<p>My daughter and Husband just returned from one of the 5 call-back week-ends that University of Oklahoma offers to students. They had an amazing time and were very very impressed! Because this school doesn’t get a lot of feedback on this forum, i thought i would let folks know about my family’s experience!</p>
<p>D was cb as a result of 2 different International Thespian events (one local and one in Nebraska), so she had met 2 of the faculty members who were present at the auditions, which was helpful as she said there were probably 8 or 10 in the room!</p>
<p>Both H and D said that everyone from the Students to those in the audition room were incredibly warm and engaging and made everyone feel very comfortable and relaxed.</p>
<p>The day began early, with registration and opening info session by the current Head of the program, who is retiring this year. He has been the interim chair and came out of retirement to do so…he is also the gentleman who started the program.</p>
<p>Each student had the opportunity to work with the accompanist before the scheduled audition, which is always so nice. So far she has only had this happen at Elon.</p>
<p>The singing and monologue audition were done at the same time in front of 8 or 10 faculty. D and H later found out that the faculty are very team-oriented and decisions for the 6 girls and 7 boys are made togthter.</p>
<p>The dance call was later that day, and had 2 options a “mover” call and a “trained dancer” call…D is actually fairly well-trained but opted for the “mover” call as she had heard from previous auditionees that the dance call is pretty challenging at either level. she was so glad she did. She said it was of the 2 most challenging dance calls of the audition season for her.</p>
<p>Students and parents were both taken on tours of the performing arts part of campus…and then there was an hour-long question and answer period.</p>
<p>Here are the answers to a couple of questions that we had heard varying info about:</p>
<p>“weigh-ins” Apparently there is a rumor that OU does weigh-ins (wow!), this is ABSOLUTELY not true.</p>
<p>Can MT’s audition for plays? Absolutely, they are encouraged to and they are cast.</p>
<p>Is there a showcase? They do not do a showcase in NYC, but they do bring casting folks (and big names) to campus for their showcase.</p>
<p>D and H also were able to see “A Funny Thing Happened…” and were very impressed. D said the great majority of the cast could sing, dance and act…and she felt the leads were all very talented in their abilities.</p>
<p>D also reported that the kids seemed very happy there. Many were also involved in Greek life, which is an option.</p>
<p>From D point of view, the price is definitely in the doable category and from D point of view the dorm food was great(which is saying a lot!)</p>
<p>All in all they were very excited about the possibility of this school being an option…</p>