It's amazing that I can remember something so vividly from when I was 8. But high school, even parts of college--a big blank. People will tell me stories about me and it's as if they are talking about an entirely different person. "Me? Surely not!"...
Anyway, to the point of the blog's birth. I recently auditioned for MFA acting programs around the country. For those of you who aren't familiar with this territory, it's a very competitive major, only a few programs are worth your time, and most people who apply don't get in anywhere--at all. Roughly, about 1100 people audition for 11 programs: NYU, Yale, Columbia, Brown, UC San Diego, UC Old Globe, CalArts, A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theatre), and Harvard are a few of them. Each program accepts a very limited amount of students; many of them holding callbacks in their cities after initial auditions held weeks prior. The programs accept different amounts of students: some only 6 or 8 to a class; others 12 or 16. So, I'm very lucky that I was recently accepted into Columbia's MFA acting program. My class size will be somewhere between 16 and 18 (roughly). I'm dying to know who my other classmates will be, but I won't know that for a few more weeks. Sigh.
Till then, I've been wasting time fantasizing (and also trying not to fantasize) about my future life in New York. Which, I've been told by current students, will have a lack of sleep in it. Yay!
I'm also very excited that we have Kristin Linklater and Anne Bogart as full time faculty! How cool is that?!
Anyway, this entry is a short one because the only new news is that I got into this amazing and challenging program. I hope you follow my blog, and track my progress!
