Still Going to School: A follow-up
As a kind of follow-up to last week's article
on how to find a theatre training program on the net, here's a
short list of some of the schools I've come across. Their inclusion
here is not intended as an endorsement of their programs by any
means; the schools were chosen because:
- Of their existence on the web
- Of their high visibility
- Of their size
- Of their generally acknowledged excellence
- I know someone attending or on the faculty, or who had
attended or used to be on the faculty
- They had an excellent web site
- I found them
- I liked the location somehow (e.g., they were in Australia)
Some of the best known and finest schools have some of the
dorkiest websites, while some schools I had only heard rumors
of had some of the best sites.
Remember: an excellent web site doesn't necessarily make for
an excellent training program (although it doesn't preclude the
possibility). Nor does its location in Australia.
A partial, incomplete, and totally arbitrary
List of college
and university websites
(alphabetizing [don't try to figure it out] and annoying
colors, free of charge!)
Even if you attend a completely different school than those
listed (perhaps even one outside of Australia), attending a college
is often credited with doing some major boosting to an actor's
career -- sometimes less for the training he/she gets, but more
for the networking that goes on during and afterwords. If not
for connections that were made during the academic years, it's
quite conceivable that a large number of our most successful actors
would still be unknown.
But even if they were unknown, they'd probably agree with me
when I tell you to:
Go see a show!
Originally published at Suite101.com
Theatre,
7/22/97