Audition/Interview

Young Artist Studio

PERFORMANCE TRACK APPLICANTS

  1. Sign up for an audition slot and  fill out the application form on GRCT’s YAS 2022 SIGN UP GENIUS page here. 
  2. Students will have NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES to showcase at least two of the following items for the panel.  Each item can be as long as you like, as long as the TOTAL time for your audition package is no more than 5 minutes (including transitions).
    1. Monologue – If you would like to do more than one monologue, please be sure that they are of contrasting genres. 
    2. A song from a musical (accompanist provided, please bring sheet music)
    3. One of the three dance sequences on the Sign Up Genius page after June 14th.
    4. Special skills – instruments, circus arts, mime, tumbling, writing, your own choreography, etc. 
  3. Following the Audition, students will have a short INTERVIEW with a panel of YAS mentors and faculty. You do not need to prepare anything!
  4. All auditioning students should bring ONE COPY OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: resume, application form, head & shoulders photo (headshot), and a filled out CONFLICT SHEET. (See Sign Up Genius page for Application Form and Conflict Sheet.)
  5. Please dress comfortably in clothes that allow full range of motion.
  6. Please arrive at LEAST 15 minutes before your audition time to allow adequate time for parking & check in. Please enter through the main lobby doors to get checked in. 
  7. Each audition slot will last approximately one hour and 30 minutes from beginning to end.
  8. A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST ATTEND AUDITIONS WITH EACH AUDITIONING STUDENT.  THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION SESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH AUDITION TIME.
  9. Students who are accepted into the program will receive phone call notification of their acceptance around August 1. Students who are NOT accepted into the program will receive email notification around August 15.

PRODUCTION TRACK APPLICANTS

  1. Sign up for an interview slot and fill out the application form on GRCT’s YAS 2022 SIGN UP GENIUS page here.
  2. All auditioning students should bring ONE COPY OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: resume, application form, head & shoulders photo (headshot), and a filled out CONFLICT SHEET. (See Sign Up Genius page for Application Form and Conflict Sheet.)
  3. Applicants should bring visual items to share – drawings, pictures, paperwork – anything that will help us see the work that they have been doing!  Items do NOT have to be in a portfolio format, but expect that we may take photos to discuss later.
  4. Applicants will be asked to select one scene from a list of scenes on the Sign Up Genius page and tell us how you would design an element (costumes, props, scenery, lights, sound) for that specific scene.  Drawings, research, photos are encouraged but not required.  Be creative!  There are no wrong answers!
  5. Please arrive at LEAST 15 minutes before your audition time to allow adequate time for parking & check in. Please enter through the main lobby doors to get checked in.
  6. A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST ATTEND AUDITIONS WITH EACH AUDITIONING STUDENT.  THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION SESSION AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH AUDITION TIME.
  7. Students who are accepted into the program will receive phone call notification of their acceptance around August 1. Students who are NOT accepted into the program will receive email notification around August 15.
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