The Department of Theatre’s mission is to provide a transformative education that aligns performance and production with academic inquiry and professional experience. We are uniquely positioned to help multidimensional students create individualized paths through our rich curriculum, extensive production opportunities, and co-ops in which they can work in professional theatre environments. In this way, our students develop a unique understanding of professionalism and entrepreneurship as the foundations of meaningful careers.
Please share with us your multiple dimensions and tell us how you envision Theatre helping you to develop your creativity and empathy.
Your portfolio should demonstrate talent and experience with performance in professional or school theatre, technical production, or playwriting.
Performance:
- Submit an audition video and please slate the play your monologue(s) is/are from, the playwright(s), and the character(s) you are playing.
- Include two contrasting monologues or one contemporary monologue.
- Selections should be no longer than a total of three minutes in length combined.
Production (Design/Technology/Stage Management):
- Designers/technicians should provide a broad range of examples of their creative and artistic work, which may include actual theatre designs and renderings, working drawings, props, puppets and costumes. You could also submit other artistic work such as photography, graphic design, video and audio design, sketches, and fashion design or construction.
- Stage managers should include a few sample pages from a prompt script.
Playwriting:
- Submit a writing sample of a short, one-act play and/or character monologue.
- Include your name and the titles of your submissions.
Directing:
- Submit a director’s note and/or production photos of a play you directed.
Submit resume and 1-5 items that may include images (up to 10 MB each), video (up to 120 MB each), audio (up to 60 MB each), and PDFs (up to 20 MB each). You may also link to media from YouTube, Vimeo, and SoundCloud.
Auditions
Auditions for the Theatre major are encouraged, but not required. You may audition in person on campus, virtually over Zoom, or submit a video audition with your application. Because we are not a conservatory, your admission to Northeastern is not exclusively talent-based, but auditioning can help to enhance your admissions profile and increase your merit-based financial aid if accepted.
Please prepare two contrasting monologues no longer than a total of three minutes in length combined or one three-minute-long contemporary monologue. We recommend that you select contemporary monologues and only do a classic piece if that is your particular strength or interest. Choose pieces that have meaning to you—we are looking for honesty and a strong commitment to what you are doing.
If you are a director, designer, stage manager, or choreographer, then we would love to use the audition time to have a conversation about your work. You can sign up for a time, virtual (via Zoom) on September 23rd or In-Person on September 30th HERE.
For more information, please contact Jesse Hinson at [email protected].