theatre colleges

[3D]

anyone have good suggestions in the way of great technical schools? i'm a junior in high school and looking for a really good college to major in theatre at. please give any really good advice so that i can research those schools to build my knowledge on strong technical theatre schools.

thanks, derek

[fosstech]

I've applied to Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, and North Carolina School of the Arts. I got into NCSA and I haven't heard back from Ithaca yet. Planning to visit what I get into over spring break :D

[propmonkey]

I'm attending UW Milwaukee: The Peck School of the Arts in the fall to major in theatre technology and design

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If you want to stay close to home i know a few people who have come out of West A&M and done well, as well as Oklahoma U in norman

[mbenonis]

I go to the Univeristy of Virginia, and while we're not exactly known for our drama program, we do have a very good one. Virginia is pretty far from Texas, but one of the guys who lives next door to me is a Texan.

More information is available at http://www.virginia.edu/drama/.

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you looking for a bs, ba, or bfa?

[disc2slick]

I know there have been a ton and a half of threads on this topic, if you search around i'm sure you can find a lot of input.

-dan

[ricc0luke]

Northern, Columbia (Chicago), Fordham, Southern in Evansville, NY... the list goes on... it really depends on what you want to major... not just theatre, but acting, lighting, sound... and what your plans after college... If you think you are going to go on to graduate school, goto Northern and then Columbia (for example), don't goto Columbia for undergrad and then try to get into Northern... not that you won't get it... it's just really backwards to do it that way when you look at their programs...

but the first thing is look at which school has exactly which major you might want... nowadays, theatre alone isn't a major... there's always something tacked on to the end...

[nez]

well now are you lookin at just theatre or tech theatre cuz im lookin at tech and some colleges i have talked to have theatre but not the tech, now if you are lookin at tech i know of depaul univisity in chicago i guess has a good tech theatre and also columbia istitute in chicago, the university of maine in orono, maine and seton hill university in greensburg, pa. so if that helps ya out any im not sure but those are just some of the ones i have looked into

[jyenish]

Minnesota State University in Mankato is pretty good. They have a strong emphasis in tech (BFA) and good professors, they even have a faculty sound designer which is pretty rare. Its a four year program that puts on 18 productions a year between its two theatre spaces. They are both ETC houses supporting Expression 3 and an Emphasis system. They have recently undergone a half a million dollar upgrade to both their lighting and sound systems.

It really depends what you want to do and where you want to go. Besides a program you have to be happy with were you go to college. Its a big commitment to live in a place for four years.

Another though to consider is do you want to work while in school. If your into doing tech work outside the college see what schools have good road houses near by or even a good relationship with the road house. I can't remember the name of the school, but in Iowa there is a road house that hires labour from the college before outside work.

In addition see what schools have strong student chapters with the USITT. That is just another sign that they have a strong and dedicated tech program.

I hope I've been helpful.