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...romance! It’s the 3 a.m., sitting with friends, drinking, and discussing theater in New York City! I live for that! I love that!” Despite this rousing conclusion, the panel was much more sobering, revealing that romance alone is not enough to sustain a career in the arts. For current HRDC members, the panelists emphasized the need to be honest and realistic about their prospects of finding a career in theater...
...There isn’t a lot of advising or guidance available for how to get a career in the arts,” says Matt C. Stone ’11, the historian of HRDC and primary organizer of the panel. “I’ve learned so much from HRDC, but there is no one here who will sit you down and tell you how to make a career in theater.” Because there is not a formal system in place for putting alumni in touch with recent grads, Stone has been working with...
...good thing about having young alums and not big name people is that they are...trying to forge their career now and that’s what HRDC alums will do in one, two, three years from now,” Stone says. The audience seemed to find the panelists approachable, asking them questions about their thoughts on what city to move to after graduating and whether an agent is necessary. Alternating between questions from moderator Marcus Stern, associate director of the American Repertory Theater, and those from the audience, the panelists offered general advice on whether...
...influx of alumni to Cambridge last year to celebrate the HRDC’s 100th anniversary. With a new alumni newsletter, Stone hopes to develop and strengthen the club’s relationship with alumni, while more panels on a larger scale help to fill the void of theater career advising...
...There’s this perception that having a successful career in theater is an extremely difficult thing to do, maybe even impossible,” Stone said. Echoing the sentiments of the panelists about the difficulties and possibilities of creating a career in theater from an HRDC background, Stone reiterated the importance of contacting alumni. “But from all the alumni that I’ve corresponded with, I’ve seen that a Harvard education 110 percent prepares you for that. It’s just that we aren’t so good...