Announcing: URTA Auditions now have a “Sneak Peek” program!

For 46 years, the URTA auditions have helped to match the best MFA candidates to the best training programs across the country and internationally. We’ve seen some big stars come through our process, from Ty Burrell, Kate Burton, Frances McDormand, Norbert Leo Butz, Keegan-Michael Key, Lauren Graham, Joel McHale, Kunal Nayyar, and thousands of other professionals that have built solid careers working in the arts—from acting to design to directing to theatre management. We’re so proud of all the candidates that trust us with this important step in elevating their craft to the next level.

URTA is always looking for ways to nurture the next wave of theatre artists. With that in mind, we believe undergraduate acting students would really benefit from viewing the URTA process; seeing first-hand the work and preparation that goes into the MFA candidates’ auditions. What better way to study audition technique than to watch a diverse selection of artists make their choices, right there in the room?

For the first time ever, URTA is opening her doors at all 3 audition sites to help you get a head start and put some of your classroom training to the test. Welcome to the Sneak Peek!

A trial run last year, with an acting class attending the URTA Auditions in San Francisco, was met with a great response.

“Again, thank you so much for the amazing opportunity to sit in on auditions this weekend. Not only did it help to clarify and prepare those students for next year, but it honed their sense of judgement. They spent hours afterwards critiquing the good and bad points of the material presented, the attitude and energy of the students.”
— Dr. Caroline Mercier, Cal State, Stanislaus

If you or your school would be interested in taking part in the Sneak Peak program for 2016, please email Christy Ming-Trent at cmingtrent@urta.com. Space is very limited, as the Sneak Peek is meant only to give students a short window of time to view the auditions.

We will continue to offer the best service to our applicants and recruiters while developing this vital outreach to younger artists hungry for industry know-how.