Student Blogger: Emily Hoffert

For the past six months, ita??s been tempting to look around at the world and want to scream in frustration. Every theatre artist I knowa?"no matter what age, identity, level of experience, or level of educationa?"feels some degree of artistic and economic suffocation due to the pandemic.

The shutdown of Broadway and most/all theatrical activity this summer hit me hard.

For anyone in the theatre industry, an added stressor of this summera??s health and political chaos has been the complete loss of our industrya??s traditional in-person activity.

Happy summer to everyone, but especially to all the recently-graduated high school seniors out there: this blog post is for you!

A few more surprising things student directors are paying attention to during your audition... 

Majoring in theatre directing, much of studying theatre means studying myself. Fordham's theatre program has pushed me to reflect on my own thought patterns, communication skills, and identity. This year, I've learneda??