Video Audition Information
To submit a pre-recorded BAA video audition:
➡️ Read the video requirements below
➡️ Record your audition videos (all video auditions must be solo material; group material will not be considered).
➡️ Complete the 2024-2025 Online Application
➡️ Upon selecting the “I will submit/have submitted a video audition” option in your Online Application, you’ll see the spot to submit your video audition links.
We look forward to receiving your video audition!
When should you audition?
The sooner, the better as BAA admits students in a rolling basis (first come, first served)
| Would you like to attend an information session? If you would like to discover ore about BAA before committing to auditioning, you are welcome to attend one of the information session portion of one of our audition dates, so you can learn all there is to know about our 2024-2025 programs and style of work. To select a date and receive the meeting link click the button and select the “Attend Information Session only” option. |
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Are you a BAA Alumni?
If you are a BAA alumni needing to re-audition, you can now submit your videos directly when completing your updated 2024-2025 Online Application. There will be a space to share your links on the last page!
Already submitted your Alumni application and need to send video audition clips? Reach our to us through info@baaoffice.org for information!
What to submit:
Below you will find a list of Video Audition requirements by program and (if applicable) by major. Please review the requirements and information below carefully and, when you’re ready to submit your materials, click the button at the bottom of this page
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2024-2025 VIDEO AUDITION DEADLINES:
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- Thursday, January 2nd, 2025 – Winter Programs video audition deadline.
Submit by this date for consideration to BAA’s Winter Workshop - Thursday, March 27th, 2025 – Early Summer Programs video audition deadline.
Submit by this date for full consideration to all 2025 BAA Summer Intensive Programs - Thursday, April 24th, 2025 – Summer Programs video audition deadline (Latecomers)
Submit before this date for consideration to remaining available spots to 2025 BAA Summer Intensive Programs
Videos will only be reviewed as spaces remain open.
VIDEO AUDITION REQUIREMENTS BY PROGRAM:
Summer Sessions and Winter Workshop video requirements (Majors based programs):
In BAA's Major-based programs students choose attend in one of three Majors: Voice, Acting, or Dance.
The major determines your focus and what you will perform for your final industry showcase (Voice Majors perform a short musical theatre selection, Acting Majors perform a short monologue, and Dance Majors perform a short solo theatre dance combination).
You may audition for and be accepted into multiple Majors, but you will eventually declare only one Major per program you attend.
And, yes: you will have the opportunity to choose Elective classes in all three specialties still to improve your triple threat skills.
Find below what you need to prepare for your audition in the major(s) of your choice:
Please prepare:
- Two contrasting 16 – 32 bar musical theatre selections (one of the two pieces may be a pop-rock selection) that demonstrate vocal range, musicianship, and performance skills. Live accompaniment is preferred although music tracks are also acceptable. No a cappella singing, please. Submit solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept duets, trios, or group numbers as audition material.
- We will be looking to see that you’ve addressed the following questions with your song interpretation:
- Character: Who am I?
- Other/Scene Partner: Who am I talking to?
- Objective: What do I want?
- Tactics: What are the things I am doing during my song to get what I want?
- Moment Before: What happened just now that prompted me to start singing?
- Stakes: How important is what I want? What will happen if I don’t get it?
- Environment: Where am I? In what time period does this piece take place?
- You may also choose to include a brief video personal statement to give us a better sense of your personality and background.
- If a student wishes to be considered for Voice and also Acting and/or Dance, they should prepare the audition materials listed for both Majors (see Acting and Dance specifications below).
Please prepare:
- Two contrasting 1-minute monologues that demonstrate acting range, characterization, and performance skills.
We recommend contemporary, age appropriate monologues, and at least one of your selections should be comedic.
Monologues may be taken from contemporary plays and/or monologue books.
Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept scene work as audition material.
We will be looking to see that you’ve addressed the following questions with your monologue interpretation:
- Character: Who am I?
- Other/Scene Partner: Who am I talking to?
- Objective: What do I want?
- Tactics: What are the things I am doing during my monologue to get what I want?
- Moment Before: What happened just now that prompted me to start speaking?
- Stakes: How important is what I want? What will happen if I don’t get it?
- Environment: Where am I? In what time period does this piece take place?
- You may also choose to include a brief video personal statement to give us a better sense of your personality and background.
- If a student wishes to be considered for Acting and also Voice and/or Dance, they should prepare the audition materials listed for both Majors (see Acting and Dance specifications below).
Dance Majors, please submit ALL of the video footage listed below.
Please make sure that your choreographed piece(s) are in one video file and your required skills are in another video file:
- Choreographed piece(s): 2-5 minutes of solo dance material that demonstrates technique, flexibility, characterization, style and musicality. We recommend submitting two or three shorter combinations (at least one piece must be Jazz or Theatre Dance; the remaining pieces may be in any style, although tap and ballet are recommended). We will NOT be able to accept group dance numbers as audition material.
- Required Skills to submit:
- Required Skill #1: A clean double pirouette on the right and left sides, either turned in or turned out, landing in any position.
- Required Skill #2: A grand jeté on the right and left sides, with straight leg or through développé.
- Required Skill #3: Pas de bourrée on the right and left sides.
- Required Skill #4: Battement on the right and left sides.
- Required Skill #5: Held arabesque on either leg.
