<p>My D had only high school productions on her resume for theatre plus lots of dance in and out of school and voice lessons. No professional shows. She was accepted into 3 auditioned programs plus an audition-for-scholarship-only program that she loved as well. </p>
<p>Her school performed on the Main Stage at the International Thespian Festival (in Nebraska) and some of the college directors saw her there and remembered her (plus she participated in their auditions and met them in their call-backs). If your high school’s theatre department goes to the festival, you can participate in the auditions as a rising Junior in HS. It gave my daughter some great feedback and she could talk to people from many colleges. It was a good starting point for her list.</p>
<p>You never know who they’ll pick and why so just go for it!</p>