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If you've forgotten about me, don't worry, you're not the only one. It feels like I have lost myself in productions, projects, finals, and all sorts of other things that make me want to curl into a ball and cry myself to sleep.
It's frustrating to be part of a theatre department that just doesn't feel like trying for the most part. Sure, there are a few students and professors that work really hard, but there are only about ten of us. And we're all upperclassmen. And our department is plagued by the film/television component. There are probably 30 to 40 theatre majors, and triple the amount of film/tv students. I find it insanely ironic that the film/tv students shy away from theatre, when it's theatre training that enhances the best screen directors, writers, and actors. (Alan Ball comes immediately to mind.)
There is also a sense of selfishness in the department, with students complaining about workload. This is evident in the department's weed-out course. I'm sure other departments have these courses, you know what I'm talking about. The course that you have to take as a freshman and they work you to death to see if you have what it takes to make it through the department. This class at UCD is called "Performance Visualization," and is actually a very good class taught by one of our best professors. What cracked me up was when all these freshmen (and myself, the department wouldn't let me transfer anything in for that course) get the final: two three-page essays, in which we are able to pick two topics of eight presented. While I was busy thanking Thespis for such an easy final, they were bitching about how hard it was going to be. I neglected to tell them about my eight to ten page final for Race & Gender, which is actually not that hard, either. I can crank out eight to ten pages on feminism easily.
I am struggling with balancing my personal life and my school life. Especially these past few weeks, as I have had tech rehearsals, performances, and meetings. I was at the theatre until 1:15 a.m. on Monday night. (Well, Tuesday morning...you know what I mean.)
OK, I just read on the ATML that the Alliance is doing a GOSPEL version of Jesus Christ Superstar? Can somebody in Atlanta please tell me that's a joke? That has got to be the worst idea I've ever heard in my life. (And I've heard some pretty bad ideas now that I'm a student at the University of Colorado - Denver.)
It's frustrating to be part of a theatre department that just doesn't feel like trying for the most part. Sure, there are a few students and professors that work really hard, but there are only about ten of us. And we're all upperclassmen. And our department is plagued by the film/television component. There are probably 30 to 40 theatre majors, and triple the amount of film/tv students. I find it insanely ironic that the film/tv students shy away from theatre, when it's theatre training that enhances the best screen directors, writers, and actors. (Alan Ball comes immediately to mind.)
There is also a sense of selfishness in the department, with students complaining about workload. This is evident in the department's weed-out course. I'm sure other departments have these courses, you know what I'm talking about. The course that you have to take as a freshman and they work you to death to see if you have what it takes to make it through the department. This class at UCD is called "Performance Visualization," and is actually a very good class taught by one of our best professors. What cracked me up was when all these freshmen (and myself, the department wouldn't let me transfer anything in for that course) get the final: two three-page essays, in which we are able to pick two topics of eight presented. While I was busy thanking Thespis for such an easy final, they were bitching about how hard it was going to be. I neglected to tell them about my eight to ten page final for Race & Gender, which is actually not that hard, either. I can crank out eight to ten pages on feminism easily.
I am struggling with balancing my personal life and my school life. Especially these past few weeks, as I have had tech rehearsals, performances, and meetings. I was at the theatre until 1:15 a.m. on Monday night. (Well, Tuesday morning...you know what I mean.)
OK, I just read on the ATML that the Alliance is doing a GOSPEL version of Jesus Christ Superstar? Can somebody in Atlanta please tell me that's a joke? That has got to be the worst idea I've ever heard in my life. (And I've heard some pretty bad ideas now that I'm a student at the University of Colorado - Denver.)