Classen School of Advanced Studies High Schools at Northeast
Drama Major Program

High School Drama Department 

Audition Guidelines

Classen SAS Mission Statement:

To ensure that all students learn at high levels to become high quality, academically prepared, global citizens.

HS (incoming 9th -12th) Drama Audition Details:

Day/Date:
Saturday, February 15, 2025

Time for Arrival: 

• Check-in between 12:30 and 1 pm.

• We will promptly start at 1:00 pm

Location: 

• CSAS HS @ NE, 3100 N. Kelley Ave., OKC, OK 73111

Point of Entry: 

• Enter through the main front doors of the high school (blue doors facing the courtyard and the intersection of Kelley and 30th).  You will go straight into the auditorium directly across from the entrance. 

Parking Information: 

• You may park in the main school parking lot just off of Kelley Ave.  Additional parking is available behind the school and is accessible from 30th. 

How to Apply & What to Prepare Before Arrival:

CSAS General Application requirements: 

OKCPS Application Schools Website

BEFORE THE AUDITION

Review the CSAS Drama Info Packet linked here.

• Read about the two sites, Drama Major requirements, and more! 

Complete the Audition Form.  

• This is a digital form.  You will be asked some important questions about who you are, where you’ve been going to school, contact information, and more.  There is an essay portion that your parents cannot fill out for you, but they can help you with some of the info if you need them to. 

Choose two monologues from this list.  Make sure to choose grade-appropriate monos!

• We want you to choose two monologues that are CONTRASTING.  Choose a humorous one and a serious one.  OR you can choose one that is most like who you are and one that is totally different from yourself to show us your range.  

• At the audition, the judges will ask to see both of them.

Prepare your Musical Theatre Audition: 

• Choose any song to sing  from a broadway musical.   Do NOT choose a song that is from a film (unless it is an adaptation of a staged musical). 

• Select 16 - 32 measures of that song that best demonstrate your singing and acting ability. 

• Please do not select anything that requires extensive choreography – we have a dance audition for that!

Prepare your Technical Theatre Element: 

You can do one of the following projects: 

• a) build an item for a show. 

  • A prop: bring a prop you have already made or make a new one!  A prop is a hand held item from a show that an actor carries.   Examples: Make a cardboard sword; build a hand fan using popsicle sticks and feathers. 

  • A costume: bring a costume you have made by sewing elements together.   We want to see your sewing skills and thought process. 

  • A set piece: NOTE that this should EITHER be small enough to carry in (like a dollhouse you made for a production) OR a photo display which has pictures of your creation process and the final project. 

• b) display your ability to design. 

  • Lights: if you have designed the lights for a production, then bring in a slideshow or display board of the process and final production.   OR you can bring in a lighting plot that you have created specifically for a production for the audition. 

  • Sound: create 5 new sound effects that could be used for a production using sounds you created and mixed yourself. OR bring in sounds you have created yourself for a production at your current school/community theatre group. 

  • Set: bring in a ground plan and elevated sketch of a scenic design for a play you have read or scene.  If you’ve already created that at your current school/community theatre group, bring those designs in with pictures of the final product. 

  • Costume: choose a play to read.  Select five characters from the show and create a design for their costumes.  Display your design in colored sketches of what the costume will look like. 

Get your outfit ready: 

• For the dance portion of the Musical Theatre requirement, you will need athletic clothing that does not have any logos and tennis shoes or jazz shoes. NOTE: This portion will be FIRST so please come dressed in this! 

• For the interview and other elements of the audition, please have a professional outfit or wear all black clothing from head to toe.  Please do not wear any labels on any of your clothing that might give you any identifying markers.

Pack your audition bag! Be sure to wear or bring with you to the audition: 

• Tennis shoes or jazz shoes that you can move in 

• Audition outfit

• Water bottle 

• A copy of your monologues (to rehearse with) 

• Your sheet music (to practice with)

• A track for your musical theatre song (you’ll sing with this.  We’ll provide a speaker)

• Your technical element to display during the interview

DURING THE AUDITION

• Check-in between 12:30 and 1 pm.

  • At check-in, you’ll be given a number and a grouping.  You’ll stay in this grouping the entire day! 

• MT Dance Audition

  • You’ll have a 30 minute period to learn the combination and practice before auditioning in your groups. 

• MT Song Audition

  • You’ll have time to change after your group dances.  Then we’ll hear you sing in your awesome audition outfit!

  • You’ll only be singing in front of your group and the judges. 

  • Don’t forget: you’ll need to have your track pulled up on your phone  or be able to tell our sound person where to find your track on youtube. 

• Monologue Audition

  • Again, your group will be in the room with the judges.

• Interview/Technical Display/Essay

  • For this portion, we will call each student in the room one at a time so that we can give you our undivided attention. 

  • When you are not interviewing or showing your technical display, you will have time to work on the hand-written essay.  We will give you a writing prompt and you will respond to it with a minimum of one page written response. 

Audition Tips:

Tips for Monologue | Song:

• Monologue must be memorized.

• Choose the best 16 measures that feature your range/ability.

• Choose a song from an actual stage musical and not just from a movie.

• Be brave.

Judging Criteria (how applicants will be evaluated):

Students will be expected to perform in front of a panel of judges and be evaluated using a rubric, please click here to view the rubric on the last page of the Drama Dept. Info Packet.

Drama Dept. Contact Info:

Lauren Peck-Weisenfels 

Phone: 620-417-0138
Email: lepeck-weisenfels@okcps.org 

Molly Runion
Email: mkrunion@okcps.org

Additional Pertinent Links:

• CSAS HS Website:https://www.okcps.org/Domain/80