1. The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. Basic Acting Skills

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

11. STAGE DIRECTIONS Audience URUC UL CRCS CL DRDCDL

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

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

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

15. 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

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

17. Break a leg!

19. The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills

20. 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

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

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

23. Other Reminders for Audition Preparation…

24. Audition Etiquette

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

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

27. Basic Acting Skills

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

29. Stage Directions Audience

30. Body Positions the way the ___________ in relation to ___________

31. Body Positions Stage Audience

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

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

34. Gestures - _____________ _____________ - Use __________ appendage to remain open

35. Break a leg!