Jan 16-17, 2027: BKA MUSICAL MOCK AUDITION WEEKEND-Live In NYC!

🎭 FROM AUDITION TO CALLBACK

You know your songs.
You walk into the room.
You dance.
You sing.
You read.

Then you hear:

“We’d like to see you again.”

Now what?

That's what this weekend is designed to teach.

This immersive two-day NYC intensive takes young performers through the complete musical theatre audition process—from walking into an initial audition with material from their own audition book to being called back for a specific role and performing songs and sides from a Broadway-style callback packet.

Students won’t just learn about the audition and callback process.

They’ll experience it.

📚 BEFORE THE WEEKEND: GET YOUR CALLBACK PACKET

Two weeks before the intensive, each student will be assigned a specific age-appropriate role and receive a Broadway-style callback packet to prepare.

Examples might include:

🎭 Young Simba or Young Nala — The Lion King
🎭 Matilda — Matilda
🎭 Or another role selected by BKA

Packets may include songs, sides, character information, and callback instructions.

Students should arrive having learned and prepared their assigned material so we can spend the weekend working on acting choices, character, storytelling, musical interpretation, taking direction, and the professional callback process.

⭐ DAY ONE: THE INITIAL AUDITION

Day One simulates the first round of a professional musical theatre audition.

Students will:

• Participate in a Broadway-style dance call and mock dance audition

• Audition with two prepared 16–32 bar cuts from their own audition book

• Work on song performance and audition technique

• Read and work sides/scenes

• Practice taking adjustments and making changes quickly

• Receive headshot + résumé feedback

• Learn how to strategically use their audition book for different shows and roles

🎤 WHAT TO PREPARE

Students must bring TWO 16–32 bar cuts of either musical theatre or pop songs.

Both selections should be:

• Memorized and performance-ready

• Appropriate for the student's age and vocal range

• Printed in the correct key

• Clearly marked

• Placed in a hard-cover three-ring binder

🎹 A professional accompanist will be provided.

🎬 DAY TWO: YOU GOT THE CALLBACK!

Now the experience changes.

Students return for a role-specific callback, working the songs and sides from the packet they received two weeks earlier.

They'll work on:

• Callback songs

• Sides and scene work

• Character and storytelling

• Taking adjustments from a creative team

• Callback dance/movement when appropriate

• Working with industry professionals

• A final mock callback

And we'll tackle an important question working actors encounter:

How do I use the songs already in MY audition book to help casting see me for THIS role?

If you're called back for Matilda, Young Simba, Young Nala, or another role, what song from your own repertoire could help the creative team see you in that world?

Students will learn how to connect their personal audition material to the character, style, and needs of the project—a skill they can take into future auditions and callbacks.

🌟 WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Two full days of professional audition training

• Role-specific callback packet sent two weeks in advance

• Broadway-style dance call + mock dance audition

• Song auditions using your own repertoire

• Professional accompanist

• Song performance + audition technique

• Sides and acting coaching

• Callback song + scene coaching

• Audition-book strategy

• Headshot + résumé feedback

• Industry guest workshops

• Final mock callback for industry professionals

• Written follow-up feedback

💲 TUITION

$825 Regular Tuition

⭐ $775 Early Bird

Register by November 1 and save $50!

💫 WHO IS THIS FOR?

Designed for young professional and pre-professional performers ages 8–18 who want to better understand what actually happens from the first audition through the callback process.

Students should arrive prepared, memorized, ready to take direction, and excited to work.

This is an educational training experience and not an audition for any specific Broadway production or employment.

Prepare. Audition. Get the callback. Walk back into the room ready.

Maximum of 20 students.

This workshop is for educational purposes only and cannot and will not be treated as an audition. Due to the nature of the arts, guest panelists who are announced may change based on availability. BKA cannot guarantee the presence of one individual from any specific office and no refunds or credits will be given should BKA need to change a guest panelist.

For liability purposes, all participants and observers must be 18 years old or younger to be a part of this workshop.

While all levels are welcome in this workshop, please discern whether your child is ready for supportive yet direct and constructive feedback before enrolling in this class.