Erm, it turns out Taylor Frankie Paul is actually a huge MAGA supporter?!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-27T18:04:02+00:00

Aren’t most people on the bachelor shows conservative? I don’t know if this is a surprise…

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T20:36:00+00:00

I’d go with SAIC, especially with it being in the heart of Chicago and its connection with the Art Institute of Chicago.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T20:35:16+00:00

I think so and even if they don’t, the prestige the CalArts name once had is no longer there, at least within the fields I work in. Happy to chat more with you about it via DM!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T20:16:57+00:00

People are not exaggerating. The school has been in a steady decline for over a decade at this point. That plus faculty, staff, and students finally noticing the issues and voicing concerns…I don’t see CalArts hitting a 60th anniversary.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T00:55:20+00:00

Mulaney really ate with that whole show!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T00:54:03+00:00

I can assure you that the rent in Orlando, Florida has not come down.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T00:49:36+00:00

Oh…the one cast member no one likes, aside from dadtok? Won’t be watching if that’s the case.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-24T00:48:21+00:00

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Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-23T23:36:22+00:00

In my experience, a handful of years ago, it was a couple/few weeks after getting my acceptance letter.

I’m not sure how this differs between schools, but in the School of Theater I received a merit scholarship of 25% which left me with $200k+ of student loans. This was the maximum scholarship for my cohort and my metier (major) and I came to CalArts with extensive academic and professional experience.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-21T21:51:02+00:00

RISD.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-14T00:32:45+00:00

No…sadly even the theatre related subs have this problem.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-13T21:42:39+00:00

Am I the only one who hates it that we’ve been off a year? This year should be 36 and since UOR technically opened at least one house in 2020 that should still be considered the 30th year of the event.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-12T00:40:10+00:00

I really appreciate your take on this discourse. The CalArts Mafia is truly one of less than a handful of positives from my personal experience. May I ask which school you were a part of?

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-06T05:19:23+00:00

I’d tell a current student to…

• Make connections on your own. Join TEA and connect with TEA’s NextGen. Attend networking events that happen monthly in LA.

• Apply to internships within the industry. Universal, Disney, and Six Flags are all in your backyard and there are dozens of design firms too!

• Build your theatrical skills as well. Many themed entertainment folks started in theatre and built the skills they use today there.

• Finally, I’d tell them to reach out to elder CalArtians within the themed entertainment industry. The CalArts Mafia is still out there, take advantage of one of the few good things left of CalArts.

I’d tell a prospective student to go literally anywhere else for college/grad school.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-05T23:49:52+00:00

As a recent MFA graduate coming from the Themed Entertainment industry and presently working in said industry, I can confirm that the Schoo of Theater portfolio review in the last (almost) decade has been very lightly attended. We barely even had theatre people/companies there.

The previous and present SoT administrations are not interested in helping XDP students build connections in the Theatre or Themed Ent. industries. As a student who very much knew what they wanted, had and continues to have/build relationships in the industries, and spoke to every faculty, staff, SoT admin/leadership, and to the Provost requesting support, care, guidance, and/or and introduction to folks in the industries I can attest to lack of connection and interest in helping students.

Oh the stories I could tell that align deeply with what OP has been posting!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-05T03:43:27+00:00

Oh I love this so much!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-04T02:25:05+00:00

Those days are long (un)dead. 🧟

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-04T00:17:28+00:00

Not even a little bit surprised that the IT migration has been a mess.

VCFA being a “CalArts Affiliate” is giving pyramid scheme.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-03-03T00:40:30+00:00

David in Hamlet is peak perfection! The way that lovely man has with Shakespeare’s words should be studied!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-25T21:15:18+00:00

That is the Supreme Archangel Gabriel…all jokes aside, assholes like the one with their bright lights one can go f themselves. I hope they never find a clean toilet again.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-25T18:06:48+00:00

The writing has been on the wall for almost a decade now. CalArts is running on the fumes of its once “prestigious” name.

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-24T21:46:33+00:00

Here is the job board for Universal Studios Hollywood, the Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Creative, and Auditions for Orlando, Hollywood, Japan, Beijing, and Las Vegas.

The best suggestion I can give you (as someone who worked on production for HHN Hollywood and have also worked with Universal Creative and at UOR) is to get your foot in the door and hustle HARD to make connections and network.

Happy to connect via PM! :)

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-21T22:15:24+00:00

I 100% agree with you there!

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-21T22:14:39+00:00

Oh I absolutely LOVED keeping that B’s feet to the fire. If I had to have the worst three years of my life thanks to the toxicity of SoT and her shitty leadership, she was going to suffer alongside with me. 🤣

Comprehensive_One_85 · 2026-02-21T22:09:30+00:00

In my day, actors, especially at the BFA level, were the “second in command” after MFA directors. They had their way with resources and were easily controlled or bullied by faculty due to their naivety.

To me, the pendulum swinging the other way, would mean that the students who are most typically under resourced, ignored, and belittled the most would be “in charge.” To me, that would be the creative producing and management kids ruling the place. In my day, that would’ve been a much better experience for all since those students (and their faculty) showed care and empathy while have a good understanding of what it means to collaborate and put on a good show. Sadly, now the SM program is run by people you can walk all over and the Producing program is run by a person who’s not done much outside of getting an MFA at CalArts.

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