this is it. senior year.
college auditions.
Stressed Student? Overwhelmed Parent?
We're here to help
The College Audition Edge is
Your Launchpad into Senior Year.
At College Auditions, a Student Can Control One Thing:
Preparation
Get Your Edge with a Week of:
20 Classes to Refine Your Audition Package
Special Topics to Prepare Your Process
Mock Audition to Provide Experience
Broadway Shows for Inspiration
Unmatched Number of Top 10 Schools for Exposure
Network Building for Your Audition Season
How You'll Sharpen Your Edge
Transform Your Audition
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Refine your book, master your material, and freshen your audition package with expertly chosen new repertoire.
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Take an old monologue and finally connect with it, or toss it and find new material that you love performing
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Want to look your best, at your current level, in a dance audition? We've got tips and tricks to make you shine!
Build Your Network
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The College Audition Edge is the largest gathering of program heads and educational leaders outside of the actual auditions themselves!
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Build lasting relationships with professors from your dream schools. They're your cheerleaders throughout this process.
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Fellow students become your greatest allies as you enter audition season together. You'll not only share the year together, but also advice and experiences along the way.
Simulate an Audition
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At the College Audition Edge's 'Final Dress' Mock Audition, you'll get a full trial run ahead of the actual auditions.
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Walk away with direct final feedback from the full panel!
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Excellent opportunity to test how you feel moving and performing in your anticipated audition season fit!
Film Your Pre-Screen
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**Optional Add-On Opportunity**
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Reserved 1 hour timeslot for filming in a studio on the Saturday following the program.
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Included 1 night's additional stay, accompanist, supervising CAE faculty, studio with full lighting and backdrop.
See Your Dreams
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Enjoy two nights out on Broadway! You'll see two new shows from the 2023-2024 season with your friends!
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Enjoy talkbacks and Q&As after the show with performers!
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An experience that can only happen in New York, and only at The College Audition Edge.
Your Mentors and Champions
Meet THE team
Our team of experts guide students with their unique insight, unwavering support, and an understanding of exactly what's needed to make a college audition stand out from the crowd. With daily opportunities to interact with students at The Edge, our team is ready to propel students to not only their perfect schools, but their biggest dreams.
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Six Opportunity-
packed days
life AT the edge
A 'once in a lifetime' experience,
ahead of a 'once in a lifetime' year.
A 'once in a lifetime' experience,
ahead of a 'once in a lifetime' year.
A 'once in a lifetime' experience, ahead of a 'once in a lifetime' year.
Classes:
With our small class sizes, we ensure that each student gets to individually develop their material and technique in EVERY class. With a 20 class week, that's over 30 hours of work with professors from nine of the top collegiate MT programs.
More Doing, Less Watching
Connections:
Relationships formed at The College Audition Edge will not only be the foundation for an audition season, but an entire career. Students are met with positivity, support, and a community that is prepared to champion them daily.
A Lasting Network
Confidence:
After a jam-packed week, students have the opportunity to showcase their audition package for the entire faculty, and walk away with their direct feedback. This moment is both a celebration of the work done, and the opportunity ahead.
'Final Dress', Mock Audition
celebration:
Our student's Broadway dreams are a mere 10 blocks away. Of course, seeing the best of Broadway will happen at The College Audition Edge! These nights will be inspiring and motivating after a hard day's work!
Nights on Broadway
comprehensive:
Students (and optionally, parents) have the opportunity to take vital special topic classes with our field of experts on the process of making the smart financial, logistical, and holistic choices during the audition season.
Special Topic Classes
Sunday, July 14
1:30pm: Optional Airport Meetup for Solo Students
3pm: Hotel Check-In
5pm: Student Orientation and Meet and Greet
7pm: Meet the Faculty
8pm: Sheet Music Review with Accompanists
Tuesday, July 16
10am: Class w/ Penn State's John Simpkins
11:40am: Class w/ Syracuse's Kathleen Wrinn
2:15pm: Class w/Marymount's Tommy Scrivens
3:55pm: Class w/ NYU's Daniel Spector
7:00pm: Broadway Show!
Thursday, July 18
10am: Class w/ Penn State's John Simpkins
11:40am: Class w/ Syracuse's Kathleen Wrinn
2:15pm: Class w/ Rider's Robin Lewis
3:55pm: Class w/ BW's Greg Daniels
7:00pm: Broadway Show!
Saturday, July 20
Optional Add-On Studio, Pre-Screen Filming
Monday, July 15
10am: Class w/ Pace's Jesse Carlo
11:40am: Class w/ Elon's Brian Kremer
2:15pm: Class w/ Marymount's Tommy Scrivens
3:55pm: Class w/ NYU's Daniel Spector
6:30pm: 'Affording the Dream: BFA by the Numbers'
Wednesday, July 17
10am: Class w/ BW's Greg Daniels
11:40am: Class w/Pace's Jesse Carlo
2:15pm: Class w/ CMU's Rick Edinger
3:55pm: Class w/ Rider's Robin Lewis
6:30pm: 'Application List: What's the Right Fit?'
