My D has an on campus audition at Penn State this weekend. Im looking for feedback from others who already auditioned. What did you do first- dance, sing or monologue? Did you do all three before they asked kids for call back? Was dance audition hard? If you auditioned already how long before the college notified you of their decision?
I would suggest re-posting this in the MT forum for PSU: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pennsylvania-state-university-mt/. You should get more responses there.
@theatrehopingmom , dance is first so your daughter can arrive in dance clothes. After the dance call, the auditioners have time to change then onto a group vocal warmup and then individual monologue/songs. If you get the interview, they let you know before you leave the room. If not, they say “thank you for auditioning for us today.” There is a Q&A with Cary Libkin for the parents while the kids are learning the dance.
At Unified’s in LA, you sang and did your monologue first, the interviewed you in the same room right after. You had to be called back to a dance audition later in the afternoon. I guess original poster should be prepared for any scenario.
It may have all changed from last year since the new MT head is flying solo this year.
@GSOMTMom can you elaborate on the “flying solo” and what that may mean for those who auditioned? TIA
For anyone in New York or Chicago, …everyone seemed to first attend the penn state dance call and then came the individual assessment. I’m curious if anyone had an interview at either place or if there was a callback.
No interview or callback for D in Chicago. 3-4 people on panel, two songs, a monologue, and out. No warm fuzzy.
@happydancer98, The head of MT of Penn State retired last year but worked with the new MT head fall semester. So this semester the new head is on his own.
Thank you @GSOMTMom. Does anyone know if the new head, Mr. Simpkins, was in the audition room in Chicago?
From what I’ve heard, there was no interview process in Chicago. It was Dance, and quick individual song/monologue, then out. I don’t think anyone stayed in the room more than 3-4 minutes. But it seems to be different at LA and On Campus.