*Had to go through rigorous auditions as well as having high grades to get into school’s program*
*Had auditions to get into school’s musical and plays the first week of school while still unpacking*
*Has at least 3, one and half hour classes that are for one or no credit but are mandatory*
*Has intensive dance class that would make a body builder sore*
*Has academic classes on top of theatre classes*
*Has 10 Hour long rehearsals on top of all other classes*
Academic Major:
*Applied and got into school*
*Has maybe one paper due next week and like a lab or something*
Tech Major:
*Has standard class load*
*Is required to work unpaid shop hours for class*
*works 40 - 50 hours a week in the theatre on top of class requirements*
*has to try and work outside of school because the school pays shit*
*routinely works until 4am and has class at 8am*
*Has to mentally muscle through required acting courses*
*Literally gives their sweat, blood, and tears to a production*
*Has to live off of Red Bull or Coffee because sleep isn’t a thing they get (especially during tech week)*
*More often than not has teachers who don’t care about how much you’re working and still need the assignment that takes 4 - 10 hours done by next class*
I saw a post somewhere that was essentially “techs are actors that didn’t make it” If I ever meet someone who says that, my fist will be in their face before they finish the sentence.
I don’t have to take acting classes where I go to school but all of this is accurate.
Being a tech major is not for the weak of heart and mind. We are strong as hell