- Required Skill #6: One additional “trick”. Tricks may include switch leaps, tumbling, multiple pirouettes, side leaps, fouetté turns, flexibility tricks, etc.
- You may also choose to include a brief video personal statement to give us a better sense of your personality and background.
Non-majors programs video requirements:
BAA Junior Track students do not declare majors but explore voice, acting and dance work in their classes. To be considered for this program, students must prepare the following material:
- One 16 – 32 bar musical theater selection that demonstrate vocal range, musicianship, and performance skills. Live accompaniment is preferred although the use of music tracks is also acceptable. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept duets, trios, or group numbers as audition material.
- One 1-minute contemporary monologue that demonstrate acting range, characterization, and performance skills. Your monologue may be taken from contemporary plays or a monologue book. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept scene work as audition material.
College Audition Workshop students do not declare Majors, but will explore material they can use to audition for Musical Theatre/Vocal Performance degree programs. To be considered for this program, participants must prepare the following options for their audition:
- Two 16 – 32 bar musical theater selections that demonstrate vocal range, musicianship, and performance skills. Live accompaniment is preferred although the use of music tracks is also acceptable. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept duets, trios, or group numbers as audition material.
- A 1-minute contemporary monologue that demonstrates acting range, characterization, and performance skills. Your monologue MUST be taken from a published play. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept scene work as audition material. We will be looking to see that you’ve addressed the following questions with your audition selections: Character: Who am I? Other/Scene Partner: Who am I talking to? Objective: What do I want? Tactics: What are the things I am doing during my song/monologue to get what I want? Moment Before: What happened just now that prompted me to start singing/speaking? Stakes: How important is what I want? What will happen if I don’t get it? Environment: Where am I? In what time period does this piece take place?
Weekly Class Series and BAA Conservatory students do not declare Majors, but will work on materials that is appropriative for the class topic of the day. To be considered for this program, participants must prepare the following options for their audition:
- Two 16 – 32 bar musical theater selections that demonstrate vocal range, musicianship, and performance skills. Live accompaniment is preferred although the use of music tracks is also acceptable. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept duets, trios, or group numbers as audition material.
- A 1-minute contemporary monologue that demonstrates acting range, characterization, and performance skills. Your monologue MUST be taken from a published play. Solo material only; we will NOT be able to accept scene work as audition material. We will be looking to see that you’ve addressed the following questions with your audition selections: Character: Who am I? Other/Scene Partner: Who am I talking to? Objective: What do I want? Tactics: What are the things I am doing during my song/monologue to get what I want? Moment Before: What happened just now that prompted me to start singing/speaking? Stakes: How important is what I want? What will happen if I don’t get it? Environment: Where am I? In what time period does this piece take place?
We look forward to receiving your video audition!
Have any questions? Check our out video auditions FAQ below!
For any additional inquiries, contact us via info@baaoffice.org
One Day Master Classes and the Adult Professional Workshop do not require an audition,
but students interested in those programs only must still complete a 2024-2025 BAA Online Application.
Click below if you are ready to Submit
via the BAA Online Application.
VIDEO AUDITION FAQ
The following BAA programs require auditions:
- Summer Sessions One through Four
- Session One's BAA Junior Track
- Winter Workshop
- NYC Live Cabaret Weekends
- College Audition Workshop
- BAA Conservatory.
Select BAA programs offer specific classes and showcase tracks in three majors: Voice, Acting and Dance.
Students in the BAA Winter Workshop, and Summer Sessions One through Four (excluding the Session one BAA Junior Track) will choose attend their program in one of three Majors: Voice, Acting, or Dance.
- Your Major is your focus while you’re with us and it also determines what you will perform for your final industry showcase (Voice Majors perform a short musical theatre selection, Acting Majors perform a short monologue, and Dance Majors perform a short solo theatre dance combination).
- You may audition for and be accepted into multiple Majors, but you will eventually declare only one Major per program you attend.
- In addition to your Major classes, you will have the opportunity to choose Elective classes in Voice, Acting, or Dance to improve your triple threat skills.
When you complete your online application, you will be asked to indicate what programs and intensives you are interested in being a part of. This will be our guidance.
Your acceptance information may match what you requested in your application, but it may look different as we look to place each student in the programs we feel are the best fit, and will offer them the best and most successful experience.
Admission to all Broadway Artists Alliance Audition-Only Intensives is competitive.
Auditions will be scored and a prospective student must meet the minimum scoring requirement for each program to be accepted. Please note that some programs have different minimum scoring requirements, and Session Four is the most competitive session due to the format of the final showcase, which requires that we accept fewer students.
Read the audition requirements for the program of your choice, to understand what we look for in every specific area.
Because we have rolling admissions, we strongly recommend auditioning/submitting an audition video as early as possible in the season to increase your chances of being accepted.
You will receive an email within two weeks of your submission letting you know which intensives and majors you are eligible to attend based on your audition.
If you’re a BAA Alumnus who has attended an intensive in the past academic year, you will automatically receive an Alumni Admissions email in September, letting you know all of the intensives and majors you qualify for in the coming year without having to re-audition and giving you registration instructions.
BAA Alumni only need to audition if you have not attended BAA in the past 2 school years, if you want to be considered for additional programs or majors to those you have received admission to, OR if you missed the Alumni Deposit Deadline listed in your letter.
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