<p>I was just wondering if there was anyone who has participated in the Torn Ticket Musical Theater group at Tufts. I was wondering how elaborate the productions are. Does the group actually learn all the music and harmonies and produce a musical theater piece with costume,lighting, and dance numbers or is it more of a student group that does bits and pieces from various shows. I guess I'm really asking if the group produces full fledged shows or just limited portions. For those who have not participated but have seen the shows, how are they? Thank you very much. I so look forward to getting involved with other people who enjoy musical theater!</p>
<p>I'm no theater expert, but the people I know that are drama majors and participate in the works for fun are VERY serious about what they do. It takes intense preparation and at times I wonder how they even get their work done, considering that they have all these mysterious rehearsals that take 5+ hours a day out of their week. My friend calls it an addiction where the collective energy drives everyone to their best. Our drama department seems to be very strong, but perhaps someone else would know about this more than I do..?</p>
<p>Thank you very much, your input is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>They put on full shows! I am a musical buff who is also friends with a drama participant at Tufts, and you'd be amazed at how many full-fledged shows perform each semester (under the 3Ps umbrella of musicals, plays, etc). There were a couple of musicals this semester at varying degrees of...fullfledged...ness. Okay, that wasn't a word, but there are more serious, full shows and there are more lowkey ones. Most (if not all) of the musicals produced have your list of criteria of music, harmonies, costumes, lighting, and dance numbers.</p>
<p>That's exactly what I wanted to know! Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Every semester there's a major and a few minors, and they're student-directed, -produced, etc. The recent major was The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and it was unfreakingbelievable. Sometimes the minors can be as small as a cast of two or three. But the theater kids tend to be very close and energetic and serious about what they do - the shows are just as important as schoolwork. (I know a lot of them b/c they do choir too...I'm probably going to do theater next semester :) and the department musical is Company, for which everyone is excited lol.)</p>
<p>There are two categories of shows: majors and minors. The majors are fully realized shows with lights, sound, sets, and costumes. The minors are usually much smaller with no lights, sound effects and very basic costumes. You can be as involved as you want. I was on the board of TT2 in 2005-06 and was heavily involved in theatre for my 4 years at Tufts. Let me know if you have any more questions.</p>
<p>Out of curiousity, how likely would it be for a non-music major to be able to participate in one of the pit orchestras?</p>
<p>For Drood, the orchestra declined to be in the pit, so the pit consisted of people who didn't make it into orchestra.</p>