How to Successfully Audition for the Stage

Audience: Aspiring Actor (female)

How many times have you walked out of a theatre or up to a callback list doubting your acting abilities, cursing the casting director, baffled that the shy girl with toilet paper trailing from the back of one of her keds landed the lead role and you didn’t? Chances are, my little ingénue wanna-be, she did something you didn’t. But let’s move past the obvious. The fact is that if you want to make the most of your audition, here you can find out how it’s done. You have taken the acting classes, learned the craft, and have been frothing at the mouth for an acting career since the days you were putting on mock soap opera’s wearing your mother’s lipstick in you your bedroom. You are dying for some real experience. And once you have mastered your audition game along with your techniques, then the hefty resume, the exposure, and the reputation will naturally follow. A good actor in theory should be a good actor in practice. If you agree, keep reading.

An Actor Prepares

‘An actor Prepares’ is not just the title of a book by Stanislauvsky. It’s a reality many failing actors do not face before walking into the auditing room. Preparation entails attention to your appearance and tuning the quality of your instrument. Believe it or not, 99% of the work is done before you even arrive at the audition.

Part I: Appearance