Musical Theatre, Theatre and Dance Scholarships

Annual UT scholarships up to $14,000 over four years ($3,500 per year)

Qualifications:

• New entering student (fall term entry only)
• Experience in high school or community theatre productions
• Demonstrated ability in stage movement/acting/singing
• Completed admissions application and acceptance for full-time study
• Major in musical theatre, theatre or dance
• Unweighted high school GPA of 3.0
• Maintain a GPA of 2.8 or above

Audition Information:

All auditions for musical theatre, theatre and dance will be accepted digitally or in person at an official admissions Open House date.

Sign up for Open House.

• All audition material should be submitted using your SpartanStart Portal (you will receive access to your SpartanStart Portal once you submit an application to UT).
  
  
• You can choose to use a live accompanist or a CD/track.
  
  
• Musical theatre audition requirements:
  • A 32-bar cut of one ballad from a Broadway musical
  • A 32-bar cut of one up-tempo song from a Broadway musical
  • One monologue, not to exceed 1 minute 30 seconds - preferably from a play

• Theatre audition requirements:
  • One contemporary comedic monologue (one to two minutes long)
  • one contemporary dramatic monologue (one to two minutes long)
  • one classical monologue (one to two minutes long)

• Dance audition requirements:
  • 10-minute ballet barre to include combinations in: pliés, tendus/degagés, rond de jambe, frappé, fondu/ developpé. Across the floor: battements front & side, pirouettes (parallel or turned out), grade jeté/ saut de chat
  • 1- to 1.5-minute modern or contemporary solo
  • 1- to 1.5-minute solo in another style of your choice (optional)
  • Contact Susannah LeMarquand at slemarquand@ut.edu with dance audition questions