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College and Graduate Studies / Re: SM colleges

« on: Jun 02, 2008, 08:24 pm »

(another shameless plug)... I got my BFA from University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM) and had an awesome experience!  Its a great program.  If you have questions PM me!

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College and Graduate Studies / Re: College and portfolio help

« on: Feb 22, 2008, 12:54 pm »

I second the idea of your best book and photos.  The pictures will help to give a scale of the production (what sort of tricky set you had to deal with or number of people in the ensemble... that sort of thing)  If you want to bring additional paperwork or don't have a book then have an example of what you can do, and probably pull it from one of your more interesting shows because you will be asked about it.  Also if you have had experience with something not normally in a high school setting (lots of automation or fancy projections) be prepared to talk about it and if you have paperwork for that bring it along. 
I received my BFA from CCM at the University of Cincinnati and wouldn't trade that experience for the world.  You will probably get a degree in Stage Management, Technical Theater or Theater with a SM emphasis (or something along those lines) depending on where you go and if you go BA or BFA.  When you start getting into looking at schools the piece of advice I can give you is to just make sure you talk to students about their experiences, what they liked and what they didn't, how much they got to SM, what other experience they got that helped them, etc.  The professors will tell you what they see as the up and down sides of the program, but the students that live it every day may have a different take.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: I'm an amateur and I'm working with a professional

« on: Feb 18, 2008, 10:01 pm »

I completely understand what you are going through.  The first stage management position I took was as a junior in high school working with a professional director with a community theater in my home town.  Taking the job was by far one of the best and at times scariest decisions I could have made.  This will give you an opportunity to see how the other people work and you will learn so much from the experience.  I agree that you should sit down with the director and have a conversations about expectations because then you will start out on the same page and the experience will be that much better.  Congratulations and break a leg.  Oh and don't forget to have FUN!