As the only School of Musical Theatre in the country, our goal is to provide students the tools for success both on stage and off. We are recruiting the top 1% of talented high school seniors for our next freshman class.  With a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Musical Theatre Performance, we offer conservatory-style training and a dynamic university education.

Bring your passion and grow beyond your expectations. Our self-imposed enrollment cap of 50 total majors insures individual development. Alumni are performing on Broadway, in National tours, at Regional theatres and in Europe and Asia, demonstrating that this is one of America’s premiere programs.

Admission to the School involves a required On-Campus Callback Audition and Admission to the University of Oklahoma. OU is an equal opportunity institution, reflecting the rich cultural and racial diversity of our country.

Norman, OK

Conservatory Style in Liberal Arts Environment

B.F.A. in Musical Theatre

Mid-Size (10k - 25k Students)

30K-40K

No

No Prescreen

*Must go to Regionals, Unified or send a video and then get asked to campus callback. If not able to go to Regionals/Unifieds, apply an submit a video:

• Create your video per the guidelines below, upload to YouTube
• Send the unlisted link to musicaltheatre@ou.edu with the subject line: Audition Video of (Your) First/Last Name
• Please record the video in a neutral classroom, studio space or on a stage
• Please introduce yourself in a close-up shot at the beginning of your audition, then pan wide to a full view of your entire body that is visible at all times
• Please dress as you would for a professional audition
• No editing of any kind and perform songs into monologues in a single take
• There should be no mic or amplification of your voice, and no special lighting is necessary
• VIDEOS THAT DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA WILL NOT BE VIEWED

Song

• Prepare two memorized musical theatre songs demonstrating legit/lyric style, and male pop/female belt
• Select one classic musical theatre song written 1930-1969, and one contemporary musical
• theatre song written 1970-2010. Although contemporarily written, The Drowsy Chaperone and…Millie sound classic and are appropriate for the 1930-1969 era
• Songs should be no longer than one (1) minute in length
• Do not use a song from any production currently playing on Broadway
• No a capella singing

Monologue

• Prepare two memorized monologues, one comedic, one dramatic
• One should be classic from plays written from 1930-1969 and one contemporary from 1970-2010
• Age appropriate, no dialects, costumes or props, in the style of realism
• Each monologue should no longer than 1 minute in length

Dance

• Optional:  Upload video to YouTube and submit an unlisted link to oumusicaltheatre@ou.edu at least one week before your audition date
• If trained in jazz, tap, or ballet, then you are highly encouraged to demonstrate your ability
• Appropriate shoes and dance attire are required
• Please dance to music, not a cappella
• Your performance is limited to one (1) minute for each style demonstrated
• Your full body MUST be in view at all times but you may pause the video to change shoes

Any or all of the following may be included in your combination(s):

• Ballet (not Lyrical) – pirouettes, jeté, pas de bourrée, waltz, piqué turn, battements
• Tap (not Soft Shoe) – shuffles, flaps, Buffalo, Irish, Maxi Ford, time-steps, waltz, clog,riffs, drawbacks
• Jazz (not hip-Hop) – triplets, jazz square, isolations, leaps, jumps, battements, turns

On-campus Callbacks

Feb 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2018

Regional

Louisville, KY

Oct 27

Dallas

Nov 17-18 2017

Houston

Nov 19, 2017

San Antonio

Nov 20, 2017

Denver

Dec 6-9, 2017

New York

Jane 20, 2018

Chicago

Feb 5-7, 2018

Los Angeles

Feb 10, 2018

Scholarships

50 Majors

Senior Week/Showcase in NYC

Contact:    Janis Rasnic
Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator

Phone:      405.325.0538

Email:         musicaltheatre@ou.edu

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