Application Requirements
What You Will Need to Submit as Part of Your Departmental Application
- A detailed resume. Include both professional, theatrical, creative and other work experience. Composers, please include a complete list of works.
- Sample Work:
A. Composers and Lyricists:
Recordings, no more than 20 minutes in length, plus relevant materials such as scores, lyric sheets, charts, youtube links or standard video formats, etc. Excerpts from a musical theatre piece are preferred, but other works (e.g., pop songs, song cycles, instrumental works, poetry, etc.) demonstrating a wide stylistic range are also encouraged. Please include a libretto and brief synopsis for the musical you are submitting, if available.
B. Bookwriters/Playwrights:
A pdf of a script for a musical theatre piece and recordings of songs written for it, or a pdf of a script of a play. Include a synopsis and reviews, if available. Non-playwrights may apply and should submit a portfolio that reflects their recent work (i.e. poetry, fiction, non-fiction).A. Composers and Lyricists:
- This Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program application (including exercises).
Remember, all of this material is separate from and in addition to any TSOA Graduate Admissions Application requirements.