FYI: SETC 2018 convention will be held in Mobile, Alabama, March 7 - 11 (little later than in the past few years). Prescreen dates for professional unified auditions are now posted - weekends in mid-October - November 2017 (live, no videos). Applications will open September 15 and deadlines will vary according to prescreen state (late September - late October). Prescreen location is determined by state of residence OR state in which student’s college is located. Deadlines for these prescreens come way before other unified audition deadlines. It’s not too early to be planning out audition schedule now - taking into consideration fall show/rehearsal schedules, as well as what will possibly be going on next spring. Many students tend to put this application off until too late because it comes on just as college program and academic commitments are ramping up in fall semester (faculty letter of rec is required). Those accepted for the March convention are generally notified within a few weeks of prescreen date. Getting off waitlist (yep, it happens here, too) can take until January or even February, in some cases.
For those graduating this spring (and maybe next December??) there is also an SETC unified professional audition late August in Atlanta, GA.
Those of you who have current HS sophomores may also want to look into this convention for its unified MT college auditions and terrific workshop offerings. Application deadline is significantly later (December/January?).