<p>Liberal arts college</p>
<p>Notable theater programs in Liberal Arts Colleges: Williams, Vassar, Muhlenberg, Lawrence. Beloit, Skidmore, Centre, and many others. By the way, Cornell College seems to have a very performance-oriented program in its one course at a time curriculum Anybody intimate with Cornell; the one in Iowa; actually older than Cornell University.</p>
<p>Goctha! I thought it was something that had to do with Louisiana (LA).</p>
<p>No improv on LA, LA:(, from me.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, Towson University in a suburb of Baltimore, reputedly has a very strong theater/acting program. I am pretty sure it is a BA program, and know it has added some musical theater components for those kids who audition into the classes. I am not sure if TU is on your tuition exchange program, BrianSteffy, but might be worth looking at for your son.</p>
<p>I have looked at Towson. There website info. is confusing. Univ. of MD has impressive facilities and there BA program is BFA-like. Catholic Univ is a tuition exchange college. They, of course have a top=notch MFA progra,. but my S is unsure about the environs surrounding campus. He also is non Catholic but he is attending a Catholic HS. He's had it with the required religion courses, though at CU you can substitute Pkilosophy.</p>
<p>Does anyone have opinions on having a monologue in another language ready for auditions as an extra piece. Like say Lorca in Spanish, Moliere in French or Euripides in Greek? Is there any chance the faculty holding the auditions would want to hear that?</p>
<p>If you can do it well, and put your focus on achieving the character's objective, not on showing off your linguistic skills, I'd be quite interested in hearing such a piece.</p>
<p>Oh, wow. I don't know about it for auditions but Lorca in the original language is some of the most beautiful dramatic writing ever. Loses a lot in translation. Since doctorjohn approves, I say go for it.</p>
<p>fishbowl:</p>
<p>I have a question for you that I would rather not ask in this public forum. Can you private message me or something?
It's a long question, but mostly just one question.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Monologue in another language... If you are completely bi-lingual, having a monologue in another language... in case they are interested is not a bad idea. I know of a woman whose first langauge was french... she did her english monologues, and they asked if she had a piece in her native langauge... she did, she felt this gave her the chance to act in her native tongue rather than her second language, and appreciated being given the opportunity.</p>
<p>Any words on the University of Alabama theatre program? I'm in-state so tuition's very appealing. I know that some get credits by working in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, which I can personally say was fabulous, so I was wondering if the program is pumping out actors of this quality.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about the BFA Acting program at CUNY Brookyln College. Competitive to get into? How many students do they audition/accept? Strength of the program?</p>
<p>Hope this isn't too off subject. Does anyone know a good resource to find explanations of the various acting methods? </p>
<p>What does if mean, for example, to emphasize Mizener vs. Strasberg vs. whatever?</p>
<p>I suppose these are nieve questions, but one must start somewhere!!</p>
<p>My daughter emailed several schools asking what their acting method philosophy was and the response generally was that they would support the actor in whichever method he/she feels most comfortable. True or No????</p>
<p>And what in heavens name is the RU screw?</p>
<p>If you go on wikipedia and search acting schools and instruction you will come across numerous methods that are studied across the country. However all of the ones basically originiated with Stanislavsky. His students may not have liked something about what he taught and added their own thing to it, thus making their own method. Chekov, Adler, Meisner and Strasberg are are definitely the most popular, there are some simularities in each, but also key differences. There's no right or wrong method to use, just whichever the actor personally connects with and benefits from the most. </p>
<p>A lot of schools have an "eclectic" philosophy of study, meaning that they will introduce the student to many different teachers and methods of acting and let the student kind of choose or create their own method. If you look at undergraduate drama at Tisch, they put a student into a certain acting studio where they study only ONE method of acting for (at minimum) the first two years. </p>
<p>It's best just to read online, the NYU Tisch website is a great place to start and read about each studio's philosophy/mission, to get a better understanding of the kind of acting instruction is employed by that master teacher. This will give you an idea of the different types of methods that are out there.</p>
<p>laundrysoap,
I am using Bama as a safety. It is good for a state uni BA although Alabama Shakes is for the grad students. </p>
<p>stlouismom,
your daughter should read books by the original teachers of the different "methods" to see which ones she thinks she would connect with if she doesn't already have some experience with some. Wikipedia is a start like actresstobe said. I agree with her also that most schools will expose students to a variety of techniques from which to draw.</p>
<p>I found an interesting interview with two recent grads from NCSA and Syracuse called "The Post College Rush: Building a Career from the Ground Up." <a href="http://www.oneononenyc.com/blog/?p=31%5B/url%5D">http://www.oneononenyc.com/blog/?p=31</a> Any comments?</p>
<p>[xposted to MT forum]</p>
<p>so I'm trying to compile a list here...I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the straight theatre programs at:
Rutgers (probably BA), UMN, Tufts, GW, American, New School/Eugene Lang.
(Also checking out UMaryland, Emerson, BU, NYU, Brown, Yale, UMich-- other suggestions are welcomed too.)
Thanks!!</p>
<p>not my words (or opinion!), but if you google it:
"RU Screw is a phrase frequently heard at Rutgers University. The phrase is used when a student has a very negative experience usually involving money, credits, or community service caused by the university or its faculty.
A few examples:</p>
<p>If a student during high-school takes calculus 1, 2, 3 and differential equations and gets dual credit for them with a local college, that student will have to start at calculus 1 for the simple reason that the classes were taken inside of a high-school building. </p>
<p>Small amounts of laxatives are alleged to be added to the food, and the bathrooms are outside the dining area. As a result to go to the bathroom one must leave the dining hall and then be charged for another meal to come back in. </p>
<p>The Rutgers bus system.
The concept of RU screw is beginning to embody the personality of Rutgers. With around 50,000 students its understandable that there is some break down, but it seems that parts of the university are specifically engineered to sabotage our happy shiny lives."</p>
<p>Thanks for the leads on methods of acting. And RU inside info. Had to laugh! Sounds like the students need some major protest movement.</p>
<p>Mamamia Are you in theater at RU? What are pluses? Downfalls?</p>
<p>I'd also be interested in BFA students at any college posting their class schedule and typical daily routine ( i.e. rehearsal schedule, homework, etc)
Do any of you get to meet/associate with people outside of theater?</p>
<p>StLouisMom: No, I'm a mom and I have no connection to Rutgers at all - you had just piqued my interest so I googled the "RU Screw" to see what came up. My son is at DePaul. WallyWorld, who posts here occasionally, has a daughter that has been accepted to Rutgers fall BFA program - since she hasn't started yet I'm not sure how much "insider" information he'd have, but he might be a source for the application process. As far as schedules, routines, etc. - any BFA/conservatory training is going to be intense, with not a whole lot of interaction with people outside of the theatre program. Most of those programs do require some general curriculum courses (math, English, etc.), which allows for some interaction, but at Depaul even some of those standard courses are mainly theatre kids because of how it is scheduled - not all, but some. A BA program would allow much more interaction with people outside of theatre and a broader curriculum of courses. My son loves Depaul and the training he is getting, but sometimes he wishes he had the time and the flexibility to take some other courses that appeal to him, but the reality is he just doesn't. There has been much discussion on this thread about BFA vs. BA - so going back through some of the posts might help you a lot - there are 10 threads so it might take some time, but it can be very helpful (and sometimes entertaining - emotions can run high!!)</p>