Theatre/Acting Muhlenberg College Compared to University of the Arts

College Search & Selection
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My D was accepted to both for Acting program. UofA is a BFA and Muhlenberg has a strong Theatre/Performance BA program. We’re going out to PA to visit Muhlenberg. We visited UofA a year ago on a general tour just passing thru. D has met several ppl from Muhlenberg including the director when they were out in our area a few months ago. Even though she’s primarily interested in a BFA she LOVED everything she heard about Muhlenberg.

I was wondering is anyone had any insight/input/experience with either of these colleges re:Acting programs, the professors, and moving forward after graduation in regards to alumni, connections, work/internships??

(She was also accepted to Pace, which we are visiting next month as well. These all seem like very different schools. We’re both more familiar with Pace b/c she has friends in the program already )

Thanks in advance for any input.

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I can comment on Muhlenberg in general. It really is a nice school because it has something for everyone. Great campus, great food, strong retention and graduation rates, diverse academic profile for a school so deep in theater. Artsy kids, preppy kids, nerdy kids and jockey kids all there.

I have been to a few summer productions and they are several notches above what other schools put on.

I don’t think you can go wrong at Muhlenberg. My mother in law saw Hello Dolly last summer or the summer before and she said it was fantastic.

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I’d go with Muhlenberg. Very strong for theater but very strong in other subjects, so that you have a fallback career option if need be. Plus, it’s more residential and most students are academically stronger. As for theater, they have excellent productions and career opportunities.

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If you go to the theatre in NYC and look at the bios in the Playbills, more times than not you will find someone who has graduated from Muhlenberg.

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This may be worth asking in the Theatre/Drama forum. I expect the people there would know about both of these places and be able to compare the specifics of the programs. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/

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Thanks very much for all the input. I’m going to repost this in Theatre/Drama forum. It’s interesting there’s no feedback from University of the Arts…

Would any of you have any thoughts on Muhlenberg Theatre vs Pace BA Theatre (International Performance Ensemble)???