Open House/Explore UWF Dates for Fall 2012 Students

The University of West Florida will be holding open house dates on:                                                                                                                                      

  • October 15, 2011
  • November 19, 2011
  • February 18, 2012
  • March 17, 2012
  • April 27, 2012
 

What is Explore UWF?

The University of West Florida Department of Theatre encourages you to attend one of the Explore UWF! Open House.
Beginning at 8:00 am, each Explore UWF! Open House will include:

  • An opportunity to meet with Admissions, Housing and Financial Aid
  • a campus tour
  • an in-depth tour of the Theatre
  • lunch and a chance to meet with students and faculty members from the many departments

After lunch, interested Theatre students will join us for a "special tour" of the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts where they will get an up close and personal look at our facilities, meet Theatre students, and maybe even see a bit of a rehearsal. If you attend the October, February, or April Dates there will be performances going on, book tickets through the UWF box office. (Link on the Left side to the Box Office). This open house audition serves as a great way to audition for the talent based scholarships for the UWF Theatre Department. If you are a technical theatre student, you would need to bring a portfolio for the interview portion. To schedule an audition on a Open House date please contact Meghan Marshall, Office administrator, mmarshall@uwf.edu.

For more info on Open House please visit the Admissions Website.

 

Talent Scholarship Audition Information
Talent Scholarship Auditions will be held on the February 18th Explore UWF!/Open House, as well as Saturday February 25th.  

If you are interested in scheduling a time to audition for one of the Theatre Department’s Annual Talent Scholarships, please contact Meghan Marshall (mmarshall@uwf.edu) in the Theatre Department to schedule a time/date and acquire other up to date information.


Preparing for your Open House Scholarship Audition at UWF:

  • Those intending to pursue a BA in Acting:
    • Please prepare two contrasting 60 second monologues.
    • Please bring a resume (and a headshot if you have one) with you to your audition. 
    • Please start by introducing yourself and your two audition selections.  An example might be:

“Hello my name is Jane Schmidt.  I will be starting with a monologue from The Rainmaker portraying the role of Lizzie followed by a monologue from You're A Good Man Charlie Brown portraying the role of Lucy.”

Questions regarding the BA in Acting Degree Program at UWF? Contact:
Kevin Kern
Assistant Professor of Acting
850-473-7265
kkern@uwf.edu

Those intending to pursue a BFA in Musical Theatre:

    • For your audition, please prepare a 60 second monologue and a 32 bar cut of a piece from the musical theatre repertoire.  Please have the entire piece learned and with you in the event that we need to hear more.  Make sure you have a good copy of your music three hole punched, double sided, and in a binder (no recorded accompaniment please).  You will have a few minutes prior to your audition to talk through your piece with the accompanist.  
    • Please bring a resume (and a headshot if you have one) with you to your audition. 
    • Please start by introducing yourself and your two audition selections.  An example might be:

“Hello my name is Jane Schmidt.  I will be starting with "Many A New Day" from Oklahoma.  I will then portray the role of Lucy in a monologue from You're A Good Man Charlie Brown.

Questions regarding the BFA in Musical Theatre? Contact:
Kris Danford
Visiting Professor of Musical Theatre
850-474-2180
kdanford@uwf.edu