Juilliard Drama Auditions FAQ 

Thanks so much for posting this!!! I will be auditioning there in the Spring of 2011, and this was very helpful to know what to expect!

This was really nice of you. All the best to man!

thank you so much. I may be auditioning either this year or next year depending on if I want to graduate early... this was very helpful and inspirational :)

thanks for posting this video i saw your monologue you're a great actor i have an audition soon so it's given me a good idea of what we'll be expected to do good luck for the future

thanks!! you are talented man, i hope all is well with ya!!

I am definitely applying to Juilliard. I want to study theater and music there and I believe I can get in. I've been studying theater since 5th grade and music since 3rd grade. I'm an aspiring Broadway performer and want to be an actor/singer and composer. Thank you for creating this video!

Hey Caleb I'm recording my monologues but facing a lot of problem. Can't keep a single monologue under 2 mins. Also I'm feeling the moment but in the recorded video my expressions aren't reflecting on face. Very frustrating. Actually I don't have any experience. Can you please tell me what to do? If I send you my recorded videos would you look at those for me. I would be really grateful to you.

this was really helpful, thank you :)

Thanks for the video! For the audition, when they asked you to sing, are they looking for someone with a good singing voice, (as in musicals) or was it more looking at how effectively you can use your voice?

Did you live in New York at the time or for the 40 student call backs in New York did you have to fly out there with your own money or was the flight provided for you? Also, how do you get the "four year degree program (that) requires 24 credits from Juilliard’s Interdivisional Liberal Arts curriculum"? Thank you for your time and congrats on Julliard. :-)

thank you soooooo much!!! this video is a life saver!!!! i know its a ways off but im in eighth grade and dream of going to juiliard!!! i am truthfully an artist at heart and my soul just feeds off of preforming and the thrill of being on stage! right now i am in a very acedemic school and its just not good for me. although i do all the community and regional theater i can, its hard to keep up with the work load. any ideas on good preforming art schools? i live in la. again thanks for the video

I really love the arts, REALLY love them, and have been doing theatre now for about 10 years, but I'm also an intellectual per say, so I'm having a very difficult time deciding between the sciences and the arts. I was wondering, is there any way that you know of to figure out which course is better suited as a career?

@costathing The warm ups are for actually just for warming up I think,.

Hey there! I was wondering if you could give some details about what questions are asked in the interview portion of the process. Thanks!

@MSullivan1993 It's not based on previous experience, per se. But rather talent based. Basically, if they see potential in you not on how many plays or training you have had.

Hi, thank you for all of your videos, they have been really helpful. I'm not sure if this has been asked already, but I am about to graduate high school and for financial reasons I haven't had the ability to do any formal training. For the resume do they expect an extensive background in drama, or can you have a small list of experience. I plan on transferring in a year and joining community theater, but how concerned are they with your previous experience?

Thanks for this :-) I'm auditioning in like 6months and I'm terrified, what did u have on ur resume if u don't mind me asking, cuz I've done about 20 shows/community theater stuff so.. And I volunteer at the library and that's all I really have, I'm trying to get more things but I don't know what else to do

What were some of the interview question?

@chioguenther You can go once you graduate from high school. Not a graduate school.

had you prepared a song before just incase they asked you or did you have to pull one from memory when they asked you to sing?

@ArroyoSebastian Acting career is going pretty good. Got cast on a web series, that I should start shooting pretty soon. As for the best BFA programs? NYU, Juilliard, University of Texas Austin (where I went!), SUNY, UCSD, etc! Thanks for watching!

@ArroyoSebastian I don't know the average age, but I would say it trends toward the 20-24 age range?

@calebmills99 ok thank you. do you possibly have any tips of what they expect from you and how i should prepare?

would u no what a video audition would be like at all?

i've heard negative things about the juillard school of drama, it seems really hard to get into, but at least you had the guts to tryout!!

Does everyone get to audition for the first time?

It depends really on what you want. Like, single or double room. Or your meal plan. Those things add up. But I think the average is about 40,000-60,000.

Will it look better on my resume if i go to a preforming arts highschool?

hallo! Thanks for the great video, helped me alot. I'm a 16 year old girl from Norway with a dream to be a Julliard drama student in the future. I have always been in love with acting and at the age at 13 I managed to get a role in an Norwegian tv-series named Sky blue. The year I acted in the series I really fell in love with acting, and I can't imagine a future without it. I just wonder how much does it costs to take a master in acting at julliard, and how can I apply when I live in Norway? :)

Is it better if you auditoin in NYC compared to Chicago?

