The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre builds specific skills through singing, acting, and stage movement in the musical theatre style. Students choose from a range of courses, both introductory and advanced, from writing and movement, to dancing and voice.

To further prepare for future employment or graduate school, all students are strongly encouraged to pursue practical experience through Internships and performance application courses, which allow students to put theory into practice as part of Central Theatre Ensemble’s regular on-campus season.

Ellensburg, WA

Conservatory Style in Liberal Arts Environment

BFA in Musical Theatre

Mid-Size (10k - 25k Students)

30K-40K

Yes

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Song

• One verse and chorus of a comedic or up-tempo number
• One verse and chorus of a ballad

Monologue

• An age-appropriate, contemporary monologue, no more than 90 seconds in length

Dance

• A prepared choreographed dance in a style that you feel shows you off the best (ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap) no more than 90 seconds in length

Special note for auditions:

To increase your competitive edge, please avoid auditioning with major characters from the following plays: Getting Out, Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, Macbeth, ‘night, Mother and Spoon River Anthology . We also find that these playwrights are generally overdone or are more difficult for high school seniors to deliver successfully: Mamet, O’Neill, Pinter, Shakespeare, Shepard and Williams.

Recording Requirements

• An introductory video including your goals and aspirations and short comments on the material you have uploaded
• Introduce your performance pieces by title and show
• Filming must be continuous, not stop and go filming – no editing is allowed. Each required video should be a separate file
• You must be continually visible from head to foot in performance recordings.  Your introduction can be from waist up
• You must use a neutral background, and make sure we can see you clearly against it

Example: if you are acting in front of a black curtain, do not wear black

• You must use some form of accompaniment when you dance or sing

Optional Submissions pieces

• A 90 second clip of a movement piece
• A 16 measures of another song
• A 90 second clip of you in a production

On-campus

• If required, on-campus auditions will be arranged in early March for final round auditions, you will receive confirmation of your date and time by email
• Candidates who pass the first round of the audition process will be asked to do any of the following prior to being invited to join the program:
• Take part in an interview process with faculty members
• Attend a second round of auditions on-campus, which will include a dance class/ audition and sight reading.

http://www.cwu.edu/theatre/auditions

MT Scholarships

120

Yes

Scott Robinson, Acting Department Chair, Head of Design, Associate Professor
509-963-1750

scott.robinson@cwu.edu

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