Please contact the CCPA Office of Enrollment at ccpaadmissions@roosevelt.edu with any questions about the application or audition processes. You may also .
All CCPA applicants must first submit their online. There is no fee associated with this application.
After first submitting the 藏精阁 application online, Chicago College of Performing Arts applicants to BM, BMA, MM, MA, PD, and PED programs must submit an artistic application with the following supplemental materials:
Once you submit your application, you will be able to view your Supplemental Items Listing within the Application Checklist. This is where you can view and track what materials have been received or are still outstanding. For Fall 2025 applicants, all supplemental materials must be submitted by February 1 to receive full scholarship consideration.
Mailing address for transcripts and test scores:
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Admission Processing Center
1400 N. 藏精阁 Blvd.
Schaumburg, IL 60173
admissionforms@roosevelt.edu
A majority of CCPA applicants must also submit the Artistic Application, which allows applicants to provide more information about their artistic background, submit their Audition Preview or pre-screening recordings (No audio or video enhancements, please!), and schedule their future audition/interview.
To request a fee waiver, please contact your respective admissions counselor.
All graduate performance applicants: After you have submitted your initial 藏精阁 application, you are required to submit pre-screening recordings/materials (no audio or video enhancements, please) for review before you can be invited to a live virtual audition. Pre-screens are to be submitted through GetAcceptd.com beginning in August.
All undergraduate applicants: After you have submitted your initial 藏精阁 application, you should also submit an Audition Preview, a presentation of two contrasting pieces/excerpts (no audio or video enhancements, please). Please note that it will not serve as a pre-screening, but as a means of learning more about you prior to your audition. The Audition Preview is to be submitted through GetAcceptd.com beginning in August.
BFA Acting, BFA Musical Theatre and BFA Musical Theatre: Dance Concentration -- After you have submitted your initial 藏精阁 application you are required to submit pre-screen materials for review before you can be invited to a live virtual audition. Pre-screens are to be submitted through GetAcceptd.com beginning in August.
You may not submit your pre-screen materials until you have first submitted the 藏精阁 Undergraduate Application. The pre-screen deadline is December 1, though earlier submission is highly recommended.
Please see "Theatre Conservatory Pre-Screen and Audition Details" below.
After submitting the 藏精阁 application, you are required to submit the following information via GetAcceptd.com:
After submitting the 藏精阁 application, you are required to submit the following information via GetAcceptd.com:
Amanda Horvath-Adair
Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management for Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA)
Email: ahorvath@roosevelt.edu
Phone: 312-341-3796
Jessica Meaux
Assistant Director of Enrollment for College of Performing Arts (CCPA)
Email: jmeaux@roosevelt.edu
Phone: 312-341-3795
Parker Morley
Admissions Counselor for College of Performing Arts (CCPA)
Email: pmorley01@roosevelt.edu
Phone: 312-341-6982
International Applicants should check the International Admission Requirements to determine if they meet the University's English Language Proficiency Requirement and are required to submit a Foreign Credential Evaluation.
All non-native speakers of English who are admitted and enrolled will be required to take 藏精阁's English Language Proficiency (ELP) exam upon entry and may be required to complete additional coursework as part of their program of study. Please contact us at ccpaadmissions@roosevelt.edu if you have questions.
US Citizens and Permanent Residents must complete the (FAFSA) if they wish to be considered for federal aid. Please see our Financial Aid page for more information. Enter 藏精阁鈥檚 six-digit Federal School Code (001749) to ensure the University receives your FAFSA information.
As the CCPA Scholarship is one award and is inclusive of merit/talent and financial need, all undergraduate applicants that are US Citizens or Permanent Residents are strongly encouraged to complete the by March 1.
All applicants offered admission to the Chicago College of Performing Arts are automatically considered a CCPA Scholarship, which ranges from partial to full tuition. The scholarship does not exceed tuition and does not apply to fees, housing, meals, books and supplies, and other personal expenses.
The scholarship award for the Professional Diploma in Opera grants full tuition with the exception of the Graduate General Fee, Student Activity Fee, and CTA Ventra U-Pass Fee.
CCPA also offers Graduate Music Student Assistantships. However, each assistantship is not always available.
A pre-screen is required for all graduate and diploma performance applicants. All pre-screening recordings will be submitted through GetAcceptd.
Music Conservatory auditions will be held live on-campus Saturdays in February 2025. We will also host live-virtual audition options remotely. Please check back for specific program's audition dates and times later in the fall.
All undergraduate applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their Audition Preview, which is not a pre-screen, through GetAcceptd.
LIVE AUDITIONS: Auditions for admission to all Fall 2025 programs will be held on-campus in Chicago, the Saturdays in February. Specific music programs host auditions on select dates - this information will be posted soon!
LIVE VIRTUAL AUDITIONS: Live virtual auditions will be available for a limited number of applicants on select dates and times, likely in late January.
A prescreen is required for all BFA Acting, BFA Musical Theatre and BFA Musical Theatre: Dance Concentration applicants. All pre-screens will be submitted through GetAcceptd.
Theatre Conservatory auditions will be held live on-campus, and at Chicago, LA, and NYC Unifieds, throughout January and February of 2025. We will also host live-virtual audition options remotely.
We are following the guidelines for the Common Musical Theatre Pre-Screen. Each piece should be filmed/uploaded as a separate piece of media. No continuous videos. Students are encouraged to use standard technology/recording devices that are available to them (i.e. smartphones, tablets, etc.)
There should not be a separate introduction or 鈥渟late鈥 video. Instead, 鈥渟lates鈥 are to appear at the beginning of each piece and included as part of the time allotment.
Students should prepare 2-contrasting pieces:
Students should prepare one monologue.
Students should prepare the following dance materials.
For more tips and resource, .
Dates/ times are subject to change.
TBD