Scholarships
George Fox University Theatre features two different theatre scholarships: the Academic Theatre Scholarship ($2,500-$4,000) and the Artistic Achievement Scholarship ($1,000-$1,500).
Deadlines
Academic Theatre Scholarship: Dec. 1, 2011
Artistic Achievement Theatre Scholarship: Feb. 1, 2012
Scholarship Competition Day: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
Academic Theatre Scholarships ($2,500-$4,000 a year)
The university's admission's office handles the logistics, planning and implementation of all George Fox academic scholarships. For more detailed information, please go to scholarship.georgefox.edu.
Artistic Achievement Theatre Scholarships
Description
- The Artistic Achievement Theatre Scholarship is separate from the Academic Theatre Scholarship. The theatre program handles all logistics, planning and implementation of the Artistic Achievement Scholarship.
- The Artistic Achievement Theatre Scholarship is open to students from any academic discipline who have an interest in pursuing theatre while attending George Fox University.
Eligibility Requirements (different from the Academic Theatre Scholarship)
- For incoming theatre majors, minors, and students who are entering other academic fields but wish to continue to explore the theatrical arts in college.
- Students must apply for admission to George Fox by Jan. 1 (postmarked). Students can either apply online at scholarship.georgefox.edu or can download the application as a pdf file at scholarship.georgefox.edu.
- Contact Associate Professor Rhett Luedtke for the appropriate scholarship audition form. The scholarship audition form must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2012.
- Once your scholarship audition form has been received, you will be contacted by the theatre program to set up a audition/interview.
- The audition and interview take place on Saturday, Feb. 11. Selection is based on performance.
Monetary Awards
$1,000-$1,500 a year
Competition Details
- Performance applicants in acting and directing will have a 10-minute time slot for their audition and interview. The first three minutes will be designated for the audition and the following seven minutes for the interview. Applicants should prepare two contrasting 90-second monologues (comic and dramatic, or classical and contemporary). For questions regarding audition materials, please e-mail Rhett Luedtke, associate professor of theatre, at rluedtke@georgefox.edu.
- Design/Technical Theatre & Stage Management applicants will have a 20-minute time slot for their portfolio review and interview. Designers should bring a portfolio of materials representing their work (design statements, photographs, drafting, sketches, renderings, models, etc.). Technical theatre, business or management students should prepare a narrative explaining their experience and interest in their particular fields of theatre. If materials are available, these students are encouraged to bring portfolios as well. For questions regarding portfolio materials, please e-mail Bryan Boyd, associate professor of theatre, at bboyd@georgefox.edu.
Scholarship Expectations
Scholarship students must meet the guidelines set out below and reapply each year to maintain his/her scholarship.
Grade Point Average
- Scholarship students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in order for the scholarship to be renewed the following year.
Main Stage Participation
- Scholarship students must be involved, onstage or off, in at least two of the three main stage shows during the school year.
Audition/Portfolio Preparation
- Each acting/directing scholarship student will add two new monologues and one two-person scene to his/her audition repertoire each year. Each design/tech scholarship student will add two pieces to her/his design portfolio.
Audition/Interview Outside George Fox University
- One of the most difficult challenges of auditioning is getting started. In order to break the ice, scholarship students must audition or interview for a theatre outside George Fox University sometime before their senior year.
Major Requirements
- Scholarship students must be on track for fulfilling all major expectations as outlined in the University Theatre Student Handbook, such as completion of production assignments, and attendance at all main-stage strikes.
Renewing Applicants
- In order to have a scholarship renewed, current scholarship students must fill out the renewing application and turn it in to the performing arts administrative assistant by the end of scholarship day, usually mid-February. If the scholarship ad major guidelines have been met, the student can expect to receive his/her scholarship again. Students will be notified by Student Financial Services when the scholarships have been awarded.