College Search for technical theatre (please help)

[tngillette]

Hey, I'm going to be a Senior in Highschool this fall and I'm currently looking for colleges that have technical theater programs. since this isn't considered a "Major field of Study," it's difficult to find any. If you could please tell me that would be awesome thanks

[gafftaper]

There are lots of great colleges out there. Do you have a specific part of the country you want to go to school in? Do you want the best program in the country regardless of cost? State school? Private School? Small program? Large program? Do you have any idea of what specific degree you want or how you think you want to specialize yet?

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There are TONS of schools out there, answer the above questions and we can help.

[lieperjp]

Have you taken your ACT or SAT yet? There should be a box in the "future career" area that you can check. You'll start getting A LOT of mail. Most of it junk once you do the research. But some of it is good stuff.

[ruinexplorer]

Have you started to build your portfolio yet? If not, this is a project you should be working on over the summer. This might also help you discover the field that you are most interested in.

[tngillette]

Originally Posted by gafftaper

There are lots of great colleges out there. Do you have a specific part of the country you want to go to school in? Do you want the best program in the country regardless of cost? State school? Private School? Small program? Large program? Do you have any idea of what specific degree you want or how you think you want to specialize yet?

I was thinking going from north carolina up to michigan.
I'd like to be able to stay under 25-30 thousand dollars for tuition.
I'd prefer private but I'm open to look into public.
I'm not looking for the best program in the nation, but I also want a program that is willing to teach me stuff so I'm not wasting my time.
I've been light designer for the past couple years and I've gotten better at it and I might want to continue that. I have no desire to get into sound but management has seemed a possibility for me.
I don't have a portfolio but my teacher and I are going to start putting one together this year because I'm doing an independent study with him. There is no chance of having a completed portfolio by the time I apply for college but I will at least have a concert and the fall play done so I can always submit those.

Thanks for helping me by the way.

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Do a search for portfolios, I have written a huge amount on that subject and what has worked for me/what I look for in them.

My roommate (at least for the next few weeks until the next job rolls along) is going to be a senior in lighting design at North Carolina School of the Arts. Its one of the best undergrad programs in the country, he seems to enjoy it. There is a stigma behind the school, but its up to you on that one. I am also working with the scenic designer/props master from U of M here, and he really enjoys that school, though their spaces are a bit limiting. There are a pretty good number of schools in that area, and if you expand your search into Ohio and Illinois, your possibities will be huge. Where do you live currently?

[tngillette]

Oh I'm open to ohio and Illinois

I currently live in Virginia

[icewolf08]

As people have been saying, there are many good college theatre programs throughout the country. If you are interested, we have started a list of CB members and where they went/go to school. I would imagine that any one of the people on that list would be happy to tell you about their scholl and the program they were in. You can find that list here.

One of the big things that you should do is visit a bunch of schools. It is very important to find a school that you will be happy at. Go talk to the students and the faculty and see if these are people who you can see yourself spending four years with. Also make sure that you like the location.

[Grog12]

Originally Posted by tngillette

Oh I'm open to ohio and Illinois

I currently live in Virginia

In Michigan look at Saginaw Saginaw Valley State University

Look at Virginia Commonwealth University

In Ohio look at OU, OSU, and (#1 on the list since you're a LD) University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory. Jim Gage is a good proffesor.