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Prospective Students

The Theatre Department at Emory & Henry awards a number of four-year scholarships to promising young theatre students.

We offer scholarship opportunities through auditions or portfolio reviews. We accept video submission for BFA admittance and Scholarship until Jan. 20, 2024. After Jan. 20th you will be notified if you have been passed onto our interview round. After all of the interviews have been completed, students will be notified of admittance and scholarship.

IN PERSON auditions are available only at our Super Saturday on Jan. 20th. (registration info to come). All other BFA and scholarship auditions should be submitted virtually via our online platform Acceptd.

Apply for BFA programs and a theatre scholarship

Contact your admissions counselor in the Office of Admissions for more information regarding scholarship interviews.

Audition and Interview Requirements

All prospective scholarship and BFA students will be asked to:

supply a headshot and resume
be prepared for a brief interview

In addition, the following are specific requirements for each BFA/Scholarship track.

Prospective BFA in Musical Theatre students should prepare the following:

1 monologue (no more than 90 seconds in length)
One full musical theatre song with accompaniment, no a cappella
Dance/Movement evaluation (You may submit a dance combo of your own or use the one provided on our submission platform)

Prospective Directing and Stage Management students should prepare the following:

A portfolio of your directing work to date. A portfolio might include production photos, your annotated working scripts, programs, reviews, etc.

Additionally please be prepared to answer questions from the following list (questions will vary):

Who is your favorite playwright and why?
Who/what is your greatest artistic influence as a director?
Describe your experience at a particularly influential production you have seen.
Name a play you would like to direct and tell us why?
What do you see as the main role/job of the director in a production?

Questions about scholarships contact:

Tracie Rinehardt

Director of Admissions - School of Health Sciences

Office: Health Sciences, A234
276-944-6791 Email

Contact the Department

The office of the Department Chair Kelly Bremner is in the McGlothlin Center for the Arts.

Find a list of our department’s faculty and staff here

Want to apply for acceptance to the BFA programs or a scholarship? Apply here

Email us kbremner@emoryhenry.edu

Why should I major in theatre?

Theatre degrees equip students with a wide variety of skills that are directly applicable in a real-world setting. At Emory & Henry, theatre students receive hands-on experience in theatre while also training in a liberal arts setting, allowing students the opportunity for a well-rounded education.

Skills you learn with this major:

performance and presentational skills
creative problem-solving skills
teamwork and leadership
strong written and verbal communication
ability to work under pressure
time and project management

These criteria are found in a myriad of job postings as desired skills.

Theatre majors are easily employable anywhere due to the skill set received in a liberal arts theatre program.

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