The School of Drama is a member of the Consortium of Conservatory Theatre Training Programs.
Visit the Carnegie Mellon Admissions web site to schedule an audition. Application to the University does not have to be finalized in order to secure an audition slot.
| • | Indicate on the Common Application Supplement the particular option you wish to pursue |
| • | Go to http://www.cmu.edu/admission/finearts to register for an audition or portfolio review. All auditions and portfolio reviews MUST be scheduled through the web. Application to the University does not have to be finalized in order to secure an audition slot. Student interviews conducted with the CMU Admissions office are not required and, if held, are in addition to an audition or portfolio review with the School of Drama. Click to view requirements for Acting Auditions, MT Auditions, Design Portfolios, or PTM Portfolios. |
| • | Submit your application and supplement by December 1, 2009 (no early decision consideration is available for admission into Drama although you may audition in November if you submit your application by November 1) |
| • | Enclose a fee of $80 to cover your audition/portfolio review, in addition to the $70 application fee (all checks payable to Carnegie Mellon University). Payment of the $80 audition fee must be paid within 24 hours of scheduling your audition online or your slot will be relinquished. |
| • | Expect an email confirmation of the time, date and location of your audition/portfolio review/interview after you schedule online. Please DO NOT discard your email confirmation as this is the only confirmation you will receive. |
| • | Allow at least four hours for your audition and one hour for your portfolio review |
| • | Transfers follow the same procedures as freshman applicants |
| • | Transfer students in Acting and Music Theatre will be classified as freshman within the program |
| • | The School of Drama does not accept any videotape auditions for our Acting and Music Theatre options |
| • | Drama design applicants, particularly international candidates, may submit a portfolio by mail. Contact the School of Drama directly to arrange |
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Interested in visiting the School of Drama?Drama school tours are offered Monday through Friday by reservation only. To reserve a space please call (412) 268-1712 or email alisonp@andrew.cmu.edu. Tours are not guaranteed without a reservation. Because of the sensitive nature of a lot of our classes, the School of Drama does not have an open door policy on visiting students attending classes. We will have classes available during Sleeping Bag Weekends for students interested in attending Carnegie Mellon University. Students and their families interested in visiting classes on Sleeping Bag Weekend should meet in the lobby of the Purnell Center for the Arts at 8:30 AM on the Monday of each Sleeping Bag Weekend to obtain a schedule of classes available. To schedule a Sleeping Bag Weekend visit please go to http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/admission/sbw/ |
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Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Audition Schedule for Admission into 2010-2011 Academic YearAUDITION REGISTRARS WILL OPEN AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2009. YOU MAY NOT REGISTER FOR AN AUDITION BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2009. Plan to audition or show a portfolio on one of these dates:
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Two contrasting monologues
Each monologue should be no longer than 1 ½ minutes
One monologue should be from a play written before 1900 with an emphasis on heightened language (Shakespeare, the Greeks), the other a contemporary piece written in the 20th or 21st century.
Both pieces should be within your natural age range and gender appropriate
Be prepared to perform a third monologue if asked
Bring a resume and a recent photograph to leave with the audition team
Two songs – one up tempo; one ballad
32 bars of each song
Music should be in a binder
Accompanist will be provided
Students are taught one jazz combination and one ballet combination in a group of approximately 20 students. Once the combinations are learned, students are brought before the faculty in groups of three to dance the combinations.
Students should wear clothes that are non-restrictive and that they are comfortable to move in (no suit and tie). A T-shirt and sweats are fine for folks without dance clothes. They can dance in their socks, bare feet, jazz shoes or ballet shoes. Clothes for jazz class or ballet class are fine.
To apply to the Directing Option, follow the audition guidelines outlined in the Acting option with one major change-- plan to perform only one monologue. Bring to the audition a statement describing why you are pursuing this line of study, explaining your choice of monologue and including a critical analysis of the play. Bring any director's scripts, design portfolio, dramatic writing, photography or any other evidence of your creative life.
If you are applying for the Drama Design Option, you must demonstrate basic proficiency in drawing, painting and design by submitting a portfolio of your work. The portfolio should include about 15 items of work in several art media and techniques. Not all samples of your work have to pertain to the theatre.
We'd like to see examples of:
Use of color
Line drawing
Drafting
Mechanical drawing
If you are applying for the Production Technology & Management Option, you should already have practical experience in the theatre, as well as some background in mathematics and physics, organization and management, or both. You must demonstrate basic proficiency in project planning and execution by submitting a portfolio of your work. The portfolio should include up to 15 examples of work. Not all samples of your work have to pertain directly to the theatre.
We'd like to see examples of:
Evidence of your thought process for technical or management solutions
Drafting, drawing or CAD
Paperwork you've used/developed for schedules, reports, budgets, estimates, etc.
Photos of work both finished and in process