My Juilliard Admissions Essay - Leave Comments
I arrived at the theatre early, a habit I have developed from my dependence upon an unreliable public transport system. It was empty, save for some people working on the sets in the workshops downstairs for the next production. I entered the auditorium and sat down in one of the seats. The work lights cast a mysterious blue glow across the stage and something compelled me to walk around the theatre.
I’ve always had a fascination with lighting boards, I don’t know why, and to be honest I don’t know that much about lighting, but it’s always one of the first things I want to look at when I’m working in a new theatre, so I walked up to the lighting desk. It was modest, enough to run our small production in a creative way. The theatre only had 150 seats and had just been air conditioned for the summer and our production of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole was to be the last main stage production for the company that year.
Making my way towards the stage, I noticed how quiet and peaceful the theatre was and yet at the same time it held this strange intensity for me. I felt a buzz. Standing centre stage, I looked around at the set for our production. I’d stood in this spot so many times over the past three weeks, with the lights on and an audience in front of me living through Adrian, but I had never really felt the energy of the theatre itself.
I felt so at home, so at peace and yet so excited and burning to work. Though for years I had dreamt and known that I wanted to act for the rest of my life, it was this moment that brought with it the realisation that I had to do it. I needed to do it.
From that moment, I went on to finish high school and then moved on to university, performing continuously both through my study and in addition to it. By the end of my second year I was feeling pretty run down. I decided to leave university and move to Sydney to experience life a little bit.
In Sydney, I experienced so many different things and really enjoyed the time to just be carefree and reckless, something I hadn’t experienced when I was younger having always had to be disciplined for my regime of school, rehearsals and classes. However, after two years I noticed something was missing in my life. I didn’t have the drive that I once had. Nothing inside me was burning. So, once again, I turned back to acting and haven’t looked back since. The break has shown me this is really what I want to do, what I need to do and The Juilliard School is the place I want to do it.
Juilliard presents an amazing opportunity to me: the chance to work with some of the most talented industry professionals, while being trained in and exposed to one of the most diverse arts cultures in the world. My desire to work collaboratively and intensely towards the improvement of my craft and the chance to delve deeper into my self and explore my limitations are major reasons why I am applying for admission to The Juilliard School’s Drama program. I hope you strongly consider me for a position in the program and look forward to meeting you at my audition.
I’ve always had a fascination with lighting boards, I don’t know why, and to be honest I don’t know that much about lighting, but it’s always one of the first things I want to look at when I’m working in a new theatre, so I walked up to the lighting desk. It was modest, enough to run our small production in a creative way. The theatre only had 150 seats and had just been air conditioned for the summer and our production of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole was to be the last main stage production for the company that year.
Making my way towards the stage, I noticed how quiet and peaceful the theatre was and yet at the same time it held this strange intensity for me. I felt a buzz. Standing centre stage, I looked around at the set for our production. I’d stood in this spot so many times over the past three weeks, with the lights on and an audience in front of me living through Adrian, but I had never really felt the energy of the theatre itself.
I felt so at home, so at peace and yet so excited and burning to work. Though for years I had dreamt and known that I wanted to act for the rest of my life, it was this moment that brought with it the realisation that I had to do it. I needed to do it.
From that moment, I went on to finish high school and then moved on to university, performing continuously both through my study and in addition to it. By the end of my second year I was feeling pretty run down. I decided to leave university and move to Sydney to experience life a little bit.
In Sydney, I experienced so many different things and really enjoyed the time to just be carefree and reckless, something I hadn’t experienced when I was younger having always had to be disciplined for my regime of school, rehearsals and classes. However, after two years I noticed something was missing in my life. I didn’t have the drive that I once had. Nothing inside me was burning. So, once again, I turned back to acting and haven’t looked back since. The break has shown me this is really what I want to do, what I need to do and The Juilliard School is the place I want to do it.
Juilliard presents an amazing opportunity to me: the chance to work with some of the most talented industry professionals, while being trained in and exposed to one of the most diverse arts cultures in the world. My desire to work collaboratively and intensely towards the improvement of my craft and the chance to delve deeper into my self and explore my limitations are major reasons why I am applying for admission to The Juilliard School’s Drama program. I hope you strongly consider me for a position in the program and look forward to meeting you at my audition.