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The Tech Design Portfolio Review is built for students pursuing technical theatre, design, production, and stage management. Present your work to college representatives, get real feedback, and find the program where your craft fits.
How it works: Register through our registration portal first. You’ll receive a code to submit through GetAcceptd starting July 1st.
Five stages — from filming your portfolio prep to callbacks. Every step is built so faculty see the work, not just the slides.
Start by preparing a clear, focused portfolio presentation. We encourage students to film themselves presenting their work and submit it through GetAcceptd. This lets you reflect, get feedback, and refine before arriving. Practice discussing your designs, your process, and your artistic choices with clarity and confidence.
At the event, you have ten minutes to present your portfolio to college representatives. This is a structured presentation — walk reviewers through your best projects, explain your role in each, and show your creative and technical process. Strong organization and clear storytelling matter as much as the work itself.
After the presentation, you'll engage in a ten-minute Q&A with college faculty. This is their chance to dive deeper into your work, ask about process and collaboration, and understand your perspective, goals, and approach to theatre-making. Honest, specific answers land better than impressive ones.
Display your materials in the Tech Display Room, where colleges can view your work outside the formal presentation setting. This space allows additional exposure, informal conversations, and the ability to showcase more of your portfolio beyond the timed session — including pieces that didn't make the ten-minute cut.
Colleges may invite students to participate in callbacks or additional conversations following the review. These can happen during the event or afterward, depending on each program's process. Stay attentive to communication and be prepared for further discussion about your work and your potential fit within a program.
The portfolio is the audition. Bring physical samples and digital files, organized for the ten-minute walkthrough and the slower Tech Display Room. Faculty want to see how you work, not just what you've made.
From check-in to callback, here's exactly when you'll be on, when you'll prepare, and when you'll get to breathe.
Pick up your badge, audition packet, and time slots. Walk the college fair before things start.
Broadway guest speaker, an overview of what the next three days look like, and Q&A with the team.
Set up your physical samples, model boxes, and process materials. Open for faculty to browse throughout the day.
Your 10-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A with college faculty. Slots run all day.
Tech-focused workshops: portfolio strategy, drafting software, networking for designers, stage management essentials.
Informal conversations with faculty in the Tech Display Room. Your chance to talk shop without a timer running.
Invite-only callbacks from individual programs, plus a tech showcase for design and stage management students.
One-on-one time with programs that want to see more. Bring everything; you may be asked for new material.
Our roster of attending college programs is being finalized — here’s what to expect.
Faculty know a high school show won't look like a Broadway show. They want to see how you think — research, drafts, decisions, iterations. Show the messy middle, not just the polished final.
"I assistant designed lighting" tells faculty more than "I lit a show." If you were on the build crew, say so. If you were the designer, own it. Padding gets caught fast; honesty earns trust.
Faculty decide quickly. The first project in your ten minutes should be the one you're proudest of — not the most recent, not the most ambitious. The one where you have the most to say.
Ten minutes is shorter than you think. Rehearse out loud with a timer, multiple times, and have a plan for what to cut if you're running long. Don't make faculty cut you off.
Faculty look for designers and managers with ideas, not just skills. Be ready to talk about designers you love, shows that influenced you, and what you'd want to design if anyone said yes.
Many students treat it as an afterthought. Don't. The most meaningful conversations of the weekend often happen there — informal, unhurried, with faculty who picked up your card.
Lock in your spot for the Musical Theatre track. Slots fill program-by-program — register early to get the schools you want.
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