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Theatre & Drama Academy
July 1-14, 2012
Session Fee: $1,750
Application Deadline: February 15, 2012
*The application for Summer 2012 is now closed. Applications for Summer 2013 will be available in November.
U-M Faculty Director: Professor Janet Maylie (Acting)
Professor Annette Masson (Voice and Speech)
Professor Malcolm Tulip (Movement)
Professor Leigh Woods (Drama Analysis)
The Theatre & Drama Academy provides a hands-on opportunity to work with some of America's best professional theatre artists/teachers at the new and state-of-the-art Walgreen Drama Center on the Ann Arbor campus. Students interested in performance receive a well-rounded, intensive experience that will give them preparation for a college career in the theatre. A University of Michigan credit represents the highest standards in the field, to those interested in theatre, television, or film. The Academy culminates in a performance in the Walgreen Drama Center's Arthur Miller Theatre.
The Academy is open to students in grades 9-11 during the 2011-2012 academic year.
CLASS OFFERINGS
- Acting (includes scene study and monologue audition workshop)
- Acting for the Camera
- Voice and Speech
- Movement, Stage Combat
- Drama Analysis
"MPulse changed my life. It made me more confident in not only myself as a performer, but as a person as well. The relationships, techniques, and memories that I made will stay with me forever."
(Virginia, TDA 2011, KY)
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Please review all of these requirements carefully. Your application will not be considered if it is incomplete at the time of the deadline.
The application materials, including the application, application fee, resume, photograph, teacher recommendation, and recorded audition (unless requesting on campus audition), are required for all applicants. Upon successful submission of an online application you will be provided with a link that you must use to upload all application materials.
Applications may be submitted after February 15, however, priority will be given to all applications received by the application deadline.
Notifications to all applicants will be mailed Friday, March 30, 2012. No decisions will be given by phone
As a courtesy to the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Workshop faculty and other applicants, please notify the MPulse office and withdraw your application if you commit to another summer program anytime during our review/decision notification process
Required application materials:
- Resume that outlines your experience in theatre and any relevant work experience
- Headshot (color or black and white)
- A recommendation from a teacher who knows your work. This letter may be scanned and uploaded as a PDF.
- DVD monologue recording.
"Imagine being given the opportunity to work with some of the most insightful artists in the field, then add in a few lifelong friends with the same passion for art that you, yourself, posses and you've got MPulse." (Austin, TDA 2011, NC)
AUDITION REQUIRMENTS
DVD Instructions - Record a memorized monologue, no longer than 2 minutes, from any play. Your face and body must be visible for the duration of the monologue. Announce your name and monologue before you begin. All recorded auditions must be uploaded. You will be provided with an online link for uploading your audition upon successful completion of the online application.
Apply Online
The General Information link includes many important items. Please click here if you have not yet read this information.
"MPulse was the best part of my Summer, being able to do what I love most 24/7 with some of the best professors in the field was a dream experience, and if I could I would do it over and over again" (Matthew, TDA 2011, MA)
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