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Undergraduate BFA Acting

BFA Performance Application is ready!

Audition Date 4/20/2013

Feb 21, 2013

Audition Guidelines for BFA Performance Program

All Freshman coursework is taken into consideration for admission into the BFA Performance Program. Your audition is only a part of it. We would like to see you represent yourself in the best possible light during the auditions and hope these guidelines will be helpful.

If you wish to audition for the BFA performance program please download the application from The School of Theater website, by March 29, 2013.
Auditions will take place Saturday, April 20. Names and times will be posted on the call board a few days before.
The time allotted for your audition is three minutes, not including the introduction, and must consist of two monologues.
Your introduction will consist of a greeting, your name and the name of the plays the monologues are from.
One monologue will be contemporary and represent a role very close to yourself, a part that you could be reasonably cast in right now.
The second monologue can be anything of your choice. For example: it can be a character piece, or a verse piece, if you are comfortable with verse. It should be a contrast to your "close to the vest" piece.

Please avoid pieces that are sexually explicit or have excessive foul language. The audition is about exhibiting your talent as a performer.

We are rooting for you to do your best.

Program Overview:

The BFA in Theater Performance is a rigorous program fostering creative, cognitive and artistic skills.It is intended to advance the education and training of motivated, curious, self-reliant and adaptable theater artists.Acting, movement, and voice and speech are taught in a series of courses and special projects throughout the four-year curriculum. The emphasis in studio acting classes is on the authentic use of self, the reality of doing, the awakening of the emotional life, and the collaborative process.In the movement studio, emphasis is placed on the human body as an instrument of expression, and on developing strength, alignment, flexibility, availability and stamina.Voice and speech work focuses on the management of breath, increased power and range, and the utilization of specific speech choices.Advanced courses in each of these areas introduce a wide range of approaches to the craft of acting and the further development of the actor's instrument.

Theater and performance serve as the basis of the undergraduate fine arts education. We seek serious, disciplined students committed to rigorous training, who want the art of theater and performance to be at the core of their education.At the end of the freshman year, potential majors apply, interview and audition for provisional acceptance into the program.Students are evaluated at the end of each semester, and continuing status in the program is based on successful completion of all required coursework as well as positive evaluation from all performance area faculty. Careful and consistent faculty supervision and advising are an integral part of the BFA in Performance.

Once accepted into the Performance Program, performance opportunities include a minimum of two significant experiences in School of Theater productions, either in main stage offerings or in studio or laboratory productions. Performance students may also work in the development and production of new plays.There is programmatic interaction with the MFA programs in Directing, Playwriting, Acting and with the School of Film.Off-campus and study-abroad opportunities abound, and a wide-range of internships are available for interested students.

Students may be offered the opportunity to be involved in a full summer of activities with the Ohio University Players at the Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod.Operated in conjunction with the Ohio University School of Theater and the University of Hartford, Monomoy has been one of the most enduring and popular attractions on the Cape for more than 50 years.

Admissions Information:

Students interested in the B.F.A. in Performance are expected to complete the Theater Foundation Core during their first year of study.Interviews for all School of Theater B.F.A. programs are held annually in the spring.Admission to this specialized BFA program is by application, interview and audition only.All theater majors are required to attain a minimum grade of C in any theater course required for graduation.