Senior Year and What I'm Doing Differently
The idea of senior year is indeed quite daunting; It’s the last year of school for most people, and you are expected to have a good idea of what you are going to do post graduation.
First-person stories from college and theatre students.
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The idea of senior year is indeed quite daunting; It’s the last year of school for most people, and you are expected to have a good idea of what you are going to do post graduation.
Fighting burnout is hard.
As the Summer theatre season is coming to a close, I think about how fortunate I’ve been to see as many shows as I have this year.
This semester, I’m continuing my education abroad in Vienna, Austria!! Though I will not be directly studying theatre in class, there will be many ways I can expand my theatre knowledge out and about in Vienna.
It’s finally that time of year again: college move-in season! As a sophomore, I remember my freshman year all too well.
School is just around the corner and you may be right in the midst of packing and thinking through move-in.
I’ve got a lot going on, (big shock) but I wouldn’t want it any other way.
Prior to being cast as Hans, I had already been assigned to research him as part of my duties as a dramaturg.
There are many things in our world today that make burnout far too common among current high school and college students.
The JMU Studio Theatre has been making student produced, directed, and written work for a while now.
I learned so much in the 10 weeks I spent in New Hampshire doing summer stock–from the ubiquitous Dunkin's to how to use certain power tools.
Burnout is never great but developing coping skills early on in a safe educational setting can help you as you advance in your theatrical career.
It was the end of my sophomore year in college, what we not-so-jokingly called “Sophomore Slaughter,” when I experienced burnout for the first time.
I could yap and yap and yap about this camp for days.
Burning out? Feeling engulfed in work? Don't stress, student blogger Destiny has some ways to help.
Senior year has already been one like no other, and I look forward to continuing to update my blog with all the exciting events that take place over the course of the remaining 164 days until graduation!
I think it is easy to look at rejections and jump to conclusions about your worth or talent.
As many college students do, I arrived on campus and was shocked by the amount of time I had.
One of my favorite things to watch on YouTube and TikTok is rehearsal bag packing; it is, truly, something I will never scroll away from.
Navigating a busy schedule can be challenging, but with the right tools, you can turn chaos into order.
When you’re an incoming college freshman, it can be very overwhelming.
I imagine that I will magically wake up one day and suddenly something will change.
Fear of perception will shut you down as an actor, but the opinions others hold about you are completely outside of your control.
Like any job, it truly is what you make of it, but working in a theatrical environment while in school is a great way to gain experience, earn money, and learn while you work
Ariana Glaser, Mary Phagan, details her summer spent performing in Cultural Arts Playhouse's Production of Parade.