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You're invited to our annual Theatre Days at GVSU, where you can tour our facilities, participate in workshops, meet current faculty, and audition for scholarships. This opportunity is free, but does require advance registration.

Register for Theatre Days

High School Students: November 16, 2024

If you are a current high school student (or first time in any college), please register for this day. Registration includes tickets to our production of Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage.

All events happen in the Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts on GVSU's Allendale Campus.
12:30 PM: Registration in the Louis Armstrong Lobby
1:00 PM: Welcome Meeting and Tour 
2:30 PM: Q+A with Current Students  
3:30 PM: Acting Workshop/Audition Warmups
3:30 PM: Parent/Supporter Meeting 4:30 PM: Scholarship Auditions/Portfolio Reviews (for students beginning Fall 2025)
5:30 PM: Dinner on your own
7:30 PM: Intimate Apparel Performance, Linn Maxwell Keller Black Box (register by Sunday, 11/10/24 to secure complimentary tickets)

Community College/Transfer Students: February 8, 2025

If you are a student transferring from a community college or another four-year institution, please register for this day. Registration includes tickets to our production of Little Women: The Broadway Musical.

All events happen in the Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts on GVSU's Allendale Campus.
Schedule subject to change.
12:30 PM: Registration in the Louis Armstrong Lobby
1:00 PM: Welcome Meeting and Tour 
2:30 PM: Q+A with Current Students  
3:30 PM: Acting Workshop/Audition Warmups
4:30 PM: Scholarship Auditions/Portfolio Reviews (for students beginning Fall 2025)
5:30 PM: Dinner on your own
7:30 PM: Little Women: The Broadway Musical Performance, Louis Armstrong Theatre (register by Sunday, 2/2/25 to secure complimentary tickets)

THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS/INTERVIEWS (for graduating seniors)
You may submit for both categories, if you have an interest in multiple fields.

Actors: Please prepare two contrasting monologues, with the duration of no more than 2.5 minutes. If you auditioned at Michigan Thespians, you may use the same pieces.

Design, Tech, Management: Please prepare to present/discuss a portfolio of your work. If you presented at Michigan Thespians, you may use the same presentation/portfolio. We want to see the breadth of your production work, so please do not feel like you have to limit your portfolio to any one area of management, design, or tech.  

All Students Applying for Scholarships must fill out the General Application on MyScholarships by March 1st, 2024.

Please forward any questions to the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance Publicity & Recruitment Coordinator, Bridgett Vanderhoof, at [email protected], or call (616) 331-3678