• Audition Information
  • Professional Actor Training Program (Undergraduate Applicants)
  • Directing Program (Undergraduate Applicants)
  • High School Applicants
• Scheduled Audition Dates (Undergraduate and High School Applicants)
• Notification of Decision (Undergraduate and High School Applicants)
• Final Steps

Application Information in Admissions

NOTICE: The School of Drama is not longer accepting applications for the undergraduate acting program.

Applications are still being accepted for the undergraudate Directing Program and the High School acting program.

Applications must be received in the Office of Admissions by the dates listed below. Accompanying application documentation must be received in the Office of Admissions before the date of your audition or interview.

In order to facilitate a smooth admissions process and speedy review of applicant files, applicants are encouraged to apply by a set of priority dates. Each priority date acts as a dealine by which you must apply in order to have an audition or interview during a given timeframe. Please review the audition and interview dates for your selected program to ensure you apply by one of the priority dates. Please be aware that each arts school has different audition and interview dates and that a school may not have dates after a certain time.

Priority Dates:

• 11/16/2012 - Applicants who apply before November 16, 2012 will be eligible to audition or interview for any of the published dates. Check the listing of published dates and locations.
  
  
• 01/18/2013 - Applicants who apply after November 16, 2012 but before January 18, 2013 will be eligible to audition or interview for any of the published dates after February 1, 2013. Check the listing of published dates and locations.
  
  
• 03/15/2013 - Applicants who apply afterJanuary 18, 2013 but before March 15, 2013 will be eligible to audition or interview for any of the published dates after April 1, 2013. Check the listing of published dates and locations.

NOTICE: The School of Drama is not longer accepting applications for the undergraduate acting program.

Applications are still being accepted for the undergraudate Directing Program and the High School acting program.

Application Information and Required Documentation

Undergraduate Program for Freshmen Applicants

Undergraduate Program for Transfer Applicants

High School Applicant Checklist

8x10 headshot, either black and white or color - all Drama applicants

• All applicants must audition and interview in person.
• Taped auditions cannot be accepted.
• Applicants must be prepared to perform three monologues: one classical (preferably from Shakespeare), and two contrasting monologues from modern plays.
• Each monologue should stand on its own.
• Do not use accents, dialects, or stylized characters.
• The School of Drama recommends that candidates choose audition pieces from published plays. Read the complete play.
• Do not use generic monologue books as a source of material.
• Applicants must be prepared to perform16 bars of a song without accompaniment.
• It is recommended that the audition song come from the standard musical theatre repertory.
• Applicants may use a pitch pipe if desired.
• The three monologues and song must not exceed a total of six minutes.
• Applicants should be prepared for a short interview following the audition.

The directing option is an introductory course in Studio III and Studio IV which prepares students for gradute studies in directing. Admission is at the discretion of the dean of the School of Drama and limited to 3 students per year . Applicants must have had the equivalent of the first two years of college theater training and academic programs at the School of the Arts. Student

• All applicants must interview in person and should follow the same criteria listed above for the Professional Actor Training Program.
• The program begins in the third year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts.
• The requirements for admissions are two years of college education, preferably with a core concentration of theater classes including acting and theater literature.
• A short essay detailing why the applicant wishes to pursue a directing career and what the candidate intends to accomplish in directing must accompany the application.
• A one page essay which examines how the candidate might approach the production of a specific Shakespeare play is also required.

• All high school applicants must audition and interview in person.
• Taped auditions cannot be accepted.
• Acceptance is limited to rising high school seniors who demonstrate artistic potential, academic readiness and social maturity.
• The high school program is designed for North Carolina residents and a limited number of nonresident students.
• Applicants must present two contrasting monologues.
• Each monologue should stand on its own.
• Do not use accents, dialects, or stylized characters.
• Audition pieces should be selected from published plays. Read the complete play.
• Do not use monologues or speeches from movies.
• Do not use generic monologue books as a source of material.
• Applicants must sing 16 bars of a song without accompaniment.
• Applicants may use a pitch pipe if desired.
• The monologues and song must not exceed four minutes total.
• Dress comfortably (no torn jeans or t-shirts).

Audition Dates
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts reserves the right to cancel and reschedule auditions, or make other arrangements with candidates. Early submission of the application also allows ample time for the applicant to plan travel to and from the audition site.

The off-campus auditions occur in conjunction with the Consortium of Conservatory Theatre Training Programs. The members of the consortium include Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the State University of New York at Purchase. Each participating school requires a separate application. A limited number of out-of-state auditions for high school applicants can be scheduled pending availability. Please contact the Office of Admissions for information regarding the availability of off-campus dates.

• All required documentation must be on file for the applicant to be reviewed by the Admissions Review Committee. Final decisions will be made only on those applicants with complete filess
• Applicants will be notified in writing of decisions regarding their applications.
• Offers of admission are contingent uponn satisfactory completion of required cours work. Official final transcripts are reviewed to verify that admitted students have successfully completed all course work requirements.

• For your records keep copies of the application and all materials mailed to the Office of Admissions. Items can get lost in the mail and cannot be returned.
• Do not mail application documentation to an arts departments. Always address materials to the following mailing address:
  
  Office of Admissions
  University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  1533 S. Main St.
  Winston-Salem, NC 27127