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[quote=Anonymous]I am so surprised to hear this review.

In recent years, Visi worked so very hard to keep their performing arts (drama) program up and running during Covid and it was very much dancing backwards in heels.

I found the director to be creative and hard-working and supportive of the young women who signed up for one kind of HS experience when life gave them another. They fully cast one show, and then decided it was kind of problematic and did it allllll over again. They found a musical that showcased the gifts of some strong performers already enrolled and used their resources and assets to keep the cohort small during a pandemic to stage SISTER ACT. They recruited a handful of local male actors (not from Gonzaga, per se) and staged a gorgeous performance. The director was supportive of the mission of the school while supporting some young women who would not have had a theatre credit on their resume if they had attended a different school because it was an uphill battle.

I will say, as the parent of a guest actor that when I asked for advice on how to guide my child into a performing arts college program, that man got back to me in an hour and had many creative and supportive ideas.

I am sorry your experience was different, and your grapes were sour.

I think it is crummy for you to malign an educator on a forum like this. Theatre, like sports, often requires private training at higher levels. If anyone pretends to show up for audition "cold" they are faking it. That's a Disney channel dream sequence.

Get a coach. Go to camp. Ask your kid for details and if they don't tell you, they don't care.

+1 for Visi arts.

XO, mom of kid who used a Visi production to get into a top 10 theatre program. [/quote]

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