My daughter works in a smaller market (Birmingham), but has had the benefit of some very solid training with broadway performers (folks like Susan Egan, Paul Canaan, and Peter Reardon). We list their names under "training", but I'm wondering if we should list their Broadway credits in parenthesis --- or put an asterisk by their name and indicate below that the asterisked ones are Broadway performers?

Because DD is now in the teenage dead zone, she mostly auditions locally. But we're thinking ahead to college application. Would it be useful to indicate the Broadway connections in her training section? (BTW - she's a musical theatre girl)

Thanks much!
T

you don't need to list their credits at all. if the person reading your resume needs to know who they are, well, trust me, they will know without needing to look them up. if you list these performer's credits, you are basically telling the people reading the resume that they couldn't possibly know who these famous performers are, and that insults their intelligence.

i mean, if your DD did a film with brad pitt, or took a master class with him, you wouldnt list all of his credits, would you? i would hope not!

birmingham is a small market, but trust me, the people who need to know will already know, and if they don't, they'll either ask (as i have been) or will look it up themselves. and esp for the college people. they will know if they need to. and if they don't know, they probably shouldn't be people your DD works with or studies with. with the exception of paul canaan- i didn't know who that was. seems his broadway experience is that of an ensemble member. don't get me wrong, it's still incredible his amount of Broadway experience and i'm not downplaying it in any way, but i doubt most professionals will care that she studied with a chorus boy. i personally would still have loved the experience and would still list it, so i can't really say for sure on that one. but still...

but don't insult their intelligence. list the names, and if someone doesn't know, they'll ask.

i will say this, though, since you are in a smaller market, i'm willing to bet these were only workshops, or short term training opportunities. make sure to list the training as they were:

masterclass
workshop
2-day workshop

or if they were a real, long term class, you can list them under classes. but don't lie. there's no need to lie or stretch the truth.

i know you want the best for DD, but trust me, simpler is better. and if they do ask, even better, because it gives DD a chance to talk with them on a human level, as opposed to words on a page that are read while she sings and forgotten when she walks out.