The families who get a calm fall are the ones who used the summer. Here's the full musical theater audition timeline, from the July work that sets up senior year through commit day in May, and what to actually do at each stage.
Read moreMy 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.
Read moreMyMT keeps your whole season in one place, from school research and deadlines to songs, monologues, and final decisions, so you can spend your energy where it matters. Start free and see.