For those of you interested in the Greater Houston Area Auditions, which draws 40-50 colleges each year, be aware that slots are almost full, according to this year’s registrar. These are “large-room” auditions with callbacks, similar to the North Texas Drama Auditions, MARCUS, etc. and will be held November 24 at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston (which has a brand new building this year!). Some of the auditions serve as prescreens (i.e., Penn State MT, Oklahoma MT, etc.), some programs use the callbacks to express strong interest and recruit students to attend on-campus auditions (i.e. Webster), and some programs make offers on the spot or shortly afterward.
The level of interest keeps rising each year, slots used to be open at least until early October. Last year I think the auditions filled up in September, this year it looks like before the end of August.
You can register for the auditions at: https://hspvafriends.org/guilds/theatreguild/ghaa/
Schools that attended last year included:
Abilene Christian University
Baylor University
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
Carnegie Mellon University (Design/Tech)
Centenary College of Louisiana
College of the Mainland
Colorado Mesa University
Columbia College Chicago
DeSales University
KD Conservatory College of Film & Dramatic Arts
Lamar University
Lindenwood University
Lone Star College-CyFair
Long Island University/Post Campus
Molloy College/CAP21
Nebraska Wesleyan University
The New School
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
New York Film Academy
Oklahoma City University
Otterbein University
Penn State Musical Theatre
Rockford University
Roosevelt University
Rutgers University – Mason Gross School of the Arts
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
SFA School of Theatre
Southern Methodist University
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Texas State University
Texas Tech University
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Evansville
University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance
University of Memphis
University of Oklahoma Weitzenhofer School of Musical Theatre
University of Oklahoma Helmerich School
The University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts
University of the Incarnate Word
University of Utah
University of West Florida
Webster University