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Audition in Theatre Performance (BFA)
Please
note: ALL
in-coming freshman must apply to the University by the posted application
deadline.
Fall-
Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Please submit your Audition
Registration Sheet by Saturday, October 3, 2009 (click on Register for an
Audition below)
Eligibility for BFA ACTING Audition
Oct 10, 2009:
--Current High School Seniors
--Current UF Students
--Transfer Students
Eligibility for BFA MUSICAL THEATRE
Audition Oct 10, 2009:
--Current High School Seniors
--Current UF Students
--Transfer Students
Spring- Saturday, February 6, 2010
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Please submit your Audition
Registration Sheet by Saturday, January 30, 2010 (click on Register for an
Audition below)
Eligibility for BFA ACTING Audition
Feb. 6, 2010:
--Current UF students
--Transfer students
Eligibility for BFA MUSICAL THEATRE
Audition Feb 6, 2010:
--Current High School Seniors
--Current UF Students
--Transfer Students
Check-in
takes place between 8:30 am and 9:00 am
Contact
Information
Acting: Tiza Garland, (352) 273-0518 tgarland@ufl.edu
Musical Theatre: Kevin Austin (352) 273-0519 kaustin@ufl.edu
or Prof. Tony Mata, (352) 273-0514 tmata@ufl.edu
Audition
Information Sheet
Auditionees are required present a completed Auditionee
Information Sheet to faculty at the time of the interview.
Where
Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion (* http://campusmap.ufl.edu/
) [* listed as Constans Theatre]
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for an audition.
General
Hints
Please be on time for the audition.
If you need to cancel, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance. Call or email
Tiza Garland or Tony Mata at the contacts provided above.
Choose monologues or songs that give the faculty an idea of your range, but
don't select material that you feel unprepared to handle (e.g., difficult verse,
accents). Read the play(s) themselves, not just the monologues.
On the other hand, stretch and challenge yourself with your audition.
"Safe" is boring.
An audition is not worth your while or the faculty's time unless it is
thoroughly prepared, rehearsed and memorized.
Bring a resume with a current address and phone number, a summary of acting and
theatre experience, and current GPA. Head shots are optional.
Bring the completed Auditionee
Information Sheet to your audition.
At the beginning of the audition, state clearly (a) your name and (b) the title
and author of the pieces you are performing.
You will receive a letter informing you of the faculty's decision regarding your
admission into the BFA program about eight weeks after Fall auditions and two
weeks after Spring auditions.
Musical Theatre Audition
Potential Students should prepare two sixteen bars of music preferably up-tempo
and ballad.
The two sixteen bars should also try to show contrasting styles of legit or
pop-rock material.
Also a contemporary monologue.
Total audition time is two and half minutes. You will be timed and stopped if
you exceed the time limit.
A dance audition will follow your preliminary audition so allow time to change
into dance clothes after your audition.
For additional information on Musical theatre please visit:
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/theatreanddance/programs/musicaltheatre/
Acting Audition
Two monologues of contrasting styles or characters - 1 minute each - for
instance a classical (Greek, Shakespeare, Moliere, etc.) and a modern or
contemporary (Chekhov, Shaw, Tennessee Williams, Neil Simon, etc.) or a serious
and comedic piece.
Your selections should demonstrate your expressive range and your ability to
work with a text as an actor. It is not recommended that you rely heavily on
monologue books as a source of your pieces; these tend to emphasize superficial
and "gaggy" contemporary monologues over more profound material. The
results are often unimpressive.
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