The Theatre Department at Emory & Henry College

The theatre department of Emory & Henry College awards a number of four-year scholarships to promising young theatre students. Awards are achieved by audition and/or interview, and are available in the performance (acting, directing, musical theatre), the production (scenic, lighting, costume, and make-up design) areas.

Talent scholarships are designed as four-year awards for theatre majors and minors. In order to ensure the continuation of the stipend, a student must stay in residence for four consecutive years at Emory & Henry College, maintain a good academic standing be s visible part of the theatre program. Failure to meet any of these requirements may result in termination of the scholarship.

To RSVP, e-mail ehadmiss@ehc or call 800-848-5493.

The Emory & Henry Theatre Department would like to invite you to its annual THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP DAY on February 21^TH, 2009 as part of the general Emory and Henry SCHOLARSHIP DAY. This is your chance to meet our faculty, students, and potential classmates, share your talents, ask questions, and check out the campus and the surrounding area.

The Theatre Department at Emory & Henry College offers one of the most progressive and exciting theatre programs in the Southeast. Whether you are interested in pre-professional training in acting, directing, musical theatre, design/ production or a broad-based general theatre degree, E&H is interested in your academic and artistic needs.

Guidelines for Interviews/Auditions/Portfolio Reviews

Interviews/Auditions/Portfolio Reviews are required for acceptance into the Pre-professional training program in Association with Barter Theatre. If you are considering specialization in one of our four pre-professional tracks (Acting, Directing, Musical Theatre, or Design and Production), you will need to sign up for a 10 minute audition/interview slot and come prepared to share your talents and/or discuss your interests and goals. Please, check the guidelines provided below.

If you are interested in our traditional broad-based General Theatre program or if you have not had extensive theatre experience, we do not require an interview/audition/portfolio review, but we strongly encourage you to sign up for a 10minute one-on-one session with E&H Theatre faculty to introduce yourself, discuss your plans, and ask questions.

Pre-professional: Acting

Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues and bring your resume. The total audition should be under 3min. long.

Pre-professional: Musical Theatre

Prepare one monologue and a contrasting song from a musical and bring your resume. You must provide your own accompaniment on a CD or a standard cassette tape.

Pre-professional: Directing

Bring a portfolio of directing work from productions or class work to share with the Theatre faculty. If you do not have a portfolio, you can interview with theatre faculty.

Pre-professional: Design or Technical Production

Bring a portfolio with samples of your work (designs, drawings, photographs, or stage manager's book) to share with the Theatre faculty. If you do not have a portfolio, you can interview with theatre faculty.

General Theatre

Interview with theatre faculty.

Tentative Schedule of E&H Theatre Scholarship Day 2009

9:00 – 9:30 Registration & Sign up for theatre audition and interviews

9:30 - 10:00 Welcome and Introduction/Overview of Theatre Department

10:00 – 11:00 Auditions/Interviews with Theatre Faculty
Meetings with Theatre Students

11:00 – 12:00           Auditions/Interviews with Theatre Faculty
                              Meetings with Theatre Students
12:00 – 1:00 PM        Lunch with Theatre faculty and students

1:00 – 2:00 PM Mini-workshops with Theatre Faculty/
During the same time representatives of Admissions and

Financial Aid offices, Student Life, and current Theatre

students will be available to answer questions of parents and

relatives

2:00 – 3:00 Auditions/Interviews – cont.
Meetings with Theatre Students – cont.

If you are interested in attending E&H Scholarship Day 2009 on February 21, 2009, please send an e-mail or call the Admissions Office at 800-848-5493 ASAP. In rare circumstances, we are able to arrange alternate times for campus visits and individual auditions/interviews/reviews. If you are unable to attend the Theatre Day but would like to visit E&H and meet the Theatre faculty, contact us at the e-mail address or phone number provided below.

Acting Dr. Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian 276-944-6667 or biliana@ehc.edu

Musical Theatre professor Christianne Roll 276-944-6164 or croll@ehc.edu

Directing and Broad-based theatre Dr. Don LaPlant 276-944-6901or dlaplant@ehc.edu

Technical Theatre and Design professor Richard Wolf-Spencer 276-944-6227 or rwolfspencer@ehc.edu

NOTE: If you have not applied yet, we strongly encourage you to complete an Emory & Henry Admissions Application. You can apply online or download a PDF of the application at http://www.ehc.edu/enroll/apply.html