<p>I would first like to say, I find this board so informative, thank you! I am new and would like some advice. My son will be auditioning soon for Musical Theater for UCLA, I am trying to make this as stress free as possible. I’ve been told the auditions, are pretty long, six hours. If we have the option to travel in the night before, is that recommended, it would allow him more sleep as well, otherwise, he would need to be up very early due to travel time. Any additional information is also appreciated.
Thank you!</p>
<p>You should really post this in the MT forum, where they might have specific information about the MT auditions. There’s a lot of cross-over between the two forums, but this seems like something they might be able to help you with better than we can.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you are from So Cal. but LA traffic can be horrible. I would come in the bight before just to be safe. They are working on the 405 fwy that you take to UCLA and it’s a mess…</p>
<p>I just saw this and am not sure when the audition is- I agree you should repost in the MT forum for more responses. My D auditioned for UCLA as a transfer 4 years ago, so it may have changed in that time. We live about an hour from UCLA (w/ no traffic) so opted to just drive in that morning and it worked just fine (I think the audition was on a weekend). If you are from outside the area, I would probably arrive the night before to make it less stressful.</p>
<p>4 years ago, the audition length was about 5 hours long. At that time, once you arrived and signed in, both kids and parents went into the auditorium for a presentation by the department. I really liked the presentation in that I felt it was very realistic as to what to expect out of the program. They were very blunt about what they offer, and that it is definitely not the program for everyone. They included a Q&A session where both instructors and current students answered questions. It was very informative. At the end of this, parents were dismissed (and I believe were able to to take a quick tour of the facilities). </p>
<p>The kids were put into groups and were then rotated through their vocal audition, their dance auditions, their monologues, and an interview with staff. There are facilities for them to change clothes from regular to dance stuff. In the dance audition, they were taught a dance as a group and then 3 or 4 at a time auditioned with that dance. There was a 30 second or so section where they had to come up with their own moves so tell your S to be prepared for that. Other than that, it was a pretty routine audition. My D had a really good time.</p>
<p>During that time, parents mostly wandered around the campus- there were a couple of cafeterias nearby, or you would have time to go off campus if you want to. Most parents stayed nearby. I believe the audition was on a weekend so the campus was pretty dead- also the weather was good as I remember sitting outside in the sun. </p>
<p>It’s been long enough now that I don’t remember a lot of details, but let me know if I can answer anything else. Good luck to your son!</p>