Gettin' Through Auditions

This is a very quick and easy guide to getting through auditions.

1. Be calm: you have to realize that the people behind the table or sitting in the audience evaluating want you to succeed most of the time. Do something you enjoy before you go into any audition. Do something that you love to do like sing, dance, juggle, think, etc. Anything that will make you happy and confident in your abilities.

2. Be Prepared: this one is big. If you are not 100 percent confident in your material it will show. I do not care how many shows you have been cast in by just preparing for the audition the night before and barely remembering your lines, it will not work forever.

3. Explore: Before you begin any audition material take a moment to explore the room you are in. Look at the walls, and determine where in the room your attention should be. With your greeting test the room for sound quality.

4. Look good: I know that for some people this is hard, because it is in many cases false representation, but don't look like a bum. Where clothes that compliment your body and you can have a wide range of motion in.

5. Keep your distance: Do not be withing 10 feet of the auditioners if it is possible. Doing a monologue at that distance is bad for two reasons. 1. it makes them uncomfortable. 2. it only emphasizes any problem areas on your body i.e "look at that mole on his neck."

6. Don't Eat: I recommend this, because the food will interrupt your acting, whether it is the taste or smell or thought of it, it will distract you. The only exception to this rule is if you are going to be doing intensive work for the audition i.e dance call, combat, etc.

7. Show your good side: when you come into any audition you are trying to convince the auditioners that you are the one they want to hire. You do this by making them want to work with you. You should be excited if they ask you questions and always ready for a handshake.

8. Understand: sometimes you are just not right for the part. They were looking for a specific body type that you didn't match. This is nothing to be offended by, brush yourself up and get ready for another audition.

9. Do not destroy yourself: there are two ways an actor can destroy themselves. one is pride and the other is self pity. If you get a part that is great, way to go, but remember there are 100 people who didn't get that part, and 1000 more people who didn't audition that could have gotten it over you. A little pride is good, but don't let it go to your head. On the other end of that is self pity. Self pity is an important defense mechanism so that rejection may be dealt with. But Be careful where this leads because when it becomes too much you lose focus on working on your material for another audtion and instead of improving your skill you lose parts of it.

10. Love: you must love what you are doing at all times. Theatre is an amazing thing and we are all lucky to have the talents to participate in it.

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Thank you for reading my short guide. Forgive any mispellings and grammar errors. :-)