What were the interview questions? What did they do at callbacks? Can you give a more in-depth experience about the second part of your time there? What was the 3rd callback like???

What if i live in a different state?

Does Juilliard look at if you've been in every single play in your high school or does that not really matter to them?

this video was very helpful! I do have a question though; do you have to go to a university for four years and get a degree or whatever as well as juilliard? :) i feel werd asking this question. im actually still in middle school, but i am gathering as much info as i can because juilliard is my drea,

DID YOU GET IN

If you are not from USA I think you have to send a video of you. What exactly this "video-audition" has to include?

@calebmills99 My friend, one last question. How many people where at auditions with you, and around how many got 1st round callbacks? Thank you, my date is approaching!

@pnuthead42 I had prepared one just in case. You can never be too prepared!

This may be a dumb question but I've always wanted to be in the drama department of Juilliard, do still take like maths and sciences and stuff? Jw because I suck, emphasis on suck, at math.

@lampeth96 not sure about that. sorry

wait so was your audition for undergrad or graduate?

Hey Caleb did you audition for nyu? What was that like. I the process similar. Thanks man terry

Thanks. I am planning on auditioning for Juilliard but one question. Do I have to go to university before I apply?

@calebmills99 How is your career in LA going? I did not end up applying to julliard last year, but am this one. Im studying theatre at PSU. what a beautiful career! good luck, and again. thanks for your videos. in your opinion. what are the best BFA Acting programs in the USA? take care

Thankyou :) can u do some acting coaching videos please

I am a senior in high school, still 17. what is the average age of the people auditioning? actual professionals? please respond my friend, thank you. this video was really helpful. i would have freaked out if i got there and asked me to perform a song, i would know what to sing. thank you

@kittygoree09 It was more just like a getting to know you interview. very laid back.

@HeartShapeGlasses007 I really can't speak to which career you should choose. I will say this, I chose a career as a an actor because I really can't do anything else. I wouldn't even say I chose it, it chose me. If you feel he same way about the arts, then the choice should be clear! :)

Hiya, do you know how hard/easy it will be for me to get a scholarship to juilliard? I live in the uk and would love to be able to get into juilliard also I don't have a lot of money and i go to a community school and have only ever done drama there due to money thanks a lot :)

heey, and what happen in the interview?? i really want to study in Julliard so I want to know how is it

@gabbyproduction they made everyone sing last year!

@xenablake1 I think the most important thing to them is your audition, not your resume.

I don't sing that well, and they called me back. I think they are just checking to see how you use your voice.

@TheYumburger there is no set number.

did you go with a parent?

hi i am Immanuel, i line in Trinidad that is in the Caribbean, i would like to go to Juilliard someday if you get in how much will you have to pay?

hi my name is angelika im 15 years old , my dream is to go and studdy on juilliard..DRAMA....im eveeryday in juilliaards webpage since i was 11 years old... i hope ill make it |

how much experience did you have before the audition?

sounds absolutely terrifying.

whats the name of the first song played?

@broadwaysingersarah I have always heard it better to audition there. (NYC)

@omgakm123 O.K. It's Alright With Me- Eric Hutchinson

@uchihasasuke0123 Eric Hutchinson

@mannycools 2

hello, is there a way to contact you via email? it is about juilliard. thanks, georgia

Reading doesn't suck! Hahahaha LOL Thank you sooooooooo much for this video, I really want to go to Juilliard, but... Um, what if I didn't study High School in the US, does it matter? I'm Mexican-American & yes, I AM legal on both countries, I just really want to know that, please? Thank you so much (:

Haha, it doesn't suck. I'm thinking Julliard expects you to have a solid understanding from Greek to modern plays. But yeah, pick something that you care about. That's the essence of art. If you don't understand that, just go find something else to do with your life.

wow like i really want to go to juilliard for acting but how can i wen i cant sing .... lol hoolly crap didnt expect that ... well im off to singing lessons thats all ive got if i wanna act o gosh lol

wow like i really want to go to juilliard for acting but how can i wen i cant sing .... lol hoolly crap didnt expect that ... well im off to singing lessons thats all ive got if i wanna act o goshlol

lower your music just a notch more next time please :) i wanna hear what you have to say!

ooh this is for acting not music? (you had to poke the balloon with the toothpick :) Dylan

julliard is for prodigies. If you think you're a prodigy go ahead and try