A Teen Drama Student's Guide to Laying the Foundation for a Successful Acting Career by Lamedman Debbie;

Author:Lamedman, Debbie;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smith and Kraus Inc

AUDITION PREPARATION

(adapted from Handbook for Actors and Coaches

by Robert E. Leonard)

PLEASE seek roles in your own maturity and emotional range and from material with which you are familiar and feel comfortable. Never attempt an audition monologue without reading the entire play and understanding your character in the context of the play. Avoid material specifically written for monologue books. We need to see you tackle a piece from a full-length play with a fully developed character. Teen monologue books, with pieces like “Angry Punk on the Subway” will not show you at your best. Good writing will always serve your purposes better than mediocre or poor writing. Your audition material represents 90 percent of your time on stage, so select the strongest horse to ride.

PLEASE look for selections with contrasting characters, moods, intentions, rhythms, emotional levels, and content.

PLEASE avoid familiar material, monologues that are overperformed. (*Short list of banned monologues below.)

PLEASE choose pieces that will maximize your strongest assets and minimize your weaknesses. Actors who take risks are very appealing to us, but gear your risk taking to interpretation rather than casting. Above all, do what you do best.

PLEASE try to avoid climactic material that requires great depth or intensity of emotion. There is simply not enough time to achieve these emotional peaks effectively and honestly. On the other hand, avoid dull and passive pieces that dwell on character or plot exposition. Your character should be actively involved in overcoming obstacles in order to fulfill an immediate objective or intention.

PLEASE work hard on memorizing the pieces well, and know what the monologue means, what all the words mean, and how to pronounce them.

PLEASE feel free to use the whole room during the audition. We will provide a chair for you to use.

PLEASE have fun.

PLEASE, no monologues from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Boys Next Door, The Line That Picked Up 1,000 Babes and How It Can Work For You, The Vagina Monologues, The Woolgatherer, Getting Out, ‘night Mother, Macbeth, The Star Spangled Girl, Boys’ Life, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Wit, Laughing Wild, or any monologue about auditioning.

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