<p>Hi,
I'm not looking to be a theater major in college nor am I pursuing a professional career in theater for now but it's one of my greatest passions, so I definitely want to be involved in it in some way in college. Other than courses, does Columbia have a strong student theater scene, lots of opportunities to be in productions, etc? Does Barnard? (and are they open for Columbia students to participate in?) </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>nobody answered this, so - </p>
<p>Barnard has a theater major, and has the facilities. Columbia students routinely perform, direct, write, tech-crew, or otherwise participate and lead theater performances (and has the biggest auditorium on campus, naturally), but there is no explicit degree program.</p>
<p>there might not be a degree program per se but im sorry, many artistic stars went here- julia stiles, alicia keys, natalie portman?, meadow soprano... why isnt there more of a theater presence?</p>
<p>Natalie Portman went to Harvard. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhall went to Columbia and Barnard respectively. </p>
<p>theatre isn't that small--it's a fairly large and diverse community, although they tend to stick to themselves sometimes.</p>
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<p>That describes every theatre company I've worked with. They are very clique-y.</p>
<p>So, one of my best friends was/is a theater major and it's definitely a love-hate relationship. </p>
<p>She loves:
Some of the people she's met through her classes. They largely share the same interests and form strong relationships from all the time they spend together</p>
<p>The opportunities for undergraduates even as first-years to have parts in productions on campus</p>
<p>Alumni support. You get to interact a lot with Columbia faculty members and my friend is on a first-name basis with Dean Quigley and Pat Denison (his wife).</p>
<p>Boys. Seriously. Apparently there are some hot guys there. From my perspective as a straight guy (yeah, shove it confidential coll :P), the girls there aren't bad either.</p>
<p>She hates:
The amount of hours and work that are required of the students. She thinks that for the amount of credits that you get, the workload/payoff ratio is not worth it.</p>
<p>The people she works with and she thinks that they really lack a certain degree of professionalism and preparation for almost every production they put on.</p>
<p>Theater History 1. My god, you should hear her ***** about this class. She's a very smart person and one of the best students I know but she can not stand this class. </p>
<p>Most of the student productions are run through Barnard and every production that I've seen has been in the Milbank building at Barnard. </p>
<p>Like cerberus08 said, the theater community is actually pretty large. However, most people wouldn't know it because they don't want/don't care to look for it.</p>
<p>so you're a "straight guy" and you're "best friends" with a theater chick?</p>
<p>Do you go shopping with her and her girlfriends too? Get your nails done?</p>
<p>I am secure in my masculinity</p>
<p>She actually shops for me. I generally stand in the dressing room while she hands me clothes to put on. What can I say, it works.</p>
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Get your nails done?
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Nope, and never will.</p>
<p>My point was, from how you just described your relationship, you're either (A) nailing her, (B) gay, or (C) a total doormat. Based on your last post, I'm leaning towards C. :D</p>
<p>Had to Urbandictionary that one.</p>
<p>True, it's definitely not A or B and I'm still confused a bit about C. Maybe I should change the way I describe her? How about one of my better friends, someone who I generally see everyday, hang out with, get smashed with, blah blah blah. Don't know where you would get the impression that I let her walk over me.</p>
<p>If there's anything that just makes me its *****, it's that god damned Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The thing is the devil.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how a non-major undergrad goes about getting involved with the theatre's writing department and submitting a script for a play. I hear they sometimes take their material from other student submissions.</p>
<p>I'm a straight guy who enjoys writing plays; there's nothing wrong with that......(ok there's something a bit wrong with that but shuttap!)</p>
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True, it's definitely not A or B and I'm still confused a bit about C. Maybe I should change the way I describe her? How about one of my better friends, someone who I generally see everyday, hang out with, get smashed with, blah blah blah
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next time you're out "getting smashed with" her, make a move and let us know how it goes.</p>
<p>edit: for a motivational statistic, remember that including Barnard, girls outnumber guys 2 to 1 among undergrads at the university. Odds are, she wants to play with your karot!</p>
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Don't know where you would get the impression that I let her walk over me.
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you are not her boyfriend, but you attentively listen to her gripes as she expounds upon various subjects. Usually the only reasons guys do that for girls are when they fall into one of the three above categories :)</p>
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edit: for a motivational statistic, remember that including Barnard, girls outnumber guys 2 to 1 among undergrads at the university. Odds are, she wants to play with your karot!
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<p>If it were only that easy. My last girlfriend was from the yard though and it was that easy :P. (joking)</p>
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next time you're out "getting smashed with" her, make a move and let us know how it goes.
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<p>I really wouldn't gain anything from making a move and I have no interest in doing so. </p>
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<p>Whoa whoa WHOA, hold your horses here. Backspace backspace. I rarely attentively listen to her grips. In fact, I'm playing video games or working in the lounge most of the time. Yet sadly, when you listen to someone ***** about the same thing everyday for a month an a half, you'll remember it no matter how hard you try to ignore him/her.</p>
<p>"you are not her boyfriend, but you attentively listen to her gripes as she expounds upon various subjects."</p>
<p>Don't sweat it, Karot. Denzera doesn't quite understand male-female platonic relationship dynamics. His main reasons for listening to a girl ***** are (A), (B) or (C). There's a word for what he's done to you: it's called projection.</p>
<p>^^ Wow that came across a lot meaner than I intended. I'm only kidding, D :)</p>
<p>I think it's great that you are there for her. Listening to her problems. I just pass out after I'm done.</p>