ndesterre

Hello all!

My son is planning on auditioning on Sat Feb 17th. Does anyone here know how much time I need to allow in terms of planning his return travel? Would leaving Boston at 5 pm be too early?

I have found lots of great info here.....esp on some of the schools he's applying to.

Thank you!

lynnm

Is he in the morning group or the afternoon? I know when my d auditioned there 2 years ago, the morning group didn't end until around 2:30. The afternoon group went till around 7:00 p.m., I think.

kasl24

I'm auditioning that day too! I am auditioning at BoCo on sunday though, so i won't be going home until sunday night, but maybe we will see eachother there! Good luck to your son!

Katie

ndesterre

Lynn - thank you for the info. We will try to get one of the morning slots now.

Katie - his name is Erik, are you morning of afternoon session?

kasl24

I am auditioning at the 2 pm slot, so perhaps our paths will cross, but if not, good luck!

babygiraffeboots

How long after you submitted your application did you get your pin for stagedoor? I'm still waiting and I'm getting a bit stressed because I want to schedule my audition.

MichaelNKat

My daughter's app was submitted 9/16 and Emerson mailed the pin on 9/18. Don't wait, call the admissions office.

babygiraffeboots

ironically, my pin came in yesterday lol. February 17th for me.

accept

My daughter is auditioning Feb. 12th 9:00. She is also auditioning across town for NYU at 2:00. So she will need to be finished with Emerson hopefully around 12:15ish. Does any one know if that will be a problem? Then it's a dash to the airport for a flight to San Francisco for a 9:30 audition. Right on the heels of finals, while doing a production at community theater. This is going to be a long month.

kasl24

babygiraffeboots - what are you auditioning in the morning or afternoon slot? I'll be there the 17th also, at the 2pm slot!

accept- I think maybe you got mixed up? Emerson is in Boston, so (assuming you mean NYU in NYC), I don't think auditioning at both schools in a day would be feasible. Or maybe I misunderstood your question?

MichaelNKat

I know exactly what you mean. My daughter's in ongoing rehearsals for a local theatre company show that will run from Feb 9 - 11. Audition at Syracuse on Jan 20, audition for high school musical Jan 22 with rehearsals starting Jan 29. Audition at Ithaca Jan 27, Emerson Feb 17 and Carnegie Mellon Feb 25. And we are driving to all of the college auditions from Phila. I already feel like my car is grafted to my butt and that I'm living out of suitcases every weekend just from the visitations and auditions to date. Oh well, as long as the hotels have bars that can make good chocolate martinis!

accept

kasl24, I forgot to note that my daughter's auditions are in LA. So it's 9:00 by LAX, 2:00 in Westwood, then LAX for a 6:15 flight. So how long are Emerson's auditions?

NotMamaRose

I think this is why some drama/MT coaches recommend that those who aspire to BFA admissions do NOT do community shows their senior year, and concentrate mostly on training (and not on doing a lot of shows) junior year. I am sure it's a hard sell to most of these kids, but it makes sense.

MichaelNKat

We kicked it around a lot and concluded that with 4 Honors/AP classes each year, 3 nights of dance classes, and voice classes each week, our D really needed the outlet of performing. And this year, her community theatre show also serves as her senior community service project which she needs for graduation. She decided to use her summers for intensive MT training. We did limit her performing to 2 shows a school year but even so, things were very hectic at times and required some real time management. It's the weekend traveling this year that's going to make us all nuts, although it is giving her the opportunity to visit with friends from her summer MT programs as we travel to their home cities.

kasl24

accept- okay then just ignore my comment I can't offer any more help because i have not auditioned for Emerson myself yet, but good luck and I hope it all works out!!