Lack of Resume--How much can it hurt?

<p>Include the video projects in your resume. (You will of course need to submit a resume even if there are no acting credits other than the videos – and perhaps your school play – on it.)</p>

<p>I’d suggest working on your monologues with a coach who has experience in preparing students for college auditions. Include your coach’s name under “training” on your resume.</p>

<p>You might want to audition for some community theatre productions in order to get used to auditioning. If you were actually cast in a community theatre production, that might be a more helpful experience than your school play unless your school has an excellent drama program.</p>

<p>A community theatre production would look better than a high school play on your resume as well.</p>

<p>You might want to take some kind of acting class, somewhere, this fall. This could be included on your resume. If you take a class and perform scenes in the class, include them in your resume. </p>

<p>If you have seen lots and lots of theatre, you might talk in your interview about this, and what you like best, and why, and what theatre means to you.</p>

<p>Your audition is much, much more important than your resume, but I think in your case you really need to have some small amount of experience or training to make you a viable candidate.</p>

<p>Have you thought about perhaps taking a gap year and getting some training and experience during that year, then auditioning for BFA programs the following year?</p>

<p>Auditioned BFA programs are all quite selective. If you read through the threads on this forum, you will see that students sometimes fail to be accepted into any that they audition for, but then they take a gap year during which they prepare further, after which they get some good acceptances.</p>

<p>If you want to have a “normal” senior year (e.g. not giving up orchestra, chamber ensemble and other extracurriculars in favor of the school play and maybe an acting class), then planning to take a gap year to prepare for college auditions would make a lot of sense, in my opinion.</p>