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College and Graduate Studies / Re: Millikin?
« on: Mar 16, 2013, 11:26 pm »
I worked with several interns from Millikin about a decade ago. At the time I was not impressed. One was a total slacker without social skills. Another I had to remove from her deck track after she showed up to work completely baked multiple times. The third showed some potential but was in a car wreck that left her comatose after the first 3 weeks of rehearsal. In fact, it was my boss's tendency to toss me inept Millikin interns as ASMs that led me to stop using assistants altogether.
Given the level of theatre I was working in (higher level community theatre), it seems to me like Millikin was struggling at the time to place their interns at theatre companies with effective prestige and name recognition. Given that I still remember them all after 10 years, I'm pretty sure that the problem was systemic at the time.
They may have improved the caliber of their quality assurance in the past 10 years. It's very possible. I would ask for a list of companies where they've placed interns lately and follow up with those companies for a 2nd opinion.
Given the level of theatre I was working in (higher level community theatre), it seems to me like Millikin was struggling at the time to place their interns at theatre companies with effective prestige and name recognition. Given that I still remember them all after 10 years, I'm pretty sure that the problem was systemic at the time.
They may have improved the caliber of their quality assurance in the past 10 years. It's very possible. I would ask for a list of companies where they've placed interns lately and follow up with those companies for a 2nd opinion.
