How To Audition

1: Fill out the audition form and pick a day/time to audition.

2: Memorize and rehearse your audition monologue (*musicals only: song selection).

3: come to your audition and show Ms. Ashton what you got!

Optional Monologues HERE

what is a monologue?

Examples of monolouges being performed:

*the monologue is in the first 2 minutes of the clip.

Play vs Musical Auditions

PLAYS

Must memorize and perform a monologue during an in-person audition.

Students can pick any monologue from any published play, as long as it's school appropriate and 1-2 minutes long when performed.

Here are some optional monologues for students.

Students may choose any comedic or dramatic monologue from a published play. The monologue should not exceed 1 ½ minutes.

During the callback, the invited actors will be asked to perform cold reads from the script of the upcoming play.

MUSICALS

Must memorize and perform a song selection provided by Ms. Ashton on the falcon theatre website, from the chosen upcoming musical's score.

During the callback, the invited actors will be asked to perform cold reads from the musical's libretto.

Audition Vocabulary:

Monologue: A monologue, in literature and drama, an extended speech by one person. It is a speech given by a single character in a story. Monologues give the audience and other characters access to what a particular character is thinking

Audition: A performance demonstrating skill aimed at landing the auditionee a role in a given production.

Callback: An invitation to return to a second audition.

Cold Read: Theatrical cold reading is reading aloud from a script or other text with little or no rehearsal.

Musical Score: The full composition of music from a musical.

Musical Libretto: The lines, or dialogue, from the musical. Including the lyrics for the songs.

When in doubt... ask Ms. Ashton for help before or after school!

How to prepare your monolouge:

Memorize and rehearse your monologue as if your character is talking to someone. Ask yourself "who am I playing?" what is this speech about?" "who is my character talking to?" and "what is my character's relationship to this person?" If you don't know... make a creative and exciting choise!

Make sure to look slightly up when you are performing your monologue, above the director's head. Imagine that person your character is talking to is right on the wall in front of you.

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