I just went inactive from the Lambda Sigma cast this week. Unfortunately, the requirements from my cast are such that I cannot still be a member and... you know... keep my grades up and make enough money that I can pay rent and eat and stuff.
I was a member for three years - our cast has a number of activities that make it such a huge time investment. Every year (for nearly the last 50 years) APO put on a production known as Capers, which began as a talent show and evolved into a member-produced show that cast anywhere from 90-130 people from majors all over the college. Anyone that wants to be in Capers and doesn't have any major schedule conflicts is cast. This project alone is an endeavor that goes from October to Febuary.
PossessedByDevil
I know a lot of a people that are in alpha psi omega and I'm friends with some of them, I'm not into the whole Fraternity, Sorority thing. It's just not my style, I guess. I don't see it helping people later on in the real world either.
APO is an honorary fraternity, rather than a social fraternity. Honorary fraternities exist as more a way to give prestige (honor? heh) to those who have shone in their areas - for those members who are truly serious about their field. And, actually, it does help people to be members of APO. If an employer (a theatre employer type person) sees two resumes, and one has "Member of APO - 2 yrs" on it and one has no mention, that says something to the employer. He or she sees it as a reflection of one's work in the theatre - that is, you've probably done enough theatre at your college to be noticed by the group, and inducted. And many casts do have their own projects that they require their members to participate in, which indicates that one has taken one even more responsibility.
It might seem like I'm drawing a lot of conclusions about what a few words on a resume can indicate, but I've been told this by a few interviewers for jobs and graduate programs at USITT. APO can help a theatre person.
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