The first article I have chosen is Learning to Act, but Hungry for Roles to Practice. The article was written by Laura Collins-Hughes on February 25, 2016. I chose this article because it concerns women actors in playwright productions. Furthermore, it also concerns about acting classes on the college level for undergraduate students. I found this topic particularly interesting since I often wonder about theatre programs and plays productions on large universities and the opportunities for female students in these productions.
After reading this article, I learnt that the field of theatre is taking different initiatives to promote female actors in the playwright productions since the field was more for male actors before. Male actors tend to have more opportunity to be involved with different playwright productions and to be constantly challenged with different roles to practice and perform, which help their acting careers tremendously. However, these opportunities are not so widely available for female actors. I like this articles in particular to these factors because I have not considered about the difficulties of college female students who is majoring in theatre before. As a business student with a finance major, I often became oblivious with other major in college but this article put me in a new lights and gives me a more well rounded understanding about students with theatre major and playwright productions.
In regards to the actual writing in the article, I find it boring to read. The articles ideas are not well organized. It starts with information on Boston University’s theatre department and then ends with popular playwright productions. It does not provide in-depth analysis on any particular topic but more on a general level with stated facts but no connections. The article also has no voice. Due to its poorly written, this article does not lead me