Drama

Artistic Review Dates and Locations

DEADLINES

We recommend that you submit your Common Application early, as artistic review sessions fill on a first come, first served basis. Please visit our How To Apply page to learn more about the application process.

The deadline to schedule your artistic review is almost immediately after your Common Application deadline and is STRICTLY enforced.

As artistic reviews begin shortly after their corresponding application deadlines, we encourage you to follow the recommended application deadlines below in order to secure your desired date and location:

COMMON APPLICATION DEADLINE

NOTIFICATION PLAN	ACTUAL DEADLINE	RECOMMENDED DEADLINE
Early Decision	November 1	October 15
Early Decision II	January 1	December 1
Regular Decision	January 5	December 1
Current NYU Students	March 1	February 1
External Transfers	March 15	March 1

Please understand the recommended deadlines make the process easier for our applicants. NYU Undergraduate Admissions will still accept applications up until the actual deadlines.

A couple of days after you submit the Common Application, you will receive an email from NYU with a personalized link to the Drama Artistic Review portal. You must schedule your artistic review by the deadlines below:

2026 ARTISTIC REVIEW SCHEDULING DEADLINE

NOTIFICATION PLAN	APPLICATION DEADLINE	SCHEDULING DEADLINE
Early Decision	November 1	November 7 - 9:00AM EST
Early Decision II	January 1	January 9 - 9:00AM EST
Regular Decision	January 5	January 15 - 9:00AM EST*
Current NYU Student	March 1	March 6 - 9:00AM EST
External Transfer	March 15	March 24 - 9:00AM EST

*For Regular Decision–Acting and Regular Decision–Musical Theatre applicants, you must submit your required Phase 1 artistic review video submission first by January 12, 2026 9AM EST. After it has been reviewed, if invited, you will then schedule a live in-person/digital artistic review on your Drama Artistic Review Portal by the posted Regular Decision scheduling date deadline above. We strongly recommend applying early and uploading your Phase 1 video submission as soon as your portal opens to secure your preferred Phase 2 artistic review date (if invited). Please refer to ARTISTIC REVIEW GUIDELINES for more information.

You will actually reserve a morning or afternoon artistic review session which typically lasts about 3.5 hours. The session time is your check-in time.

Failure to schedule your artistic review by the deadline will result in forfeiture of your NYU application.