Stories, advice, and lessons learned from navigating the musical theater college application process. A parent's perspective on helping your performer find their spotlight.
A frank, funny look at what it's really like supporting your kid through the MT audition process — and the mistakes I made along the way.
Watch on YouTubeMy daughter ended up at Penn State, not a PUA school. But if I had to point to the single most valuable thing we did during her audition year, Pittsburgh Unifieds would be at the top of the list. Here's why — and the narrow case for skipping it.
Read moreNobody tells you upfront what MT audition season actually costs — in dollars, in time, or in emotional energy. And nobody talks openly about the role luck plays in outcomes. Both of those things are worth saying out loud.
Read moreThe talk I gave at Pittsburgh Unifieds was called 'How to Not Be a Theater Dad.' I want to be clear: I was not always good at this. Here's what I learned, mostly after I'd already done it wrong.
Read moreWith 2,000–4,000 applicants competing for 10–30 spots at top BFA programs, the math on dream schools is brutal. Here's what I wish I'd internalized earlier — and how my own rejection story ended up being the best thing that ever happened to me.
Read moreThe single most useful thing I figured out during my daughter's MT application year: there's a clear line between what's yours to handle and what isn't. Here's how we divided it up.
Read moreI applied everything I knew about organizing complex information to managing my daughter's BFA applications. The result was a Google Sheet with 12 tabs and its own emotional weather. Here's what was in it.
Read moreI'm a roboticist with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. I had no business navigating the BFA Musical Theater application process. Here's how that went.
Read moreBuilding a list of 15-20 MT programs is one of the first big tasks. Here's how we approached it and the mistakes we made along the way.
Read moreLast October we gave a talk about what we learned navigating the musical theater college application process. Here's the video and our key takeaways.
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