2025 In-person Auditions October 10th-13th @ Pittsburgh CLO Academy, 130 CLO Academy Way
Fri/Sat: Auditions and Masterclasses, Fri: Student Mixer, Sat Dance Call
Sunday: Q&A Sessions, Parent Masterclasses, Junior Experience/Mock Auditions and
Sunday/Monday: Callbacks
2025 Virtual Auditions October 18th-19th Audition Room on Get Accept'd Portal
Saturday: Virtual LIVE Auditions 9am-6pm
Saturday: Virtual MasterClasses and Q&A Sessions
Sunday: Callbacks, MTCA Informational Sessions, Q&A Sessions, Dance Call Self Tape Due
2025 Virtual Auditions Tech & Design Portfolio Reviews October 25th Audition Room on Get Accept'd Portal
Saturday: Tech & Design Portfolio Reviews in Audition Room 10am-4pm, Virtual MasterClasses
What would we do without CREW
In 2025/6, our Portfolio Review will be VIRTUAL. This will save travel for you and open up each candidate to more schools. If you would like to attend for masterclasses and community, we will have a room for you to present your materials virtually to the schools.
Each Candidate will have one half hour for their own Portfolio Review! This time will begin with the presentation of your materials. We will have a LAPTOP, PROJECTOR, SCREEN set up for you to use if you would like.
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The review will be in an intimate consortium style setting for you, so that the schools can get to know your vision, your thought processes and your ideas. They are aware that the actual materials may not be as robust because of Covid circumstances during the first few years of Covid for this cohort, so this is a really great chance to share with them who you are and where you want to take the next 4 years.
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The presentation should be in your Get Accepted Profile so the Remote Programs can have access to it. We will record your session and download it to your profile for you.
T&D MasterClass
With Cat Wilson, Point Park
Cat Wilson is joining us from the Conservatory of Performing Arts faculty at Point Park University. Previously, she was a freelance lighting and projection designer in Chicago, working for Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Hell in a Handbag Productions, Emerald City Theatre, A&A Ballet, The Joffrey Academy, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, among others. In Pittsburgh, she has worked with Kinetic Theatre and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, and designed shows for Point Park before joining the faculty.
Wilson believes in maintaining an active design career in order to provide students with a link to professional work, and actively enjoys using students as assistants, providing introductions to summer internships, and helping bridge the gap between school and their careers.
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Education :
M.F.A., Lighting Design, Carnegie Mellon University
B.F.A., Psychology and Technical Theatre, Tufts University
Courses Taught at Point Park
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Lighting Design
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Professional Preparation for Design
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Elements of Stagecraft
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Electricity for the Theatre