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If you looking to become an actor, you should think about what you are planning
to do in terms of work. If you want to work in the theatre, you can study at any
number of universities. US News & World Report recently published an article in the
March 10, 1997 issue about the best graduate schools in the US. For theatre, the top five for
an MFA in the Theatre were in decending order:
1. Yale University
2. NYU
3. UC - San Diego
4. N. Carolina School of the Arts or Univ. of Washington
5. A.C.T. in SF or Carnegie Mellon
However, most universities do not have very good training for actors.
My wife graduated from USC with an MFA in Directing. I have a very dear friend
who got her MFA at UCSD. Neither school offers good training for actors.
In my opinion, the best acting training in the US is to had by a man named Phil Bennett
at the Bennett Theatre Lab in San Francisco.
You can:
1. E-mail him at beinero@aol.com,
2. Call him at 415-2802-1520
3. Write him at
5150 Diamond Heights Blvd #B-202
San Francisco, CA 94131
Phil was a protoge of Sonia Moore and teaches the up-to-date Stansislavski system.If you want to work in film and television, you'll need to move to LA. That's where most of the work is.
Posted by Terry the Bard Fan on April 05, 1997 at 23:09:04
In Reply to "looking for a drama/thaether arts college/university in us to attend in 1998 any suggestions thanx" posted by g-rat on March 31, 1997 at 12:42:40
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