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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So listen, schools are great but what's the end run? You major in theater, presumably, to act. Focusing so much on the college seems somewhat disconnected from the path to the ultimate thing. Which one of these choices gets you closest in proximity to the thing?[/quote]

I cannot speak to OP's child's specific situation (as a performer) but I know someone who got a full ride to the Emerson BFA program for technical theater and I can't speak highly enough for how it set her up to have an effective career.  Besides arts classes, they had required classes on creating a professional business of yourself (everything from designing logos/resumes/portfolios to doing taxes, accounting, etc.) and opportunities for students to work toward union membership so they were set to join the working world when they graduated.  I hope OP and their child are looking into the network/union work opportunities and business classes that are offered at whatever program they choose to go with, although I will say that most of the artists I know did spend at least part of their 20s working secondary jobs until they either switched careers or found something stable.  The only one I know who didn't was at American Ballet Academy and went straight into a company.[/quote]

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