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To apply for finan­cial aid, you must com­plete and sub­mit the fol­low­ing by April 15^th.

• The online finan­cial aid application.
• A copy of your most recent tax return(s) or W2 form(s).
• A resume of any and all the­atre and film expe­ri­ence from edu­ca­tional to professional.
• One ref­er­ence let­ter from a teacher or pro­fes­sional artist who is famil­iar with your work (should speak of past expe­ri­ences or achieve­ments as well as poten­tial for fur­ther growth).
• A video/​portfolio sub­mis­sion (out­lined below).

You must sub­mit your video/​portfolio as well as the online application.

Portfolio Submissions — Mail to St. Stephen’s Episcopal School; Attn. Texas Arts Project; 6500 St. Stephen’s Drive; Austin, TX 78746.

Video Submissions — Upload to youtube and email the link to ginger@​texasartsproject.​com

TAP JUNIOR Include one or more of the fol­low­ing, with each por­tion under two min­utes in length (1) A dance com­bi­na­tion from a recital (2) A floor com­bi­na­tion typ­i­cally done in one of your dance classes (3) An act­ing mono­logue from a play or musi­cal (4) A song per­for­mance from musi­cal the­atre lit­er­a­ture. Use an accom­pa­ni­ment tape or a live accom­pa­nist. A capella is strongly discouraged.

TAP SENIOR & ADVANCED ACTING MAJORS Present two con­trast­ing mono­logues, each between one and two min­utes in length. Selected pieces should reflect dif­fer­ing char­ac­ters and/​or styles in order to demon­strate the range of tal­ent. Your mono­logue selec­tions should be char­ac­ters from pub­lished plays. We are look­ing for evi­dence of a true under­stand­ing of both the char­ac­ter and full con­text of the mono­logue. We are look­ing for nat­u­ral­ness and hon­esty. Please, no cos­tumes or clips from pre­vi­ous performances.

TAP SENIOR & ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATRE MAJORS Include two of the fol­low­ing three options: (1) two con­trast­ing songs from musi­cal the­atre lit­er­a­ture. Be sure one song is up-​tempo and the other is a bal­lad. Additionally, one must have been writ­ten before 1965, and the other after 1965. Songs must be per­formed with a piano accom­pa­nist or an accom­pa­ni­ment tape. No a capella. We are look­ing for nat­ural and hon­est per­form­ers. Please, no cos­tume and no clips from pre­vi­ous per­for­mances. (2) One con­tem­po­rary mono­logue between one and two min­utes in length. Your mono­logue selec­tions should be char­ac­ters from pub­lished plays. We are look­ing for evi­dence of a true under­stand­ing of both the char­ac­ter and full con­text of the mono­logue. We are look­ing for nat­u­ral­ness and hon­esty. Please, no cos­tumes or clips from pre­vi­ous per­for­mances. (3) Either a one-​minute floor com­bi­na­tion of any dance style or a recently taped solo, no more than two min­utes in length.

FILMMAKING MAJORS Include one of the fol­low­ing (1) A com­pete film project under 5 min­utes in length (2) A treat­ment for a film idea. A treat­ment is a “writ­ten pitch” for a project. The treat­ment should be 1 – 5 pages typed in prose form.

How Financial Aid Works

Financial Aid is awarded with­out dis­crim­i­na­tion on the basis of race, creed, color, eth­nic ori­gin, reli­gion, sex, dis­abil­ity or sex­ual orientation.

The total amount of Financial Aid as well as the dis­tri­b­u­tion of finan­cial aid will be based upon deter­mi­na­tion of finan­cial need and of poten­tial tal­ent deter­mined by appli­ca­tion, inter­view and/​or audi­tion as iden­ti­fied by the Director of the Texas Arts Project con­sis­tent with the pro­jected avail­abil­ity of funds.

The cost of tuition does not include trans­porta­tion to and from the camp and per­sonal expenses, there­fore these fees would not be cov­ered through finan­cial assis­tance. Texas Arts Project can only reward up to 50% tuition to qual­i­fied applicants.

All Financial Aid is awarded on an annual basis. Most will be awarded 1 month prior to the com­mence­ment date for each Texas Arts Project sum­mer session.

Financial Aid may be awarded sub­ject to the fol­low­ing conditions:

1. Financial Aid is sub­ject to the avail­abil­ity of funds and an open posi­tion in the camp ses­sion; and Financial Aid awarded for any given ses­sion is valid for that ses­sion only.
2. ALL FINANCIAL AID is ter­mi­nal and there­fore ALL FINANCIAL AID RECIPIENTS must reap­ply each year.
3. All appli­ca­tions for finan­cial assis­tance will be con­sid­ered on a first appli­ca­tion sub­mit­ted basis.
4. ALL FINANCIAL AID may be sub­ject to can­cel­la­tion at any time at the direc­tion of the Texas Arts Project Director based on but not nec­es­sar­ily lim­ited to poor per­for­mance, poor class/​rehearsal atten­dance, dis­rup­tive behav­ioral prob­lems, and lack of demon­strated motivation.
5. All Financial Aid recip­i­ents must cer­tify that the finan­cial infor­ma­tion sub­mit­ted in the appli­ca­tion is true and cor­rect to their best belief; and fur­ther­more, that if any sub­stan­tial finan­cial change occurs that might impact their eli­gi­bil­ity for their assis­tance, that they will promptly notify the Texas Arts Project Director of such changes.