Expert: Phil Nemy - 6/23/2008

Question
hi phil!!my name is jared wyrick im 18 years old keep and eye out 4 me i plan to acheive a great career in acting!! my question is really quite simple actually i have my eye on a number of acting schools when i graduate from high school where would you rank these and what are your opinions or thoughts on the schools based on what you know of them>> north carolina school of the arts, rutgers university theatre program, usc theatre program, lee strasberg theatre institute, and the carnegie mellon drama program and last but not least nyu tisch school of the arts!! thanks phil

Answer
Jared,

Thanks for writing. In my opinion, the best schools in which to study in a Professional Actors Training Program are, in order of preference:

1) Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
2) The Julliard School of Drama
2) NYU Tisch School of the Arts
3) Yale School of Drama (Graduate Program only)
4) Webster University
5) NC School of the Arts
6) Boston University
7) Brandeis University
8) Southern Methodist University
9) Univ of Washington at Seattle
10) Northwestern
11) California Institute of the Arts
12) UCLA
13) SUNY Purchase
14) USC

I would stay away from the Lee Strasberg Institute. I don't know much about Rutgers' program so I can't give you an opinion about them.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Phil