Emerson College: StageDoor

Stage/Production Management, BFA

(First-year and Transfer Students)

When you apply for admission to the BFA in Stage/Production Management you must:

  • Submit a theatrical résumé using StageDoor
  • Schedule an interview with the Stage/Production Management faculty using StageDoor
  • Prepare a Stage/Production Management portfolio
  • Attend your interview with your completed Stage/Production Management portfolio

Supplement Due Dates for BFA Stage/Production Management

 

Interview/Portfolio

Résumé

Notes

Early Action

Must choose an Early Action interview date

Prior to your interview

Early Action applicants who do not complete an Early Action interview with a portfolio will automatically be deferred to Regular Action.

Regular Action

May choose an Early or Regular Action interview date

Prior to your interview

Regular Action applicants who do not complete an Early or Regular Action interview with a portfolio will not be admitted to Performing Arts.

Transfers

May choose any of the offered interview dates

Prior to your interview

Transfer applicants may complete their interview at the Early Action, Regular Action, or Exclusive Transfer Interview Dates. Transfer applicants who do not complete an interview with a portfolio will not be admitted to Performing Arts.

The Portfolio and Résumé

Your portfolio should consist of partial production scripts which best highlight your work (entire scripts are not necessary). Please include all accompanying and relevant paperwork such as:

  • Contact sheets
  • Rehearsal and production schedules
  • Scene breakdowns
  • Rehearsal reports
  • Property running sheets
  • Cueing sheets
  • Blocking

We recommend that your portfolio be limited to one three-ring binder no larger than one and a half inches thick. No electronic media (CDs, DVDs, VHS, etc.) will be accepted.

Your theatrical résumé may include, but is not limited to, your experience in:

  • Stage Management
  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Acting
  • Music (singing, instruments played, conducting, composing)
  • Dance
  • House Management
  • Marketing/Publicity
  • Design (for any design aspect of a production)
  • Technical run crews
  • Writing achievements/publications
  • Classes, workshops, special training
  • Awards/Commendations

The Interview

The interview plays an important role in the admission decision. It gives us the opportunity to discuss your portfolio with you, evaluate your talent and potential, and determine if you would be compatible with our program.

Applicants that are required to complete an interview (BFA Design/Technology, BFA Stage/Production Management) book themselves into a thirty-minute interview period. Please arrive fifteen to twenty minutes prior to the interview start time so that the interview staff can confirm your arrival and take a photo of you. This photo will be associated with your record and interview and it will only be used internally at Emerson College for the interview process. After you have been checked in you will be directed to the room where your interview will take place. Anyone accompanying you will be directed to wait in the waiting room.

Applicants to the BFA in Stage/Production Management may complete their interview on-campus in Boston or at the National Unified Auditions in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles according to the schedule below. All interviews are scheduled online through StageDoor.

Telephone interviews are available for applicants who live a great distance from a live interview site and for whom the cost of traveling is prohibitive. They are offered on the Boston interview schedule listed below on a space available basis. Those applicants interested in scheduling a telephone interview should contact the Performing Arts Admission Coordinator at StageDoor@emerson.edu and prepare to mail a copy of their portfolio to:

Emerson College
Department of Performing Arts
Performing Arts Admission Coordinator
120 Boylston Street
Boston, MA, 02116

2009-2010 Interview Schedule

Interview Dates for Early Action Applicants

Boston
The Emerson College Visitor Center
Within the Tufte Performance & Production Center
10 Boylston Place
Boston, MA, 02116

  • Friday, November 13, 2009
  • Friday, November 20, 2009
  • Friday, December 4, 2009

Interview Dates for Regular Action Applicants

Boston
The Emerson College Visitor Center
Within the Tufte Performance & Production Center
10 Boylston Place
Boston, MA, 02116

  • Friday, January 29, 2010
  • Friday, February 5, 2010
  • Friday, February 12, 2010
  • Friday, February 19, 2010
  • Friday, February 26, 2010

New York City
American Management Association - this location is the site of the National Unified Auditions
1601 Broadway
NY, NY, 10019

  • Sunday, January 31, 2010

Chicago
The Palmer House Hilton - this location is the site of the National Unified Auditions
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL, 60603

  • Monday, February 1, 2010

Los Angeles
The Westin LAX  - this location is the site of the National Unified Auditions
5400 West Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90045

  • Sunday, February 7, 2010

Exclusive Interview Date for Transfer Applicants

Boston
The Emerson College Visitor Center
Within the Tufte Performance & Production Center
10 Boylston Place
Boston, MA, 02116

  • Friday, April 23, 2010