School: Teacher & Student

February 12, 2008 by Dennis Baker 

So you might be wondering what is next in regards to school for me. I applied/auditioned to four MFA programs: USD, Delaware, Fullerton, and Shakespeare Theater in DC. I have the Shakespeare Theater audition this Saturday and I have completed the other auditions. Fullerton at first seemed like they were interested, but I have researched and heard that the main acting teacher is very similar to the one at Rutgers. If that is the case, I will probably not attend. Unless the Shakespeare Theater audition goes amazingly it looks more and more like an MFA program will not be in my future.

We know we will be living in the east coast for at least another year so I applied to the M.A. in Educational Theater at NYU Steinhardt. I have mixed feelings about the program. They have a focus for people that want to teach at the college level which interests me, but I always told myself that I would not fall back on an MA program. With that said this has been a year of complete change and slowly comes the realization that one does not get to choose everything in life. Some paths in life are chosen for him/her. The program is 36 units total and can be completed in three semesters. If I am accepted and start this summer I could be done in the spring. That sounds very appealing.

In regards to teaching, I have applied for a part time drama teaching position at the Brearley School in New York. It is a position that will begin in the fall. It would work well with the NYU program as I could teach during the day and take classes at night and on weekends. I was also was hired on last week as a substitute teacher for the Grace Church School. They hired me and put me in a classroom all in the same day. I spent most of the week teaching various subjects from ages K-8th grade.

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