You must make an appointment to audition! Please call or email to set yours up. There may be appointments still available the day before; it’s never too late to call! In your email or voice mail please provide student’s name and age, parent’s name, parent contact phone number, parent email address and which program(s) the audition is for (i.e. Institute only, or SummerStock, Summer Independent and Institute).

Be prepared

Carefully read the youth audition requirements for each specific audition listing. Possible requirements include: 32 bars of one or two songs of different styles and a one-minute monologue. When auditioning for Institute you are highly encouraged to have additional material prepared.

Check your materials

• 32 bars of a song = 32 measures = one verse and one chorus (usually) = about one minute of singing. It’s okay to be a few bars under or over 32 if it helps you complete a thought or phrase.
• Keep to the time requirements. You will be cut off if your selections are longer than required.

Practice

• Have everything fully memorized and performance ready.
• Rehearse every part of what you want to perform during the audition.
• How you want to enter the room, talk the accompanist through your music and introduce yourself and your pieces.
• How you will transition smoothly from your slate through the first piece, into the second piece, and back into yourself to conclude the audition.
• Decide what order you are most comfortable doing your pieces in. We do not have a preference.

Remember to bring

• Sheet music for each song you prepare
  • PLEASE HAVE music for your songs. You may not sing a cappella (without accompaniment) or with a recording.
  • In the key you are singing it. The accompanist WILL NOT transpose your music on the spot.
  • Hole-punched, two-sided, and in a three-ring binder.
  • Clearly marked start and stop points.
• Headshot/resume that looks like you do now
  • Provide clear 8×10 or 8 1/2×11 photos that look like you now, where you are the only one in the photo. School or photocopied photos are OK. (You are not judged on photos-we just want to recognize you!)
  • One copy of resume/headshot for each program you are auditioning, and an extra or two.
  • Include all theatrical, music, dance, or other performing experience or training on your resume. Include relevant special skills like instruments played, dialects or languages, tumbling/gymnastics/acrobatics.
• Family calendar
  • So that you can clearly and accurately identify conflicts with the rehearsal schedule(s).