Just the idea of an artistic review can be overwhelming, scary, and stressful. It’s a big unknown after all — for every high school senior and hopeful grad student in the arts. 

At Nothing But Drama, we are here to help reduce the stress and prepare you to navigate the artistic review process with confidence, clarity and enthusiasm! 

On top of that, we can guide you through the college application process as well. Applications AND artistic reviews! What fun!

Here’s what we’ll do together:


  1. Get to know your desired programs and schools. Go deep. Read. Learn. Visit. We’ll discuss what you discover.

  2. Sort it all out. What are the dates, deadlines, requirements, guidelines and materials to gather for each school’s application and artistic review processes?

  3. Develop your art. Whether through your work on monologues, songs, a director’s notebook for theater, or portfolios for film, dramatic writing and theatrical production & design programs, we will help them get to know you.

  4. Develop your voice. Share yourself through the Common App essay, school supplemental essays, activities lists and artist statements. Create a multi-faceted presentation of the artist, student and person you are!



If you are — or you have — a theatre, film or dramatic writing student dreaming about studying their art, drop me a line!

 

Let’s talk about working together!

VIDEO NOTE: CONTRARY TO WHAT I SAY UP FRONT IN THE VIDEO, I DO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE BOTH THE COLLEGE APPLICATION AND ARTISTIC REVIEW PROCESSES. (UPDATED VIDEO COMING SOON!)

 

STUDENTS

I provide application and artistic review guidance for undergraduate and graduate programs in these areas:

  • Acting

  • Musical Theatre

  • Directing

  • Theatrical Production & Design

  • Filmmaking

  • Dramatic Writing

    • screenwriting, TV writing, playwriting

CONSULTANTS and COUNSELORS

  • I can either partner with you as a specialty consultant who will advise your students on the artistic review process or I can work with the family on both the college application and artistic review.

  • Contact me about doing a workshop with your students or a talk with your families and colleagues!

 

FREE VideO!

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Navigating the university or graduate school application process in another country can be challenging — not to mention adding the artistic review process to the whole thing! I happily work with students all over the world who are interested in studying their art at colleges and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. My students hail from such places as India, Bahrain, Turkey, Greece, England, Brazil, Colombia and the United States. I hold both domestic and international student meetings using Zoom, a free, user-friendly video conferencing platform.


school, college and university acceptances

My students have been admitted to the following schools, colleges and universities:

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Boston University

Chapman University

Columbia College Chicago

Connecticut College

DePaul University

Emerson College

Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College

The Hartt School at University of Hartford

Ithaca College

Loyola Marymount University

Mary Baldwin University

Marymount Manhattan College

Muhlenberg College

The New School for Drama

New York University (NYU)

Northeastern University

Oberlin College

Pace University

Point Park University

Rose Bruford College (England)

Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts

Ryerson University (Canada)

Sarah Lawrence College

Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

SUNY Purchase

Syracuse University

Tulane University

UCLA

University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)

University of North Carolina

University of Southern California (USC)

University of Texas - Austin

Vassar College

Wagner College

York University (Canada)

 

All gender identities and sexual orientations are welcome here.

Banner photo of dahlia on deck in Cherry Grove, Fire Island by Chris Andersson.