broadwayworld.com

http://broadwayworld.com/nonequity.cfm

Found this site while looking for monologues.

Interesting that there's a couple Salt Lake City Auditions on this random site. Heat, and Greece is the Word. I'm kinda thinkin i'll go to it, just for the experience, for the fun of it, that is... if i can get my sister to go with me. ;-) April.

Saturday, March 31 10am-1pm, Off Broadway Theatre, 272 South Main Street.  http://broadwayworld.com/nonequitylisting.php?id=249 

'course, Heat is an all black cast... so i'm thinkin i wouldn't fit the part. shucks.

Sir Ian McKellen, On Acting

Oh yeah. THIS is acting... such deep insight.

Step Six: Getting Audition Results, Lessons Learned

Well, I didn't get a lead part. I got 3 smaller roles though: Jane Wainwright, Miss Davis, and Woman 1. All i got to say is: i really should've watched the movie before I auditioned. I think i would've gotten a lead had i seriously prepared. from the experience, I learned key things to auditioning:

• Prepare as much as you can
• Get there early
• Act like you know exactly what you're doing
• Make no apologies
• Skim the given lines, then read again slower, then once more.. then try to memorize some of the lines. Just get the gist and know the emotions in the scene. Then just be you being the character.
• Stay cool, or else your excitement will blind you from your focus

I haven't decided yet on taking the roles. I'm watchin the film right now to see if my characters are good enough to devote hours of rehearsals topped by 45 minutes of driving to Shelton each way every time (of course the film and stage play are much different). 

In retrospect, it would be a good thing to put on my resume and it would be experience. Even just being there might do me good for networking and would put me in the atmosphere of actors, which would be enlightening and give me direction, i'm sure. I will go to the cast meeting this Saturday to see what it takes to be part of this production... and... if it pleases me... then let's all break our legs!

Step Four: First Audition Ever!!

While you select your headshots (which can be quite a long process), you want to find any local auditions that can give you just-a-FEEL for the theatre and the atmosphere that auditioning entails. This particular audition was at a community theatre so I really didn't need ready-headshots or anything. It was a good experience... Read on!

There is a Community Theatre Center in Shelton, CT that puts on many plays year-round. i subscribe to their email list because my friend Kyle Attanasio is a principle in a lot of their performances (he is currently the muscleman in "Harvey"). i opened up this particular email and it said:

So what does an aspiring actress do?

Carpe Diem!

I went to my 1st audition ever.

1) We drove (my lovely mother drove because i have not yet renewed my license because I'm lazy and i sleep during all of the DMVs open hours. yes... insomniac... or do i really mean vampyr!! yes. vampire. much cooler.) 45 minutes to Shelton, got lost cuz of the damn bridge (literally it was a dam bridge). but i got there!
2) signed in and met the director of the play who was casting.
3) went in and he spoke with me for a couple minutes about experience, age, and info.
4) we talked about the two characters that he wanted me to read for: Violet (flirty, floozy, flighty, ditz-like but has Spunk, always done up, not the let's-go-on-a-hike-type) and Mary (the lead; a pretty face, very sweet and cute, told she has spunk).
I really should have studied the characters beforehand, or at least watch the movie! i haven't seen it for many years... but it wasn't on Netflix so.. whatever.
5) He gave me the two pages of lines to study and look over
6) After about 5 minutes, a member of the Center--Steve-- rehearsed lines with me.
7) We rehearsed for about 5 minutes..
it's so great to get into character with someone else who's in character. i have never read lines or done role play so this was extra exciting... and a challenge for my first time. you have to think about everything: your voice, your face, your body language, connecting with your partner, creating a believable scene.
8) We went in and performed the short scene for the director. i didn't memorize my lines by any means as i had just gotten them and am not very experienced with that yet. but i tried to use what i had.

9) After that, he said he will do callbacks for some people during the week. for those without callbacks for big roles, they'd just check the website one week from today to see what role they got.
10) I wish i would have filmed my audition! i was just so exciting and experiencing everything new that i didn't think about it. dang it! then i could've seen how bad i was and learn from it.
11) i think i did good-relatively-for never having read lines or role played. it was a revelation. i never knew that side of me--performer and actor. Starting to feel it!!!

i have no idea if i will get any part but i don't care because it was just THAT revealing and all worth it to know that this truly is my passion-- it's a rush, just a few minutes even of "playing pretend" and truly trying to harness a character's essence. i don't really think i did that with Mary (she sorta lacks personality) but i liked playing the flirty Violet. I'd like the chance to try to MAKE a character out of Mary though. more time. more practice. more study. these are exciting times!!!!!

p.s. yes. i was so excited about doing an audition that i did a mini photo shoot for this blog. that's just 3 of about 20 that i took. from a tripod. on a timer. in my room. by myself.