Three Rivers Music Theatre Announces NCAA-Style SIGNING DAY Event in May

Please join Three Rivers Music Theatre on Tuesday, May 3rd at 5PM as they celebrate their six Pre-Professional Musical Theatre seniors in an NCAA athletic-style "Signing Day" ceremony! The TRMT students are committing to highly competitive nationally-renowned university theatre programs. Their profound accomplishments should be as noteworthy as their student athlete peers. Please help us celebrate these extraordinary student artists!

Three Rivers Music Theatre Founding Executive/Artistic Artistic Director Andy Planck notes, "Student athletes often get much more attention and recognition from school administrations, teachers, districts, local media, communities, etc.-and rightfully so! They're often extraordinarily talented, and their achievements are certainly noteworthy. It's a big deal when a local student athlete commits to an NCAA program. So, we're taking cues from the NCAA Signing Day idea and putting our own spin on it. We have six seniors this year who were all trained at Three Rivers Music Theatre right here in Fort Wayne, and they're all committing to world-renowned university theatre programs. These programs have a lower acceptance rate than Harvard, and it is a profound achievement that all six are committing to such prestigious institutions. This accomplishment is unique and certainly noteworthy, and we hope that you'll join us as we celebrate their incredible successes."

Three Rivers Music Theatre has had a 100% placement rate since they started their Pre-Professional Musical Theatre Training Program 5 years ago in 2017. TRMT hopes to encourage our community to celebrate the accomplishments of young artists and academics as enthusiastically as our student athletes. THANK YOU to Arts United for hosting this special "Signing Day" event!

Competitiveness Of College Theatre Auditions:

• Students are often required to submit Pre-Screen material to most of the university BFA Theatre programs. This means that they have to pass a screening process to be invited to a live audition. Many, many students don't even pass the screening process.
• Required pre-screen material includes: 2 contrasting songs (if auditioning for Musical Theatre); 2 contrasting monologues (3 monologues if auditioning for Acting); 60 seconds of dance in students' desired style; Ballet technique video including tendus, pliés, battements, pirouettes, and across-the-floor leaps and turns; wild card videos showcasing talents outside of the required material; video responses to required prompts; 60-second "getting to know you" videos.
• Top-tier university programs may see 2,000+ pre-screen applicants. They may only pass 400-500 students through the pre-screen process-top 20-25%. Our students passed almost all of their pre-screens.
• If students pass their pre-screens, they will present similar material requirements in an invited live audition. There are National Unified Auditions in New York, Chicago, and LA which allows students to audition for most of the top-tier programs in a centralized location over the course of 4 days. Our students attended Chicago Unified Auditions in February.
• The live auditions include monologues and singing (if auditioning for musical theatre) and often times a dance audition. Sometimes the dance audition is invited on a callback basis. Auditions often also include a brief interview portion.
• After live auditions, students await offers from the various universities. Out of 2,000+ applicants, most programs select between 16-25 students to join their BFA programs for the following year. That is LESS THAN 1% of applicants. That makes top-tier college BFA theatre programs more competitive than Harvard-5% acceptance rate. Each of our students received at least 5 offers from nationally renowned programs.

WHEN: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

WHERE: Arts United Center • 303 E Main Street

Fort Wayne Awards - Live Stats

Best Musical - Top 3

1. LEGALLY BLONDE (Jay County Civic Theatre)

20.9% of votes

2. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Creative Arts Theatre of Bluffton)

17.6% of votes

3. CURTAINS (The Harold Company Performers)

12.9% of votes

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