Theatre Scholarship Auditions

Students are not required to audition to be accepted into the Theatre Arts major. However, scholarships may be offered to especially talented students who audition before enrolling at Gordon.

Theatre Scholarships are awarded to theatre majors who demonstrate strong abilities as actors, directors, designers or stage manager, and have a desire to contribute significantly to Gordon’s theatre community. These Theatre Scholarships are stackable and renewable and range between $1,000 - $3,000 / year.

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How to schedule your Theatre Scholarship Audition

Students are strongly encouraged to audition in person at one of our Theatre Experience Days. These special days allow you and your family to attend a matinee performance of a mainstage play or musical, participate in a workshop, have dinner with the cast and crew, and audition for a scholarship in person. Theatre Experience Days are held on the first Saturday of a mainstage production.

Circumstances may prohibit you from attending a Theatre Experience Day. In that case, you may ask in the application for an individual visit, in person at Gordon College, for your audition or a remote audition. However, if at all possible we encourage applicants to attend Theatre Experience Day to audition in person, get the full theatre experience and meet theatre faculty and the cast and crew.

Audition Details

Actors: Please prepare two one-minute monologues. One should be comic and one should be dramatic. One should also be Shakespearean (or from that general time period) and one should be contemporary. So, if you were to prepare one of Beatrice's monologues from Much Ado About Nothing, you should contrast that with a contemporary piece that is more dramatic. Please submit a headshot and resume at the time of the audition.
Vocalists: If you are interested in musical theatre, please prepare two contrasting one-minute excerpts (verse and chorus) from an up-tempo song and a ballad.
Directors: Submit your production notebook, if you have prepared one for a pastproduction.
Designers: Scenic and lighting designers should submit a portfolio of work, including any scenic or costume renderings, designs, actual light plots, and production photos.
Stage Managers: Submit a copy of your stage manager notebook.