Hey everyone.
So, to start off, musical theatre is my passion. To this day I tell people my dream is to be on Broadway or even just work as professional MT actress. Long story short, due to a lot of uneventful circumstances, I was unable to audition for a lot of MT schools during the class of 2019 BFA audition season my senior year of HS (2014-2015), and for those that did have MT, they were non audition and I was either rejected academically because of their low acceptance rates or couldn't afford the school. The college I ended up choosing was the only one to give me basically a full ride, but it doesn't have a musical theatre major. I'm trying to make the best of it, but really, this school isn't for me - it's too large, the arts are underfunded, and the atmosphere is just isn't what I want out of college. I'm only a sophomore and I can feel myself losing all the musical theatre skills I learned in high school, and I want to be able to learn and grow and train with people my age and improve my craft, not just perform. So I think now that I'm older, more mature and (trying) to become more independent from my parents, I want to try and go through the audition process again during what would be my junior year while trying to train outside of school to prepare for the auditions (which may or may not include still attending the school I'm at now).
The musical theatre program I am looking should be:
- either a BFA-conservatory style with in a larger university or a straight conservatory
- accepts transfer students OR if I decide to start completely over as a freshman, is open to accepting and training a student three years older than the rest of the class
- will accept at least some of my gen eds (if a university)
- one that fosters community and not competition (perhaps a smaller class size)
- focuses on both classical/Golden Age and contemporary/pop/rock MT
- reasonable dorming space
- has showcases
- not a billion MT majors vying for a mainstage show spot - an equal chance for everyone
- no cut program
- allows majors to pursue outside theater interests, such as student directed shows or writing plays
I hope this is enough info to get some advice - I really want to get started on this process as soon as possible!
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