To answer your many questions, Gargoyle... I'm in North Carolina...there are, in fact, several good programs here (ECU and NCSA both have good tech theater reputations) As for the other out of state offers, I've heard from University of Texas-Austin, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa, and Univeristy of Oklahoma. All of the above have offered in-state tuition, as has Arizona State. My mother used to teach at UT, so I already had some information on it, and I looked at the others on the Net and they didn't spark my interest much. Arizona looked interesting, but I've never been there, so I thought I'd ask the most informed arts people I know: the Mudcatters. I would be entering as a freshman. Questions answered?