Before The College Audition: A guide for creating your list of acting and musical theatre undergraduate programs

Please note: Over the course of a year, we interviewed as many Reach, Match and Safety programs throughout the US as possible. Not EVERY deserving program is included due to many reasons (lack of response, not receiving their interview on time, etc.) Our intent is to publish a second edition with double the amount of interviews. For our first edition, we feel very lucky to have the schools we have and hope you enjoy reading extensive interviews from more than a handful of schools on your list! Additionally, we hope you are able to flush out a performing arts college list with Reaches, Matches and Safeties and discover some new exciting schools by the end of reading this book. 

If you would like to see the full list of schools before purchasing, don't hesitate to head to our website to see the full list (plus snippets of interviews!): beforethecollegeaudition.com/about.html 

Also, feel free to email me personally with any questions: [email protected] 

Some featured program interviews include: University of Michigan, CCM, Emerson College, Pace University, New York University, Baldwin Wallace, Syracuse University, Florida State, Montclair State, Boston University, Elon University, University of the Arts and many more!

You've decided you want to go to college and get a degree in the performing arts. Now what? In order to give yourself the best odds of gaining acceptance to one of your dream performing arts programs, you must be realistic and organized. This book will guide you through the steps to create a college list that is filled with the appropriate mix of reach, match, and safety schools suited to your needs, talent, and personality. We have interviewed over 200 performing arts programs on what opportunities they uniquely offer their students, what they look for in a potential student, and what they expect to see in a college audition. Sift through the interviews to gain essential information to help craft your list of college programs and to better your odds of acceptance. Use this book to discover new programs and get better acquainted with your dream schools!