Audition Requirements

• Attire for Group Warm-up
  • audition days start with a group warm-up
  • applicants must arrive to campus dressed in non-constrictive clothing and shoes (or socks), similar to what is worn for a physical education class or light exercise/movement
  • clothing may not be revealing or have inappropriate or potentially offensive text or images
• Attire for Audition
  • applicants may choose to bring a separate audition outfit and will be provided the opportunity to change clothing after the group warm-up
  • athletic clothing, torn jeans, sweats, hoodies or T-shirts with distracting text are not appropriate for an audition

• Two (2) contrasting monologues:
  • each monologue should feel like a complete, standalone piece when performed
  • must be memorized
  • an individual monologue may not exceed 90 seconds
  • possible contrasts: comic and serious, classical and contemporary, or pieces that contrast in theme or tone
  • from a published play (not films or generic monologue books)
  • do not use accents, dialects or stylized characters
• Applicants are expected to have read the entire play and understand the context and circumstances from which the character is speaking

Applicants may choose to include the monologue uploaded as part of their Required Application Materials or they may present different monologues at their audition.

• must be memorized
• 16 bars of a song (30 to 45 seconds in duration)
• must be from a published musical
• performed without accompaniment (use of a pitch pipe or a pitch pipe app is allowed)

Applicants may include the song uploaded as part of their Required Application Materials or they may present a different 16-bar selection.

1. Introduction

• your first and last name
• the title of the play and playwright for each monologue and the name of the character to be portrayed
• the title of the song for your 16-bar song selection
• Tip: It is helpful to rehearse this introduction!

2. Audition

• perform your monologues and song

3. Interview

• Faculty might ask questions after the audition in order to gain insight into an applicant and learn more about the applicant's goals for training
• Important: Be yourself!