What do we look for at auditions?
How to read your audition:
To begin-
Please Slate. This is a theater term meaning to introduce yourself before you audition.
For our purposes when you are slating, please say your first and last name, and your pronouns (if you are comfortable sharing) and which excerpt from the script you are reading.
Next-
Perform your audition piece with clarity and expressiveness. Don't be afraid to look up from the paper if you can and try to be creative with your tone of voice and expressions on your face. You are allowed to move around the front part of the stage as you speak.
Finally-
Take a breath, you did great! Thank your audition panel (the grown-ups in the room) and head back to your seat.
What am I looking for?
Expression
Good Volume
Creativity
How you are treating others and interacting with everyone around you
How well you listen to directions and pay attention
What am I not looking for?
Memorization
Perfection (If you stumble over words or mess up just keep going. I’d rather see you get to the end than stop and say ugh I messed up)
Previous Acting Experience
On your audition form regarding special skills:
Do you have experience with dance, gymnastics, fencing, martial arts, can you change your voice to sound different than yourself, (accents or scary/silly characters. Can you sew, paint, draw, knit, paper maché etc. Can you play any instruments, ukulele, guitar, flute, harmonica, drums. Can you burp on command? Can you speak another language?)