B.F.A. in Drama (Acting Theater) 

at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

PRE-SCREEN GUIDELINES: Resume including any training and experience in theater, film, music, and dance as well as academic achievements, work experience, and community service Headshot, TWO short, contrasting monologues from plays The monologues should be selected from one contemporary piece and one classical piece (pre-1900) Should portray characters that fall in your natural age range (teens and 2 The monologues should be no longer than 90 seconds each One should be shot in close-up (head and shoulders) and another showing your full body AUDITION GUIDELINES: Perform two, contrasting monologues, One classical monologue from a play written before 1900 with an emphasis on heightened language, One contemporary piece written in the 20th or 21st century (each monologue should be only one minute) Each monologue should be within natural age range Be sure to read the entire play the monologue is excerpted from so you are able to demonstrate an understanding of the character and situation