<p>Here's some prior posts about UArts' auditions:</p>
<p>Audition Review
Hello!</p>
<p>I auditioned at UArts on Dec. 2nd, and thought I'd give a run down of how it went for any other prospective auditioners.</p>
<p>First of all, I had never been philadelphia before, and it is such a cool city! I think it would be really fun to go to college there. We couldn't get a room at the Double Tree, which is right in the middle of the street UArts is on, but we stayed just a few minutes drive away. </p>
<p>On Saturday morning, we went to Dorrance Hamilton Hall at 8:45 for registration. I got to meet BroadwayWannabe (from CC) briefly, and then we sat and filled out a form asking a wide variety of questions, about teachers and academic experiences, dance experience, etc.. get to know you kind of questions. There was a brief introduction, but as this was not an open house or formal info session, we didn't learn much about the program. Then we split up into the different programs (I was auditioning for MT) and we went down the street to a different building. There were maybe 30 kids auditioning that day. We went straight to the dance audition (we had a chance to change into our dance clothes), which was actually a lot of fun! Karen led the warm-ups and taught us a jazz routine. The routine was taught quickly but it was not extremely difficult, it left a lot of room for each dancer to include his/her own style. We did it in groups of 4, 3 times each, by alphabetical last names. Those who had prepared solos stayed after, but those of us who just did the group audition went and changed into our audition outfits, and went to a holding room. We warmed up a bit, but then found out that some of us would be acting first.</p>
<p>In the acting audition, there is just one person watching, and it is very friendly. I had to do part of mine again with some direction, and then there was a quick low pressure interview about my future goals and I had a chance to ask a few questions. Then I went back to the holding room, waited a bit, then had my singing audition, which is in front of the accompianist (who is also an auditor) and one other auditor (there was also a student watching). After I sang there was another quick interview about how I thought I would fit in at UArts etc.</p>
<p>And that was that! Overall, it seemed like a really nice school, although I still would like to learn more about the program there. The audition day is not big on information, there is an opportunity for parents to take a tour, but it is mostly looking at the outside of the buildings. The students there were nice, and answered any questions we had. I saw the Madwoman of Chaillot, which was interesting (a little bit of a confusing show, but good talent), and 42nd street, which was not put on by UArts but had one alumni and one current student (at UArts, you can only do outside theatre in your senior year, if you get permission). </p>
<p>If anyone has any other questions about the audition day process, let me know!</p>
<p>Katie</p>
<p>Hi Singinstar,</p>
<p>Here are my answers, hope they help!
1)The interview was very informal, it happened after both the acting and singing parts (which happen separately) and consist of you sitting down with the auditor(s) and talking about how you might fit in at UArts and why you wanted to apply there etc. You will also have a chance to ask questions, so come prepared with a few brief ones.
2)The only time you can see the talent of others is during the dance audition. It is always intimidating to be around other whom you are competing against, but I didn't think it was particularly bad. There were no divas or anything, everyone I talked to seemed really nice.
3) The break will be different for everyone, as they called us in different orders and kind of mixed things up. For example, after my dance audition I had plenty of time to change but then went down to my monologue audition pretty quickly. I did have to wait for quite a while between my monologue and song part, but I would say I never had more than an hour between parts. My sense of time from that day is kind of gone, looking back it seems to be a blur so take that with a grain of salt
4) I didn't stay to see who did a solo audition, but it seemed like there were less people who did one than didn't. Most people just did the group one (that's what I did).
5) There were a lot of different dance outfits, I wore cropped dance pants and a close fitting t-shirt. I would stay away from sweats or baggy sweats for girls, because they need to see your body and be able to see how you move. I would wear something that you feel good in and you are used to dancing in. I wore jazz shoes, but others also wore jazz sneakers and ballet shoes.</p>
<p>As for your final question, I wore jeans there with the t-shirt I was going to dance in so I only had my pants to change in case there wasn't a lot of time. When you get there, they will talk to you briefly, but mostly you will get taken straight to change for dance. You do switch buildings from where you first start out and where you audition, so make sure you wear something warm enough to go outside in!</p>
<p>I haven't heard from the school yet, because something with my transcripts got screwed up and i just found out they didn't have them yet, but I know another girl who auditioned the same day as me found out about a month later I think? As long as all your supporting materials are in by the time you audition you should hear back fairly soon, though I think it's different for everyone.</p>
<p>Anyways, I hope that helps! Let me know if I need to clarify anything </p>
<p>Good luck, and let us know how it goes! Remember to have fun too!</p>
<p>Katie</p>
<p>My daughter did all 4. In fact, She was asked to repeat some of her monologues with additional direction and was asked to sing her ballad a second time so that the auditor could focus on certain passages. It was definately an interactive audition.</p>