I think NETC said they would notify three weeks before the auditions, so around Valentine’s Day.
S applied for one, but I’m guessing won’t hear anything until after SETC ends March 8. He is also in consideration for a couple from OTAs. I think at least one of them said they would not make decisions until after SETC.
The waiting is very reminiscent of the college process! Thanks for the info.
I am getting the impression offers won’t be sent for a few weeks yet. S is on his 2nd call back at Cortland Rep; they also have auditions in NYC this month so figuring nothing will be sent until after that. I think it really depends on when the last audition dates are. He will audition for MT Witchita and Wagon Wheel the first weekend in March, they both said offers won’t be sent until April.
I feel you though…I am much much less stressed over summer stock but still anxious for him AND I really would like him close to home…
Summer stock offers go out over such a random period of time that it is hard to drive yourself crazy over.
I have already heard from some people signed up for my NYC call that they took offers at other summer stocks, and gave up their appointments.
We (and I assume MOST) make our offers the 2nd-3rd week of March.
Somewhere like Cortland (which also attends SETC to close their audition trail) is probably on a similar track.
I know MUNY goes later than we do because I have lost a handful of actors (after taking contracts) to take a role at MUNY.
MTMajorCook, my D’s friend loved working at Cortland, so good luck there. I too want her close to home. TheaterHiringCo, may I ask when your auditions are and what theater?
One difference with summer stock notifications and college admissions notifications is that not only do offers come at varied times over several months, but you must commit when the iron is hot because unlike college admissions, there is not a common reply date to accept the offer. So, that makes it tough. You will not have all your cards on the table at the same time.
@mtmom2014 that’s great to hear. He’s loved his interactions with Cortland thus far, they do such a range of shows. He’s trying not to get hopeful, anything could happen at this point. But I know the moment I know he’s sent the final video in all be all nervous for him. I am glad he’s getting a lot of audition experience, its not something he’s had previously. I’m impressed how organized and smart he is about his artistic selections. I can see some much growth/maturity in him already.
REALLY hoping for good weather next weekend for Strawhats. I am NOT used to 3 or 4 19 -21 years old piling in the car and driving 10 + hours at night but they are having a blast doing it.
10+ hour car caravan this weekend for my son too; looks like snow back in Michigan Sunday night but what else is new in Michigan!
While I suspect @TheatreHiringCo has excellent advice (as usual), and I don’t know if this is typical, our D only did summerstock auditions after her freshman year of college, and decided not to accept any of the offers that summer. She found that, for her, there were better opportunities on campus and in Chicago, where she had an apartment and there were generally more established theatres. I think @soozievt’s D had a similar experience with respect to summerstock, but as I say I am not sure what’s typical (if there is such a thing). As a senior she also will not be doing UPTA, whatever that is.
I just wanted to be sure folks realize that, as with college, different kids can pursue different paths and end up in the same place eventually.
@MomCares Unified Professional Theatre Auditions (I just googled it)
Thanks, @lojosmo! D won’t be doing it this summer, but good to know for future reference. 
34 of the 86 registered companies indicated they were going to watch Equity auditions. Most were giving EMC points.
Yes, like MomCares says, summer stock is not the only option for a college theater major to be involved in theater over the summers during the college years. My D only opted to audition for summer stock the summer following freshman year in college (only did StrawHats) and was in other theater productions/jobs in NYC the remaining summers of college and didn’t want to do summer stock and many of her BFA peers also opted out of summer stock but worked in theater and performed in summers in NYC. There are surely no “shoulds” in this regard and there are many options for working and being in theater in the summers. My D also wanted to spend her summers in NYC. She earned enough money in her summer theater positions (which included performing) to pay her expenses to live in NYC all summer. Some of her jobs were also connected to the university, which I think is similar in some respects to MomCares’ D at another university.
Thanks, @soozievt - as you say there are many options for theatre kids working in theatre over their summers, and each can be ideal for different students! Our D is not a dancer, so I think in some ways rep companies in general may never be her thing.
My son has also been auditioning for individual gigs in Chicago, not at a unified audition (though he may do NETC).
I misused the word SHOULD. Obviously, there are OTHER ways to make it work. However, I do think your child in MT should be ACTING/PERFORMING in the summer. If you have a great deal of financial resources maybe spending a summer interning at Telsey or something is worthwhile, but, otherwise working at Professional Theatres is key. Non-Professional work in Chicago or NYC might seem appealing, but I would still put a mid-level summer stock experience over that.
The reason I think Unifieds work best is that they are cost effective. For the price of sending your child to one call at PCLO or the MUNY, they get to audition for 75 summer stocks. Are any of us the MUNY? No, but your coupla’ hundred bucks gets you in front of more of us. And there are some gems like Flat Rock,Cortland, etc.
Who said anything about non-professional theaters?
TheaterHiring, a couple questions. My D is in a local professioanl production here in Indy through June, but also auditioned at OTA with a couple theaters asking for further info… She was clear she had already accepted for June here locally. She also is going to audition in Pittsburgh and West Virgina this spring (missed MUNY because of rehearsals for her college musical).
Do theaters tend to cast college kids in more than one place for the summer, i.e. is it likely she could get a second job after her one here locally? Or should she be lining up other summer work to make money over the summer once her June production ends its run? And is it worth doing auditions knowing she can only do July/August productions with these grups so she can start getting her face and name out in front of hiring folks? Thanks for any input.
@jkellynh, I wasn’t meaning to be presumptuous, I just know that a lot of people would rather work in the city at a Stipend theatre than leave for other work. I wonder about that sometimes. I don’t mean that is always the case.
@jeffandann - A lot of theatres have July/August only contracts, too. I would keep auditioning and just be honest about her availability.