The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills

Audition Vocab AUDITION: –similar to a job interview – actors are able to demonstrate their talents – an opportunity for actors to meet the person hiring (director) and to leave memorable impressions of themselves

COLD READING: - Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition CAST: - the group of actors who take the roles in a play (noun) - to be chosen to play a specific role in a play (verb)

MONOLOGUE: –an actor performs a work (like a story or speech) alone on stage to demonstrate his/her talents to the director IMPROV: –to speak, or act, w/o a script, given a situation

Other Reminders for Audition Preparation… Know when and where the audition will be held Do not perform something from the show

Audition Etiquette You are auditioning from the moment you walk in the door!

More Etiquette… Arrive early. Come prepared. Bring pen and pencil. Be polite. Follow directions.

Still More Etiquette… No gum, candy, cough drops, etc. Dress appropriately. Pick up after yourself. Don’t disappear. Leave when you’re excused. Check postings.

Basic Acting Skills

STAGE DIRECTIONS The physical division of the stage Positions on stage taken from the actor’s point of view

STAGE DIRECTIONS Audience URUC UL CRCS CL DRDCDL

BODY POSITIONS The way the actor is facing in relation to the audience

BODY POSITIONS Full Back Full Front Profile Left 3/4 Left 1/4 Left 3/4 Right Profile Right 1/4 Right Stage Audience

Other Stage Movement Terms BLOCKING: - planned movement on stage CROSS: - movement from one position on stage to another

OPEN: - Face and front of the body are kept visible to the audience (as much as possible) CHEAT OUT: - To open yourself to the audience

GESTURES - An expressive movement of the body or limbs - Use upstage appendage to remain open

Break a leg!

The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills

Audition Vocab Audition –an opportunity similar to a ________ ______________ – actors are able to demonstrate their talents – an opportunity for actors to meet the person hiring (______) and to leave memorable impressions of themselves

Cold Reading - _________________________ _________________________ Cast - _________________________ ______________________ (noun) - _________________________ ____________________(verb)

Monologue –an actor performs a work (like a story or speech) ________ on stage to demonstrate his/her talents to the director Improv –__________________ __________________

Other Reminders for Audition Preparation…

Audition Etiquette

More Etiquette… Arrive _________. _______________. Bring ___ and _____. Be ____________. Follow __________.

Still More Etiquette… No _____, candy, ___________, etc. Dress ___________________. _________________________. Don’t ______________. Leave ______________________. Check _______________.

Basic Acting Skills

Stage Directions the _________ ____________ of the stage positions on stage taken from the _________ point of view

Stage Directions Audience

Body Positions the way the ___________ in relation to ___________

Body Positions Stage Audience

Other Stage Movement Terms Blocking - ______________ ______________ ________ - movement from one position on stage to another

Open- - _____________________ _____________________ _________ - To open yourself to the audience

Gestures - _____________ _____________ - Use __________ appendage to remain open

Break a leg!