Starting to think about studying Theatre in college?

Is a Theatre Major is worth your time and your money?

Great Reads!

"79 Reasons Why Kids Need to Study Drama At High School"

"9 Ways a Theatre Degree Trumps A Business Degree"

"10 Ways Being a Theatre Major Prepared Me for Success."

"Jobs for Theatre Majors"

"Choosing an Undergraduate Theatre Program"

"24 Ways Musical Theatre Made You A Better Person"

and my favorites -
"Why We Subsidize Arts Majors"

"Five Ways Teen Actors Find Success"

The Backstage 2013 College Guide


Q & A for Students
Q & A for Parents


Okay so you've made the college list.
Now what?
Ask Questions about what is important to YOU. 
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Ask STUDENTS in the programs you’re interested in for details. Better yet – ask a Beacon Alum. Want to know who went where? Just ask me. I’m happy to make connections. 

Questions to ask Potential Colleges
Advice from Beacon Alumni
B'DAT Alumni Attend(ed) the following schools- most as theatre majors or minors

Adelphi University
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Bennington College
Binghamton University
Bard College
Barnard College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brandies University
​University of California at Irvine
Carnegie Mellon University
Clark University
The Claremont Colleges (Pomona, Scripps etc.) 
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY Hunter College
Columbia University
Cornell University
DePaul University
University of Derby - UK
​Dickinson College
Drew University
Emerson College
Fordham University
George Washington University
Grinnell College
Hampshire College
Univ. of Hartford - Hartt School
Ithaca College
The Julliard School
Kenyon College
McGill University
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
UMBC - Univ. of Maryland Honors College
Loyola Marymount University - LA
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
The New School
New York University - Tisch
New York University - Steinhardt
Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Oberlin College
University of Richmond
​Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - UK
​Sarah Lawrence College
School of Visual Arts- Film
Skidmore College
Smith College
Univ. of Southern California - Cinema Arts
SUNY Albany
SUNY Cortland
SUNY Fredonia
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Purchase
SUNY Stony Brook
University of Texas at Austin
University of Toranto
Trinity College, CT
Tufts University
​Vassar College
Other Reputable Programs just waiting for a B'DAT kid to arrive

Univ. of California - San Diego
Univ. of California - Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
Elon University
University of Maryland - College Park
North Carolina School for the Arts*
Pace University*
Rutgers University - Mason Gross*
University of Minnesota
Southern Oregon University
West Virginia University*
*Students were admitted, but did not attend