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...people we have worked with are very creative and enthusiastic,” Scheuer adds, specifically citing lighting designer Tom E. Osborne ’08, stage manager Susan C. Merenda ’07 and producer Teymour Shahabi...
...Susan C. Merenda ’07 is one such student petitioning for a special concentration in dramatic arts. She is obviously passionate about studying theater, as dedicated as an MBB concentrator might be on exploring the brain. “When I look through the course booklet, I have no interest in classes that aren’t related to theater,” she says. “I currently am an English concentrator, and when I go down the department list, every single one where I go ‘oh that looks cool...
...Bachelor of Arts degree in dramatic arts traditionally focuses on the academic exploration of theater, in comparison to a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree, which is more performance and conservatory-based. Merenda has heard that “the new concentration in drama would be very academic-based, which I think is completely normal. I hope it makes people realize how silly it was not to have a concentration anyways...
...potential scheduling conflicts, Merenda suggests reduction of the number of plays. She puts forth the model of other performing arts colleges, in which during the first two years students would not be allowed perform, but would instead focus on training and learning about skills. The last two years would be the time to put on performances. In this manner, not only would students be given an intensive exploration of technique, but the competition for performance space would be diminished...
...question arises as to why it is that students with a more definite plan for their future cannot explore vocational possibilities through a Harvard liberal arts curriculum. As Merenda exasperatedly exclaims, “MIT has a theater major for heaven sake...