<p>Is columbia well known for Theatre and Drama?
IS it a big thing there?</p>
<p><a href="http://63.151.45.66/index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://63.151.45.66/index.cfm</a></p>
<p>That's Columbia SCHOOL OF THE ARTS website. </p>
<p>Departments of instruction at the COLLEGE (courses, majors, and concentrations) in the course catalog, also include: Dance, Drama and Theater Arts, English and Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Linguistics, Speech, and Writing: Creative Writing Program. Dance is taught at Barnard, which, according to the course bulletin, is an "exceptional" program. You can also audition at Juilliard and attend both Juilliard and Columbia. If any of that is of interest to you, check out the website and the course catalog, called the Bulletin on the cover.</p>
<p>That's for grad students. I thought MIT meant like undergrad stuff.</p>
<p>yeah, that's why I was sure to mention those college departments, although linguistics is really small</p>
<p>How's this NEW YORK IS KNOWN FOR THEATER AND DRAMA</p>
<p>agreed? can't beat that. Then there's Juilliard and the usual Columbia stuff, and Barnard, and you know.</p>
<p>I wonder why his name is MIT. They aren't well know for drama or theatre...are they?</p>
<p>With top schools, I guess they always surprise you. I found this website. I don't know if this means anything. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/theater/%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/mta/www/theater/</a></p>
<p>Well, you know they have to have something, but I figured film for MIT was anime.</p>
<p>hahahahaha well they seem to be a pretty intense department, actually, the theater department. If you want to major in it, they don't have to accept you, and you have to write a proposal that includes why you want to major in theater and what you want to study and what courses you want to take. But I've never been there so I couldn't say if it's good or not.</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for the replys guys.
Well, my strong point is math and science, but i do have an extensive background for performing in plays and dances, and i'm wonering if i should put that in my why columbia essay?
hence i need to know if theatre and drama is a big thing at columbia</p>
<p>Mr. Docta = MIT?</p>
<p>I looked in the bulletin again at the drama and theater arts department at COLUMBIA COLLEGE, and it seems to be a good department. It starts out with theater history and moves on from there, including visits to theaters in New York City. It's taught with Barnard, so to register for courses in theater at Barnard, you need to do it early for those ones, before school starts. You should get a bulletin and look through it.</p>
<p>Just a couple of corrections:
All undergraduate theatre is housed at Barnard (though it's open to CC students).
The Juilliard-Columbia exchange is for MUSIC ONLY. Sigh. I begged and pleaded with them, but they said there's ABSOLUTELY NO way to do theatre at Juilliard if you're a Columbia student. Still, Columbi drama's great!</p>
<p>I thought you might be interested in this post which appeared today on Columbia's website. My son tells me that on any given weekend night there are at least four student groups putting on performances, whether music, dance, or theater. If you live in the area, it's a good idea to go to some student performances when you're checking out a college:</p>
<p>What You Need: A Play About Women and Rape -- directed by Denny Partridge, the Alice B. Pels Professor of Theatre at Barnard College, and created by Barnard and Columbia students, has been invited to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, to be held Jan. 6 through 8. </p>
<p>In January and February of each year, the American College Theater holds regional festivals and offers a variety of workshops, symposia and award programs. The festival productions are judged by a panel selected by the Kennedy Center and the KCACTF national committee. The judges, in consultation with the artistic director, select four to six of the best to be showcased in the spring at the annual noncompetitive national festival at the Kennedy Center, all expenses paid.</p>