Join the club (lighting tech). Although I'm looking for a midwestern school, while I assume you're looking for something relatively east coast. One of the biggest questions is size. Do you want a small school where you can get started right away designing and doing everything else, or do you want a big school where you'll get to work with phenomenal equipment. Also, whether you are looking for a BA, BFA, a degree specifically in technical theatre, or a specific stage lighting program. Elaborate, and I’m sure a few east coast area people will come along and provide specific colleges that you could consider.
Chris- A lot of smaller schools have "phenomenal" equipment too... don't rule them out just because they're small.
Oakland University (Auburn Hills, about an hour north of Detroit.) Both parents went there, one still teaches there online. Meadow Brook Theatre, the school's main theater, is I think the largest collegeiate theatre in the state, not the largest overall. (Something tells me that the Fox is bigger.) They started their technical theatre program about two years ago, and it'll probably be significantly larger by the time I would be applying (I'm a sophomore.)
Get out in the sunlight,
Might as well throw in a plug for my school, its not as midwest as some places are but Bowling Green State University in Ohio has decent tuition and a great program. The best thing about it is starting not next fall but the fall after... I believe it will be fall of 2011 they will have the brand new Wolfe Center, 2 brand new theatre, studio spaces, new shops etc, its already won a couple awards...
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