BFA in Theatre: Performance Audition Registration

Auditions are required for the Theatre Performance BFA.

2024-2025 Audition Dates

ON CAMPUS AUDITIONS:

Saturday, November 2, 2024 @ 9am - 1pm
 (Location: University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, North Campus)

Saturday, February 15 @ 9am - 2pm
 (Location: University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, North Campus)

Saturday, March 8, 2025 @ 9am - 2pm
 (Location: University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, North Campus)

Please complete the Registration Form for an on-campus audition.

NEW YORK CITY AUDITIONS:

Saturday, January 18, 2025 @ 12pm - 4pm
 (Location: Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, New York, NY)

Please complete the Registration Form for a New York City audition.

VIDEO SUBMISSION OPTIONS:

If unable to attend auditions in person, video submissions may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Contact Professor Michael Deeb Weaver at mpdeeb@buffalo.edu for consideration.

Required Materials

Please review the audition requirements below and submit the required materials for consideration of admission to this program.

Audition Application:  

Please prepare the following information below before registering for auditions:

  • Contact information.
  • Date you wish to register for.
  • Resume: include training history and production/performance experience.
  • Two reference letters: include recommender’s contact information
  • Career Goal Statement: 1-page statement about why you want to major in Music Theatre, why you are considering UB, and your long-term goals in the field.
  • Headshot
  • Audition Fee: $30*

*Prospective students who receive a fee waiver for the university application process are exempt from this charge.

Acting Audition Preparation

  • Acting Audition: 
    • Prepare two age-appropriate contrasting monologues from contemporary plays
    • Not to exceed 2 minutes, each 
    • Begin each monologue with Your Name, Play Title, Author, Character.
  • Free Choice Special Skill:
    • Should be no more than 60 seconds.
    • The Free Choice can be anything: a special skill, a song, a form of dance, a musical instrument, clown, juggling, circus skills, mime, impersonations, dialects, surprise us!, etc. 
    • The choice serves as an opportunity to demonstrate another talent or passion that communicates to us the applicant as a person and an artist.

Schedule an Audition for BFA Theatre Performance

  • Fill out the form below and hit “Submit”.
  • Pay your Audition Fee of $30 through the “PAY NOW” button.*
  • You will receive a confirmation letter once your payment is received. This will reserve your audition spot.
  • Please submit payment prior to audition date to allow for confirmation packet, including parking pass, to be mailed.

Once you’ve completed your Theatre Performance Audition Form, please use the Pay Now link to submit payment of your $30 Audition Fee.*

A confirmation email will be sent AFTER your fee is received.

*Prospective students who receive a fee waiver for the university application process are exempt from this charge.

Any questions? E-mail: td-theatredance@buffalo.edu

Theatre Performance Audition Registration Form

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If a confidentiality agreement has been made with the referer and the student has waived their right to read the recommendation letter, please have the referer email td-theatredance@buffalo.edu directly utilizing the following subject line: "Music Theatre  _ Your Name _ LOR". 

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You must fill out EVERY field labeled as *REQUIRED* in the form above, including all PDF/ JPG / MS Word attachment fields, and also check off that you have read and understand Interview requirements or the form will NOT submit properly and you will not receive an automated copy of your registration.