Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 16:08     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
I know some pretty active theater kids at Oberlin and Muhlemberg and one at Kenyon (not sure if she's still active in Theater but was in high school) and Amherst
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 15:44     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Pretty much. There are student groups at some of these, but classes will be limited or unavailable as will mainstage shows.

MFA and college advisor
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 13:57     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:The general advice we got was, yes, avoid those if it is not your intended career or major, but you really want to do theater on a regular basis. However, the more important advice was to ask this question at every school and get contacts in the student run theater club to follow up. This was good advice becasue the intel ran the gamut from "we are constantly stugglinging to get people to join" to "we have a very interested group but can never get funding or space from the school to perform so we create our own spaces" to "we have full support from the school and alumni and our four or five separate student run performing arts groups put on a combined 16 shows per year -- all non majors."


whoa can you name the last school you mentioned with a ton of shows for non majors?
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 12:16     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I posted this same question last year and got a lot of great suggestions. I have the worst time trying to find my old posts, but maybe if you do a search with similar wording; you’ll find it?


I found my post!

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1214468.page


Thank you!
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 12:04     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
The general advice we got was, yes, avoid those if it is not your intended career or major, but you really want to do theater on a regular basis. However, the more important advice was to ask this question at every school and get contacts in the student run theater club to follow up. This was good advice becasue the intel ran the gamut from "we are constantly stugglinging to get people to join" to "we have a very interested group but can never get funding or space from the school to perform so we create our own spaces" to "we have full support from the school and alumni and our four or five separate student run performing arts groups put on a combined 16 shows per year -- all non majors."
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 09:10     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:My kid’s primary EC is tech theater, and asking about non-major involvement in campus theater productions is a question DC asks at every campus tour and college rep visit. Definitely has gotten more reassurance that anyone can be involved from schools that do not have big-name theater programs.


Agree—great question to ask on tours. My kid did the same.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 07:50     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
My kid’s primary EC is tech theater, and asking about non-major involvement in campus theater productions is a question DC asks at every campus tour and college rep visit. Definitely has gotten more reassurance that anyone can be involved from schools that do not have big-name theater programs.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 07:47     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:I posted this same question last year and got a lot of great suggestions. I have the worst time trying to find my old posts, but maybe if you do a search with similar wording; you’ll find it?


I found my post!

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1214468.page
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 07:37     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a Theater/film major parent, agree with PP to avoid.

I’d look at schools that have a more straightforward Theater BA as those schools tend to also allow non-majors to audition for tech and acting roles.


Honestly I wouldn’t assume that. I think most schools with a decent theater school are going to have theater majors act in student productions.


Agree. Your child may not be in mainstage productions, but there will likely still be plenty of opportunities for involvement.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 05:30     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
I posted this same question last year and got a lot of great suggestions. I have the worst time trying to find my old posts, but maybe if you do a search with similar wording; you’ll find it?
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 05:21     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:As a Theater/film major parent, agree with PP to avoid.

I’d look at schools that have a more straightforward Theater BA as those schools tend to also allow non-majors to audition for tech and acting roles.


Honestly I wouldn’t assume that. I think most schools with a decent theater school are going to have theater majors act in student productions.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 00:30     Subject: Re:Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
The Yale School of Drama is a graduate program, not an undergraduate one. You can major in anything and act in Yale's productions. That said, a lot of those who want to go into acting professionally cut a lot of classes to produce and rehearse their roles. Some of them have rather low gpas as a result.

There are also lots of different opportunities to act at Yale. The Dramat is extremely competitive. https://collegearts.yale.edu/organizations/yale-drama-coalition/performance-groups/yale-dramatic-association But groups like Yale's Children's Theater also offer chances to perform and it's easy to get involved.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2025 00:05     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
As a Theater/film major parent, agree with PP to avoid.

I’d look at schools that have a more straightforward Theater BA as those schools tend to also allow non-majors to audition for tech and acting roles.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2025 23:57     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
Anonymous wrote:If a non-theater major wants to get involved in theater productions, should they avoid schools that have competitive theater programs like Yale or Carnegie Mellon?


Yes.

Illinois has a student group that puts on musicals.

Michigan has a Residential College that does summer Shakespeare and an amateur group that's not part of the Theater school.
Anonymous
Post 11/17/2025 23:49     Subject: Theater opportunities for non-theater majors
If a non-theater major wants to get involved in theater productions, should they avoid schools that have competitive theater programs like Yale or Carnegie Mellon?