The best theatre education I ever received was not in a classroom. It wasn't on a stage either. What I know about the theatre I gained from the years I spent volunteering as an usher. I started volunteering because I wanted to see plays and musicals that I couldn't afford to see, and somehow along the way I learned more than I ever thought I would.

At my last District Competition, I had the pleasure of performing a Small Group Musical entitled 9 Peoples Favorite Thing from the musical, Title of Show. When choosing pieces to take to competition, this song spoke to me because it relies on one simple message: to have confidence in yourself even when others don't believe in you.

As a fellow thespian, dealing with post-show depression sucks. Not having to perform in front of an audience, missing their eccentric applause, getting "beat" by the makeup gods before the performance, and not performing with not just your castmates, your family, literally sucks. I recently went through that.

Welcome to the second installment of 'Day in the Life of a Publicity Officer'. As mentioned in my previous article, I have many responsibilities. Not only do I make video newsletters, but I create posters as well. Facebook covers, event covers, flyers, etc. Next week is Shakespeare Week, meaning we have a jam-packed week ahead with awesome events. Also meaning I'm in the library trying to get the poster done as soon as possible. In this article, I'm going to show how I create a poster and hopefully provide some insight on how you can too.

Hi! I'm Carmel and this is my first blog post here at BroadwayWorld. I'm really excited to have this opportunity to share some of my theatre experiences with the world.

College, at times, is exhausting. Every Sunday, the question haunts me: When am I going to find time to write?

As a writer one of the best feelings is hearing your words being read out loud. The first time I ever heard the words that I've written read by someone else was at my grad school residency. I was in a masterclass in dramatic writing where I had submitted one of the plays I've been working on to be read by the group. As time got closer to my work being read I actually grew really nervous. I wasn't sure how the play would be received and what kind of feedback I would get. I was afraid that everyone would hate it and most importantly I would hate it.

Hi again, everyone! I hope you have had an eventful semester and year so far. With it being the time for midterms, there are a lot of school projects underway and with that, a lot to talk about. Depending on what school you may attend, what your interests are, and what level you're at in school, it's all a process with so much room for opportunity to share what the latest trend is and how it affects the work you do.

Hi Broadwayworld! Im Lorenza , a 20 years old in the middle of my Musical Theatre BFA at . It's crazy to think that a year and a half ago I changed my life completely in order to pursue this as a career. I moved from Lima, Peru where I've lived my entire life and came here to The U.S. where I knew I would get the best training! Being a Latina in this political climate is interesting to say the least, but I've been incredibly blessed to know that there is a place for us in the theatre, or at least that there should be!

Everybody knows that being a freshman theatre major (or really, a freshman in any performing arts major) usually means a whole lot of auditioning and not getting a lot of bites (in most cases).

Hey Broadwayworld.com. It's me Lea. I am here with life as crazy as it gets. This week has been a crazy/busy week because we had rehearsals for Middletown, every day; we had tech rehearsal, dress rehearsal, running through the entire show. Part of me feels very excited, nervous and a little bit overwhelmed since I am juggling a personal life, home life, school, and play rehearsals. It's a lot to handle.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of art is to "The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." This definition is a true statement to how I feel when I'm in the theatre doing what I love.

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Hi! So this week was particularly eventful for many reasons oh my goodness! First of all, rehearsals for Spring Awakening began Monday night, and I'm so thrilled to be involved.

On my first day of grad school the program director sat us all down for a new student orientation, and told us her story of her first day on the job. She told us how she felt like a fake and doubted her talent around her accomplished faculty members. Then one of the faculty came up to her and asked her "do you feel like a fake yet"?

Hello again everyone and welcome back to my weekly blog with BroadwayWorld! This past week has been full of school, outside activities, as well as preparing for the upcoming professional auditions many in my program are taking part in. So, with this conference at the forefront of everyone's minds, I thought I would detail a little bit about how I am personally preparing to audition for a ton of summer stock companies, and how I'm balancing trying to be a professional while knowing that being a student has to always come first.

As a publicity officer, I have many responsibilities. One of which being to edit our video newsletters. In this article, I'm going to explain how I edit these newsletters and hopefully provide some good tips to anyone who's interested.

Hi, everyone!  My name is Elana, and I am so excited to begin writing on BroadwayWorld!  I have always enjoyed writing, and am ecstatic to share my life and love of theatre with you all.

A halfhearted sprinkle of rain drizzles upon the rooftops of Austin, coaxing weary UT students back indoors to recharge from the exhausting day. But for a specific few, the work has just begun. Lights up on a downstairs room of the Winship Drama building at the University of Texas. Twelves pairs of feet are planted firmly on the ground. Twelve sets of eyes rest shut, probably for the first time in hours.

I believe February is having an identity crisis. This week has gone from the campus being blanketed with snow to shorts and tee-shirt weather and then back to snow again! But the erratic weather has not stopped the theatre department from preparing for the upcoming spring productions: William Shakespeare's As You Like It and the Directing Class' Spring Shorts.

Any student of the performing arts knows that modern theatrical performance stems from the tragedies of Ancient Greece. We are all taught at a young age the tale of Thespis, who stepped out from the chorus and became the very first actor. That is where our title, 'thespian', comes from! Well, what if you had the opportunity to study the ancient world in which our profession was originally cultivated?

Ah Hi! The semester is definitely beginning to kick into high gear! I've had an assessment in almost all of my classes over the past week, and Spring Awakening rehearsals start this upcoming Monday.

Audition season is about halfway over, yet a majority of us do not know what our plans for the summer are. We are either still waiting on an offer from a theatre who has not finished their auditions yet, or we have already heard "no". No matter what your story is, long story short, the waiting game is HARD. The question is, how can we survive the waiting period without driving ourselves into the ground and becoming certifiably insane (I learned the hard way last year...)?

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Hi, everyone! I hope you all are doing well so far this season. It is officially the end of Theatre Week here in Chicago. This 10 day period provides a big amount of discounts and opportunity for everyone to see several shows in the city. That being said, an issue that has been quite a huge part of my education and experience this current school year that I would love to see discussed more is accessibility services in theatre.