If you intend to submit an arts supplement, be sure to indicate this on your application.

Several days after your application is submitted to CWRU, you will receive a login and

instructions for how to access your applicant portal. This is where you will submit the arts

supplement. Please note, students intending to major in music or music education are

required to submit the arts supplement to audition for the major. The arts supplement is

due 15 days after the application deadline.

For detailed information:

Music

http://music.case.edu/prospective-undergraduate-students/audition-information/

You may present material for multiple disciplines.

Acting

Candidates interested in focusing on the acting concentration are asked to select, memorize,

and prepare ONE monologue of their choosing. Selection can be from a contemporary or classic

play and should not exceed two minutes in length. You may also prepare and present 16 bars of

a musical, but this is not required. There will not be an accompanist, so you may sing a cappella

or with a device. For Arts Supplement, please upload your videos, or submit links to your videos

with your CWRU Theater Application.

Directing

For candidates interested in the directing concentration, a portfolio presentation is needed.

applicable, not required). Candidates should be prepared to speak about their interest and

passion for directing, as well as their previous directing and/or theatre experience. For Arts

Supplement, please upload any documents and/or photos that represent your work.

Arts supplements, portfolios and auditions

Dramatic Writing/Playwriting

Students interested in the dramatic writing/playwriting concentration should submit a 10 page sample

of their work in either playwriting or screenwriting (or both) at least one week prior to your interview

date. This can include either an excerpt from a full-length work or a combination of shorter pieces,

such as 10 minute plays or short film scripts. While dramatic writing is preferred, you may also submit

other examples of your creative writing, such as short stories, poetry, essays, etc. For arts supplement,

Supplement in ONE pdf document.

Design

For the design concentration scholarships, a portfolio demonstrating skills in theater is required (which

can include some or all of the following: renderings, sketches, paperwork, scale drawings, production

photos, etc.). Students may also include experience in a related field, such as art, architecture, cosplay,

graphics, or photography. The portfolio may be in scrapbook format or on an online platform. Art

projects or model making could substitute or be included with the other requirements. The material

should be organized into some kind of cohesive presentation, with identifying labels for references.

Please upload your presentation and or links to the Arts Supplement in ONE pdf document.

Dance

include the name of the piece, the dimensions, the material, media and the date completed. For

example: Self-Portrait, 18” x 24”, media soft pastel on paper, fall 2017. If you are showing

three-dimensional work, i.e. sculpture or pottery, you may want to show two different views, front

and side, etc. You may also want to choose to photograph a specific detail.

If you are applying for the Arts Achievement Award, please also submit the following:

Autobiography

A short (250-word) essay, citing your course of study in the visual arts. Include any special

out-of-school activities, i.e., art camp, working as a teaching assistant doing creative

activities, or private art lessons. Describe both your junior high and high school art

experiences, courses that you took, and subjects that you studied.