PROCESSING THE PROCESS - Auditioning for College Musical Theatre Programs, A Parent’s Perspective

Meet a heart-driven powerhouse duo, ARTSBIDGE Founder & President - Halley Shefler and Vice President - Shaun Ramsay. They both have extensive experience in college admissions and are expert authorities. If you’ve listened to previous episodes, you’ve heard me speak of Artsbridge Summer program that both my boys attended as their final big push to prepare and train prior to their college auditions. It’s special! Listen to hear why. This is packed with so much insight and conversations that will help parents and their students think through the process ahead of them. If you found this episode, consider yourself very lucky. It’s a gem. ENJOY! As always..please, like this podcast, comment, email ([email protected]), rate, share, or reach out to me on social media @processingtheprocessPTP. I’d truly love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

I’ve thought about recording with Antonio Cipriano for a while and finally reached out to him to recently. I think it’s important to get insight into alternative paths to the same end. Tony’s has been a special journey to the stage and now, TV. He did audition for College Musical Theatre Programs. As his path revealed itself, he did not end up going that route and has no regrets. Listen, enjoy, and share! You can follow him - https://antoniocipriano.com, Instagram: @antoniocipriano_,

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Continued from Episode 1. This is a fabulously transparent conversation where Laura and Andrew (Mother and Son) share their journey through this process. This captures the nuances of their dynamic. We touch on many, many elements of their experieNce as they reflect back, including: communication, coaching, Senior year commitments, deciding not to audition at a school you passed a pre-screen for, the importance of resonating, the “waiting process,” the “ waitlisted process,” and the mental dimension of it all!

A good listen for more great insider info on the process! Gabriella and her Mom share the journey since they last recorded with me! Listen for tips, foresight, things to consider and much more. Enjoy!

What will life after college look like as an MT graduate? It’s hard to truly know. Bryn Rivière shares her own journey from CCM to being an aspiring actress, living the auditioning life in NYC. Lots of practical information and insight to the variable of what this path entails and how she has adjusted to day to day life as it is now.

Jack Kay is an aspiring Actor and 2019 Juilliard Graduate. We had a great chat and went a bit deep, talking about challenges and how he’s met those and kept moving forward. I’d say this is quite enlightening and invaluable food for thought as you support your child through this process. Being able to benefit from Jack’s thoughts looking back and now, having begun the real world part of pursing a career as an Actor, I feel, is a huge gift back to us parents. Hopi g you feel the same. Please do subscribe, comment, review, and send me your thoughts on any of this and my podcast at @processingtheprocessptp on Instagram, PTP - Lisa Thams on Facebook or email me at [email protected]. Still thinking of you all and cheering you in as you move forward in the process!

Dylan Mulvaney is 23 and graduated a year ago from CCM with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Shortly after showcasing in NYC he was cast as Elder White in the Book of Mormon tour. A dream come true! Listen to hear about his journey thus far, including, how the pandemic of COVID19 has affected his work. If you are interested in reaching out to him, he is @dylanmulvaney on Instagram. As always, lots of good miscellaneous insight to Musical Theatre overall. Also, apologies for the overlap of our voices toward the end of this episode. Still working on my tech skills!! I’d love for you to rate my podcast and leave a message for me with your thoughts about it, specific questions or suggestions. You can email me at [email protected] or message me @processingtheprocessptp. Be well everyone!

This episode is one I’ve been wanting to do for a while.

I think it’s important to consider the journey of deciding NOT to go the route of pursuing an education or career in Musical Theatre.

You will be listening to my conversation with Emma, who after much back and forth about it, ultimately chose a different path for her life.

She shares about the variables that led her to that decision.

So many good thoughts shared here!

Even if your child is full speed ahead in this process, you will appreciate the content in this episode!

If your child is coming up on 2020 Unifieds, this episode is especially in synch with where you are at with your child in this process. The first part of this podcast is recorded in the lobby of The Palmer House at Chicago Unifieds last year. The background noise is an accurate representation of what it’s like there during that time! The conversation is one I had with another mom I met (now, a friend), Elizabeth, whose son was also going through the application and auditioning process last year. The second part of this podcast is an update of her journey with her son from that conversation we had in February 2019 at Unifieds and what all they navigated through from then until ultimately making a decision on which program her son would attend! I’d love for you to leave a message for me with your thoughts about my podcast. Go to - https://anchor.fm/lisa-thams/message

If you are applying to school for Musical Theatre this year, 2019/20, you are currently in the throws of the process!Gabriella & her Mom, Amy, fall into exactly, that very special group of people! In this episode you will be listening to our chat. Gabriella has been thinking about and anticipating actively applying and auditioning for quite some time and is impressively articulate about her thought processes along the way of arriving at her decision to go all in on this route. So many great conclusions about that as well as choosing her prescreen material, finalizing her list of schools she’s applying to and much more. Lots of really great food for thought here, for sure! In Episode #1 of this podcast I talked with Amy, Gabriella’s mom, who was at that time looking ahead to now! So, this is somewhat of an addendum to that!