Acting (B.F.A.)

Please review the guidelines prior to filming your pre-screen. Guidelines include information on slating, video labeling, and framing.

• A brief résumé that includes experiences in recent years that you believe would be helpful as the starting point for a conversation. You might include productions you’ve been involved in, roles played, honors and awards received, as well as other interests.
• A current headshot or recent photo, so we can recognize you at your audition. This does not need to be a professional photograph.
• Two (2) contrasting monologues, each 60-90 seconds:
  • One (1) contemporary monologue (typically written after 1950) from a published play or written by a professional writer. A professional writer is someone whose plays have been produced, but may not have been professionally published.
  • One (1) classical monologue (typically written before 1950) from a published play or written by a professional writer. Classical monologues should have heightened language. Heightened language may works by Shakespeare, Molière, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Kyd, Aristophanes, August Wilson, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, Mike Bartlett, George the Poet, Andrea Gibson, or contemporary adaptations of classical plays that still utilize heightened language.
    • Monologues must be memorized.
    • It is recommended to choose monologues that are age-appropriate (generally within 5-10 years of your actual age) and that feel authentic to your culture, background, and lived experience.
    • Active monologues are often better for auditions; an active monologue takes place in real time and focuses on what you want and puts you in direct communication with an imaginary scene partner. This is often more successful in an audition situation than pieces that are a story or remembrance. Additionally, it can be helpful to avoid monologues that rely on extreme emotions as it can be hard to believably justify those responses in a short piece.