#theater degree

[puppetmaker40]

I have my MFA from the YSD (Yale School of Drama).

[bluemoontarot]

To be a stage manager you literally need to learn every aspect of theater. You are the buck. It stops with you bc the director is the big man and you shouldn't ask the big man silly questions.

I was trained in fly systems, lighting programs, sound programs, basic wardrobe, tech, writing, directing, stage fighting, etc.

I had to learn almost everything so that I had the answers to everything and kept a show running. Sound malfunctioning? I have a Playlist on my computer plug it in and go. Fly isn't working? Get this specific person to help. An actor isn't on time? I'm calling them right now. Audience members are fucking around on the stage? Yeah I got it. Opening and closing the building, a report sent to specific higher ups every night to outline what went well and what didn't, what actors caused issues if any, if we need more supplies and when we can expect that delivery, etc.

And outside of theater??? My degree has gotten me jobs. Bc theater people are multifaceted. We are trained to read people, we can grift super easy which is great for selling and customer service bc it means we can convince someone they want something. We're loved by call centers because we get training in speech and how to enunciated and dictate. Managerial positions are great for us. We know how to time manage, we can project our voices loud and far to keep people informed in events or situations. We think on our feet. We easily come up with creative solutions.

Anyone who says a theater degree is useless can go sit In a padded cell in silence for a week and then see just how valuable we are to society. Theater degrees go beyond shows, they are useful in many industries. My job liked my voice over the phone and was ready to hire me on the spot bc I had a clear voice and a cheery disposition that was perfect for a receptionist, I learned how to control my voice in theater.

I have a BFA in Theatre Studies with a focus on Management and Creative Writing

Never will I think it was money wasted

But I still think student debt deserves to be forgiven, especially as it cripples so many people decades into their lives.

People love consuming the arts, but many hate the training required to create the arts. Not every art degree is created equal, but the connections you make and the experience you gain can be invaluable.

I'm not saying every artist needs a college degree for every aspect of creating art, but art is not always created solely by performers.

Perhaps there is an actor who was self taught and got a lucky break, but the cinematographer capturing that actor needed years of training. They are literally camera scientists AND visual artists.

Maybe that punk band you love only knows four chords and just screams into a microphone, but the sound engineer recording their music probably has a college degree.

Here is a video of the sound engineer for a Hamilton production.

He uses an amazing blend of technical and artistic skills to make sure the show sounds perfect during every performance.

Check out his college degree...

[fishfingersandscarves]

due to several life things I kinda gave up on getting any kind of academic degree from my college but!!! after doing some stuff today I'm on track to get 2 certifications and 3 proficiency awards by next semester and I'm really proud 🥲🥰

[ominousvibez]

i know a lot of people tend to define dani/ellie's "obsession" as the ocean to go with danny's space obsession but tbh i feel like as dani gets older she's going to do a lot to separate herself from her identity as danny's "clone" and become her own person

like, that's why i love that the fandom has adopted the "ellie" nickname so much for her. i so wish the show went on for longer with more competent writers or the comic could expand on this maybe but i think finding her own identity and voice would be such a powerful narrative. you're made for one thing but you don't wanna do that, so now what do you do?

(tbh that kind of identity exploration is probably too anit-christian for b*tch h*rtman so i'm glad he didn't get to touch it)

it's canon that dani goes off and travels the world, so why not have her obsession be traveling? she's got a huge case of wanderlust. she likes the outdoors, she likes hiking and camping and is a huge granola girl. like, i think that kinda just fits her a bit more, in my opinion. traveling/exploration.

[finelythreadedsky]

ugh i am going to have to say things about euripides' helen. this is bad for me, a person who is incredibly intimidated by euripides' helen.

[anna-scribbles]

when it says felix is england's youngest graduate do we think that means high school or college

[goodluckclove]

I write a sort of hybrid third/first person POV. Some people aren't a fan of that, and I get why. But I enjoy it. I like the sort of dissociation of it, the intimate detachment. And since I have multiple POVs in a story, I enjoy having a seemingly "objective" narrative structure change depending on who has the reigns.

In Songbird Elegies, for instance, two characters can have a drastically varied awareness of people around them. Scott Skylark Kafuner, the literal empath with a degree in behavioral sciences who went years unable to see human faces and is absolutely making up for lost time, will pick up on a micro-expression anyone else might completely ignore.

Compare this to his sister Tenzin. Tenzin is incredibly intelligent, strong, quick-witted and resourceful. She is also the kind of person who, if you don't directly say what you're feeling out loud, will just have no goddamned clue what your vibe is. No idea. Are you sleepy? Is that what's happening?

[kidpix-album-covers]

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)

[narcissusneverknewme]

(unpopular opinion, I know, but) swords and knives made it a much better movie than sex would have. I get it if you disagree but it was pitch-perfect to me

[burningknucklecraftworks]

More progress. 14 days to go.

[roseofcards90]

Every time I go on Instagram I see my older friends who are already out of college and living their best lives with their own places and then I’m reminded of how much I’m fucking trapped here

[thoughts-of-a-stagemanager]

Conversations with Lighting Buddy….had to share, hope you all are doing well! ❤️

[starbuck]

i offhandedly mentioned having seen a movie from the 2000s to my friend and she was genuinely flabbergasted because she thought i “only watched old movies”

[stuffimscaredtoshowpeopleiknow]

Teachers | Our Fabulous But Fleeting Time Together.

[brandwhorestarscream]

Generally, in our crossover posts, we use only one or two characters to be transported.

But what about a whole team?

Like (using our version) Tfa Megatron, blitzwing, lugnut, BA, Shockwave, starscream, blurr, jetfire and jetstorm going to Tfp and meeting the Tfp decepticons?

I mean. They'd all probably die, knowing this group's penchant for mischief and shenanigans and TFP's Megatron's unwillingness to put up with any bs that isn't his and Starscream's weird bdsm foreplay

So lemme turn it around on you and ask, how do you feel about TFP being crossed over with itself >:) everyone gets a surprise twin from another dimension that looks exactly like them, but they're from shattered glass. Evil autobots pretending to be good in order to dupe their counterparts, and goodie two shoes decepticons trying sooo hard to be mean and evil while being laughably bad it

[littlesapphicraccoonguy]

Getting killed/tested on by Mark Hoffman is so embarrassing. Like are you seriously gonna let a former theater kid who is FUCKING 5’9 murder you or put you into some fucked up torture trap? That’s pathetic bro 💀