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May 2026 stageready Newsletter

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May 2026 stageready Newsletter

Last Call for Lifetime Access

Lifetime access to stageready is available for $99 through June 1, 2026.

After that, we will be switching to monthly and annual plans only, and lifetime access will no longer be available.

This is the lowest-lift way to keep your college theatre audition process organized now, and keep stageready in your back pocket for whatever comes next.

Whether you are a freshman or sophomore starting early, exploring summer programs, building a song and monologue book you will use through college, transferring later, or considering grad school down the line, lifetime access means your artistic materials, research tools, school tracking, and decision support stay with you for every process ahead.

Monologues Are Now Full Text

All of our monologues now have the full text available inside stageready.

You can also add custom cuts or custom monologues that are not currently on stageready, so you can keep all of your pieces in one place.

And remember: always read the full play before doing a piece in an audition.

Coaches Have Arrived

stageready now includes an independent coach marketplace, so you can find the right person for exactly what you need.

Our coaches have an average of 8 years of coaching experience, and most have either an MFA, Broadway credits, or major industry experience.

You choose whom you work with, when you work with them, and how much support you want, whether that is one session, a few check-ins, or help through the whole process.

We do not take a cut from coaches. We simply help you find them.

And honestly, why would you not want notes on your college essay from a writer for HBO’s Succession?

More Songs, More Options

Our audition song library, with live Spotify previews, keeps growing.

We have added songs from shows like Violet, A Strange Loop, The Wiz, and more, with plenty more on the way.

Over the next month, we are especially focused on expanding song and monologue options for BIPOC, queer, transgender, and gender-fluid performers, so more students can find material that feels specific, grounded, and true to them.

On the Blog: Where Did the Tony Nominees Train?

This month, we are looking at where Tony nominees trained, how different artists found their way into the industry, and what students can learn from those paths.

By the Numbers

The stageready database keeps growing every week across schools, programs, songs, monologues, and the audition details that make planning easier.

School pages include program highlights, notable alumni, university and artistic deadlines, prescreen requirements, scholarship information, audition details, and more.

We are here to make the college theatre process clearer, simpler, more accessible, and all in one place.

Want stageready at Your School or Studio?

For coaches, studios, and performing arts schools:

If you support students through the college theatre audition process, stageready can help you keep everyone organized, informed, and on track.

Independent coaches, performing arts studios, arts high schools, and theatre departments are welcome to reach out about bringing stageready to their students.

Follow us @stagereadyofficial on all platforms, and break a leg if you have a show this weekend.

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