We also ask for requirements listed below before your audition occurs.
After registering, you will need to provide additional materials. These should be uploaded through your Admissions Dashboard. You will not have access to your Admissions Dashboard until you've submitted an application to Nazareth.
Submit your materials at least two weeks before your scheduled audition day. Acting Materials include a resume, headshot, two contrasting monologues, and a "wildcard" video.
Headshot
Please provide a color photo that best represents you, ideally from the torso up. This photo does not have to be professionally shot.
Resume
Please provide a one page resume that includes any pertinent theatrical experience, skills, and applicable training. Examples include roles you've had, training, or education.
Video Recording Details
All videos can be about 90 seconds or less. Each video can be recorded separately with an introduction "Slate". A "Slate" should state your name, the name of the play, the playwright or playwrights, and role you are playing. If you would like to include your pronouns, state them as well.
All videos should be uploaded as YouTube links for easier access. We recommend creating private, unlisted videos for privacy purposes.
Monologues
Please provide two monologues, contrasting in nature. Examples of contrasting include comedic and serious, physical and internalized, blatant and subtle.
One monologue should be contemporary (taken from a play that was written after 1980/1990 to the present) and one should be Shakespearean or realism (written before the 1980's).
Other tips include:
Choose monologues about which you feel passionately, have a strong connection and have a strong need to perform.
Prepare and present monologues that are completely memorized and about which you feel prepared and confident.
"Wildcard"
This video can showcase your personality or share something about you. This media can be ANYTHING you want — a special skill, an interesting story about yourself, a passion speech, etc. A short film you were in, a short film you created, or both.
Videos do not have to be professionally produced and does not need to include a Slate.
Nazareth will coordinate with you a recorded audition. You will submit your recordings through your Admissions Dashboard using YouTube.
Please email Catherine Gregory, cgregor3@naz.edu, if you’d like to pursue this option.
On your audition day, please bring your headshot and resume if you did not upload it to your Admissions Dashboard (please see required material above).
For your scheduled audition date, you will receive confirmation emails prior, but will not receive the full schedule until you arrive on your audition day.
We require two contrasting monologues. Each monologue should be 90 seconds or less.
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Nazareth offers performing arts scholarships based on the quality of your audition.