type of school you describe. </p>
<p>By the way, make sure not to send anthing from Phantom, Rent, or any other major musical like that. They're overdone, so the evaluators hate to see them.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! I would possibly be minoring in theater and at the very least I will definitely be auditioning for school productions of all sorts. I actually want to do this short monologue from Finding Nemo where Dorie pleads with Marlin not to go away...it's a really sweet little monologue and I feel like it has some great dramatic potential. In your opinion, do you think the evaluators would find it sweetly eccentric or annoyingly immature? Thanks for all the tips!</p>
<p>I'm not active in theater at all, so I'm not really sure. On the downside, 1) you would be automatically compared to whatever-her-name-is since it is a recent movie, 2) you are playing the part of a fish, and 3) it is not a classic theatrical monologue. However, if you do it well, it could go down very well since it's orginal and there's definite room for interpretation. If I were you, I would ask one of my show directors.</p>
<p>Thanks, I think I will :).</p>