Brennan Roche is an actor who is saddled with $55,000 in student debt after getting a theatre degree in California. He's got a small part in a play called "Hellcab" at Profiles Theatre and is a server at an Italian restaurant, and is struggling with repaying his loans. Friday, February 8, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Brennan Roche is an actor who is saddled with $55,000 in student debt after getting a theatre degree in California. He's got a small part in a play called "Hellcab" at Profiles Theatre and is a server at an Italian restaurant, and is struggling with repaying his loans. Friday, February 8, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Brennan Roche is an actor who is saddled with $55,000 in student debt after getting a theatre degree in California. He's got a small part in a play called "Hellcab" at Profiles Theatre and is a server at an Italian restaurant, and is struggling with repaying his loans. Friday, February 8, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Brennan Roche is an actor who is saddled with $55,000 in student debt after getting a theatre degree in California. He's got a small part in a play called "Hellcab" at Profiles Theatre and is a server at an Italian restaurant, and is struggling with repaying his loans. Friday, February 8, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
Brennan Roche is an actor who is saddled with $55,000 in student debt after getting a theatre degree in California. He's got a small part in a play called "Hellcab" at Profiles Theatre and is a server at an Italian restaurant, and is struggling with repaying his loans. Friday, February 8, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
GRAPHIC: Student loan debt rising
For debt-saddled Americans hoping the government will bail them out of their student loans, financial aid experts have some advice: Don’t count on it. “It’s not going to happen,” said Ed Gjertsen, vice president of Mack Investment Securities. As the price of college has soared, …