Ready to take your skills to the next level for upcoming auditions with our Musical Theatre Audition Prep Intensive?!
Designed for students preparing for Pre-professional, Unified and College Auditions, this immersive program equips young performers with the tools, training, and confidence needed to stand out in today’s competitive audition landscape.
- Students will participate in daily acting, dance, and private voice sessions, along with workshops covering essential topics for the aspiring musical theatre performer.
- Leave with a COMPLETE AUDITION TOOLKIT including:
- professional headshot
- a high-quality audition video
- a polished monologue
- two contrasting songs —ready to take into any audition room!
- professional headshot
- Participants will also have the opportunity to perform in a mock audition for industry professionals and attend daily masterclasses focused on both performance and career-building skills.
Join us to refine your craft, strengthen your audition package, and showcase your growth in our student showcase performance on the final day of the intensive!
Dates
Sunday August 2-Sunday August 9th
Time
10am – 5pm
Cost
$1250
Age
14 – 19
Max Capacity
Spaces Limited
CHSMA INSTRUCTORS
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Charles Higgins
Kayla Petrille
Melissa Dombrowski
Rachel Hall
SPECIAL GUEST INSTRUCTORS
Updates coming soon – Stay tuned!
Basic Components of Schedule
Sectionals (approx 2 hrs/day) – Students will be in group A, B and C. These groups will rotate between Acting Study, Dance Study, and Private Vocal Coaching (resulting in them spending two days in each group). Acting and Dance sections will be conducted with a group.
- Voice Coaching Session 1 – 1st Vocal Selection
- Voice Coaching Session 2 – 2nd Vocal Selection
- Acting Session 1 – Contemporary Monologue Work
- Acting Session 2 – Classical Monologue Work
- Dance Session 1 – Basic dance moves and vocabulary
- Dance Session 2 – Strategies for learning choreo quickly/learn choreo piece
Lectures/Big Items – (approx 2 hrs/day) – Students will attend a single subject lecture, roundtable or clinic to include the following subjects/areas of interest:
- Program Orientation and Icebreakers (theatre games/team building exercises)
- College Audition Process: Finding your college, navigating deadlines, tracking your progress
- Voice: Musical Theatre Singing Technique
- Voice: Acting the Song
- Acting: Introduction to the Practical Aesthetics Acting Method
- Acting: Script Analysis and Approaches to Cold Readings
- Roundtable: Getting an Agent/How to Get Work/Real life as a performer (w/Working Performer)
- Lecture/Clinic: Audition Etiquette 101 & Making Audition Videos
- Lecture/Clinic: Writing your personal statement & refining your resume *NEW THIS YEAR!*
- Mock Auditions
Other Activities (approx 1hr/day) – Headshots, Audition Videos, Showcase Rehearsal (creating segments, rehearsing group selections)
- Our final lunch will be all together so students can enjoy a moment breaking bread all together while talking about what they’ve learned through directed discussion and celebrating their achievement (1.5 hours).
