作者简介：Sean Drohan,毕业于美国普林斯顿大学，主修英语文学，专攻戏剧文学，同时Sean还学习了表演，填词，导演，挪威语等。Sean在校期间曾成功辅导学生录取：哥伦比亚大学（综合4名）莱斯大学（综合18名）、埃默里大学（综合20名）、威廉玛丽学院（综合32名）等美国名校。第一次来中国的他期待着与中国学生能碰撞出新的火花，帮助他们向着自己的梦想大学迈进。

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翻译：敏杰

I come from a family of performers. My sister was a dancer. My other sister is a working actress in Los Angeles. My father was a trained actor and singer. His father was a singer. So, it’s notentirely surprising that I found my way into theater. What I did not expect was that my study of performance in college would be so foundational to who I am as a human being and to every aspect of my life, inside and outside of the theater.
我来自一个演艺世家，我的姐姐是位舞者，我另外一个姐姐是在洛杉矶工作的演员，我的爸爸是一位训练有素的演员和歌手，我的祖父也是一位歌手。所以完全不用惊讶我在戏剧界找到了我的出路。然而出乎我意外的是，我在大学里所学习的演艺课程对于我作为一个人类来说我是谁以及我生活的方方面面，无论戏剧界还是戏剧界外打下基础。

I thought that I wanted to major in the Princeton’s famous Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs. After my first semester, I realized that it was not what I wanted, and I became a Classics major, intending to focus on Latin and Ancient Greek.However, by the end of my freshman year, I had taken my first English and playwriting classes and knew that theater would be my focus at Princeton.

我以为我会想在普林斯顿大学著名的伍德罗·威尔逊国际与公共事务学院学习。但是度过了我的第一个学期后，我意识到这并不是我想要的。于是，我成为了古典文学专业的学生，专攻拉丁与古希腊文学。但是到了大一末在我上了第一堂英语与戏剧编写课程后我明白，戏剧将会是我在普林斯顿大学的重点。

Princeton has a very interdisciplinary approach,which means that you learn about the theater from every perspective,unlike going to an acting school, where one learns only about acting. In my time, I took courses in acting, directing, playwriting, casting, and of course many classes in the literature of the theater. I not only read the great Western works of theater, plays by Sophocles, Anton Chekhov, Bertolt Brecht,Tennessee Williams, and many more, but also Chinese plays such as ‘The Peony Pavilion’and ‘The Legend of the White Snake,’ as well as plays from other cultures.
普林斯顿大学具有一套特有的多元科际研究法，这意味着你可以从各个角度学习到戏剧的知识，而不是像去表演类学校只学习表演相关的知识。我在大学期间选修了表演、导演、编剧、角色分配，当然还有许多关于戏剧的文学课程，我不仅看了许多伟大的西方戏剧作品，还看了许多中国的戏剧，例如《牡丹亭》和《白蛇传》，还有其他文化来源的戏剧。

Studying theater gave me great opportunities to travel, almost entirely paid for by the University. After my sophomore year, I spent the summer in Athens,Greece, taking acting classes and working with local artists. After my junior year, I traveled to Norway to learn about Henrik Ibsen and learn Norwegian.This trip was in preparation for my acting thesis, a production of Hedda Gabler, a play about a woman trapped in a loveless marriage. In this unusual production, I actually played the lead (female) character, as you can see in the picture.
学习戏剧为我提供了许多旅游的机会，这些几乎完全是大学赞助的。大二的暑假里我去了希腊的雅典上表演课并和当地的艺术家们一起工作。大三我去了挪威去了解亨利克·易卜生并且学习了挪威语。这次旅程是在为我的表演课论文做准备，作品是一部关于一个陷入没有爱情的婚姻的妇女的戏剧《海达高布乐》。在这个不同寻常的作品中，我实际上饰演的是主角（女性），正如你在图片中所看到的那样

For my thesis in the English department, I wrote and directed an adaptation of an Ancient Greek drama, ‘The Bacchae.’ In this play, there were seven songs,for which I wrote the lyrics, and another student wrote the music. This was one of the most rewarding experiences of my time in college.

在我英语课程的论文中，我改编并导演了一部古希腊戏剧“酒神的女祭司们”。在这部戏剧中有7首歌曲，由我填词，另一位同学谱曲。这是我大学生涯中最有意义的经历之一。

Employers inside and outside of the theater continue to be impressed by my experience in the theater. Working in theaters taught me to pay attention to small details, work within budgets, do sales,organize large events, and work very diligently, all skills that translate immediately into a host of other careers. I had no shortage of opportunities coming out of college. On top of that, gaining the confidence to perform infront of thousands of people makes job interviews and group presentations seem incredibly easy and low-stress.

不管是戏剧界的老板还是戏剧界之外的老板一直对我的经历印象深刻。在剧院工作的经历让我学会要关注细节，在预算、销售、组织大型活动等方面有所提高。所有我学到的技能能够快速转换去适应其他的职业，因此从大学毕业后我并不缺少机会。最重要的是，我能够在数以千计的观众前表演，这种自信使我在招聘面试以及小组演示中显得极其轻松。

Studying theater taught me a lot more than I ever expected. I’ve learned culture, other languages, life skills, business skills, psychology, history,and a lot more. I had a wonderful time studying theater, and I would definitely encourage other students to consider studying the arts (either as a major,minor, or extracurricular activity) during their time in college.

学习戏剧让我学习很多，这是出乎我意料之外的。我学习了文化、其他国家的语言、生活技能、商业技能、心理学、历史学以及其他更多的东西。在学习戏剧的过程中我度过了一段美好的时光，我肯定会鼓励其他学生在他们的大学生涯中考虑学习艺术类专业（不管专业、辅修或者是课外活动）。

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