Drama Scholarships & Auditions

Terry Swiney and Ross Olsaver in The Great God Brown

The University offers a Theatre Scholarship to students who have excelled in theatre and are judged to have potential as players in our University Theatre productions. It is emphatically NOT just for those intending to major in Drama, but for STUDENTS OF ALL MAJORS who will perform consistently in campus plays. (It works just like a sports scholarship: theatre is the sport.) Note: theatre scholarship awards are substantial amounts. They are awarded almost entirely on the basis of an Audition or Portfolio Review: send your audition/interview application with your application for admission to UD.

Students are encouraged to visit UD to audition or interview during one of our campus visit days (an audition time will be assigned to each student), but appointments can be arranged for any date before the February deadline. During the theater scholars auditions performance candidates must present two monologues. The drama faculty would like to see one piece from Shakespeare and one from a contemporary play. Please limit your entire audition to five minutes. Portfolio reviews/interviews will be arranged for those students with a design interest.

Applications must be received by January 15 and your audition must be performed by February 9th, 2008

One of Mary McClung's designs for The Beggar's Opera

Scholarship Details

Amount: $1,000-$3,000

Eligibility: High School Seniors & Transfer students

Scholarship Application Deadline: January 15, 2008

Audition Deadline: February 9, 2008

To Apply: Students who have applied to UD and have an interest in Drama must submit a resume, a scholarship application , and Audition by the deadline. An Audition or Interview will be arranged by the Drama Faculty. During the audition, performance candidates must present two monologues. The drama faculty would like to see one piece from Shakespeare and one from a contemporary play. Please limit your entire audition to five minutes. Portfolio reviews/interviews will be arranged for those students with a design interest.

For more information on our department or our scholarship, please contact
Dan Forsythe, Associate Professor of Drama
Phone: 972-721-5217
Email: danforsythe@udallas.edu