<p>It feels a little surreal to be typing this already, but here goes:</p>
<p>MUHLENBERG(scholarship audition only)</p>
<p>Even though this school does not have an auditioned BFA musical theatre program, they do have wonderful theatre, dance and vocal programs, and the students seem to have the ability to build their own program to a certain extent. And my D did audition, so it was a perfect start to the audition season. </p>
<p>We arrived at about 9:30 and were met by the head of theatre, Charles Richter. He had arranged for my D to observe an acting class, followed by participation in a level 3 ballet class. She enjoyed the acting class, said she felt the instructor gave good feedback to the students. She loved the ballet class(has been dancing since age 3), loved the dance teacher, and thought the dance teacher gave good corrections to the students. She also felt very challenged in this class but felt she could keep up. Her dance audition immediately followed this class, she was a little disappointed in her performance because she was tired from the class, but felt she had been observed in class and did ok.
We then had about a 1 1/2 hour break for lunch, clean up and change, and warm up for the acting and vocal audition. She did 1 song and 2 monologues, and then spent some time talking with Mr. Richter. He completely put her at her ease, and she came out of the audition with a big smile on her face and a big boost to her confidence. Mr. Richter told me he had 4 students auditioning that day, by January he’ll often have up to 12 a day. We also met a lovely girl with her family who was just auditioning for the dance department.
We had also arranged an interview with the admissions department following the theatre audition. We visited the school in the summer and did the tour and admission session at the time, so did not need to do that now.
It was a long day, but in the end, I think very successful. The campus is beautiful, and everyone we met there, from the department heads, to admissions officers, to students, to the cafeteria staff(and they have justifiably been named one of the top 10 colleges for best food), was wonderful.
1 audition down, 14(hopefully) to go. Hope every experience is as positive as this one. Best of luck to everyone out there on this road.</p>