Friday, July 19
9:30am: Class w/ Elon's Brian Kremer
11:10am: Class w/ CMU's Rick Edinger
2:00pm: Mock Audition
5:00pm: Final Goodbyes and Airport Departures
Sample Schedule
Your BluePrint For Success
This sample schedule is subject to change. Students participating as 'locals' should not use this calendar to plan outside activities.
A BluePrint For Success
Every year, we celebrate the hard work of our seniors and their (often) many acceptances to musical theatre programs across the nation. Here are some from our class of 2023. Will you be listed here in 2024? We hope so!
legacy of success
the class of 2023
Program Offerings
Program Only
The full Edge experience (20 classes + 2 shows) only. Ideal for:
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Families on vacation staying at an outside hotel.
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Students able to live locally.
$2975
without housing
Double Room
The full Edge experience (20 classes + 2 shows) plus:
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Queen bed in a shared, two bed hotel room in our student block on a chaperoned hallway.
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Students responsible for meal orders to be delivered by staff.
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Students can opt for an assigned roommate or make a request.
$3775
with one roommate
Single Room
The full Edge experience (20 classes + 2 shows) plus:
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Private hotel room in our student block on a chaperoned hallway.
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Students responsible for meal orders to be delivered by staff.
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Option for families wishing to attend with their students and stay within our hotel. Room will be two double beds.
$4475
with private room
PreScreen Filming
Students electing for this add- on experience will have:
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Material review on Friday night.
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One hour of filming with audio, lighting, video and accompanist on Saturday, July 20.
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Filming supervised by member of Edge Team.
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One additional night's stay in hotel block included.
+$775
Parent Pass
Parents traveling with students have the option to add-on these three special parent-only classes:
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Parent Q&A with Mark Christine from @CollegeAuditionCoach
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MT-Specific College Counselling Seminars
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Happy Hour with the Colleges
+$275
All options include:
The College Audition Edge experience,
PLUS tickets to two Broadway shows.
The College Audition Edge experience, PLUS tickets to two Broadway shows.
Add Ons
Customize your experience with additional options for both students and parents:
to get your College Audition Edge
Got Questions?
We're Here to Help
Review these Frequently Asked Questions, and reach out with your personal requests!
This program is designed for a rising high school senior preparing to enter their college audition season.
If this isn't you, take a look at the many programs offered for high schoolers of all ages by our sister company, Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute. You can take part in full professional musicals, or take on a classroom based experience similar to the College Audition Edge at SSTI Essentials.
Students entering this program should bring two monologue options, two 32 bar cuts that you love (plus your book), and jazz shoes that you'd wear to a musical theatre dance class. Students should anticipate receiving new repertoire during the course of the week, and recommendations of repertoire that should be cut/changed. That's why you're here!
Daily activity will occur within one floor of a midtown Manhattan rehearsal studio complex. This will be the very building you'll spend much of your post-college life inside, as you begin your NYC auditioning journey. Get familiar with it now!
Movement to/from the nearby hotel will be guided by a member of the College Audition Edge Team, as well as all trips to the theatre and for meal breaks.
We have secured a block of rooms at a four star hotel property on the same block as the rehearsal studios. For security, only registered families will get this information. Our program is designed to present an array of housing options. Families seeking to attend with a student, and wanting to be in our hotel, should select the 'Single Bed' hotel option. This is the same for parents seeking to independently send their child, but in a private room. All rooms will have double queen beds.
Students looking to share a room with a roommate assigned by our team or stay a friend that's jointly attending should select the double room option during registration on GetAccepted. Also during that registration process on GetAcceptd, you will have the opportunity to specify a roommate.
All independent student rooms will be on a hallway chaperoned by College Audition Edge staff, in case of an emergency.
In short, EITHER! You've got options!
We have a staff in place to make sure that independent students are supervised from airport pickup (on a specific schedule) to airport dropoff, and all times in-between. There will be a level of personal accountability akin to what they'll soon find in college. Examples include placing meal orders on schedule, waking up on time, and being conscious and independently responsible for being on a group schedule.
For parents wishing to attend, you can do your own thing in the city or join us for our add-on parent classes experiences throughout the week.
Being in the heart of midtown provides an array of dietary accommodations. Rather than choosing a singular group meal that might not meet the needs and desires of our student body, we’ll offer 2-3 restaurants daily on the call sheet. Students will be given the QR code for the app and specific daily time blocks to place their desired pickup orders. While the students are in class, staff will pickup the meals and have them hot and ready for our lunch and dinner breaks.
Sample offerings might be: Sweetgreen, Chipotle, Fresh&Co, Five Guys, Just Salad, Schnippers, Smashburger.
Meals are not included in the tuition for The College Audition Edge. Student should anticipate a daily meal budget of $45-50.
Given the many fixed costs associated with hosting a program in NYC (hotels, meals, theater tickets, travel), there are no scholarships or sponsorships available for The College Audition Edge. Students who meet the qualifications for traditional need-based aid, should look to our sister programs at the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, where a limited number of need-based sponsorships are offered each summer.
