Applicants should come prepared with 16 bars of a song. A piano player will be provided, so bring sheet music. Applicants may use a CD, but live music is preferable. Also come prepared with a one-minute monologue that has been memorized - cold reading material will be provided for applicants without monologues. Everyone should dress to dance, as jazz and tap combinations will be taught at the audition. Applicants are required to participate in all aspects of the audition process, but are not expected to excel in all areas.
Bring application, headshot and $30 application fee to the live audition. Please remember to choose your area of focus when filling out your application.
Please arrive at least thirty minutes early to register.
· ALABAMA
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 11:00am
The Amy Murphy Studio
2709 Cahaba Road
Birmingham, AL 35223
· FLORIDA
Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 11:00am
Frank Rey Studios
3021 West Waters Avenue
Tampa, FL 33614
· GEORGIA
Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 11:00am
Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts/Pebblebrook High School
991 Old Alabama Road
Mableton, GA 30126
· NORTH CAROLINA
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 11:00am
Elon University, Center for the Arts, Studio A
203 N Williamson Avenue
Elon, NC 27244
· NEW YORK
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 11:00am
Pearl Studios
500 8th Avenue #4
New York, NY 10018
· TEXAS
Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 1:00pm
Sam Houston State University, Theatre Center
Avenue H and 17th Street
Huntsville, TX 77341
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 11:00am
Texas State University, Theater Building
430 Moor Street
San Marcos, TX 78666
Please send us a recorded audition if you can't make it to a live audition. All auditions will be given equal consideration, and you will not be at a disadvantage should you choose to use this method of auditioning. All recorded auditions must be received by February 17, 2012.
YOUR AUDITION SHOULD INCLUDE:
one-minute monologue
complete song
dance combination OR a movement piece
tap combination*
personal statement
*optional
A `one-minute monologue' is a sixty-second speech, soliloquy, or scene presenting the words or thoughts of a single character. Ideally, a monologue should come from a play or screenplay, but they are sometimes successfully excerpted from novels, short stories, sketches, or speeches. If you choose a monologue from a monologue book, you should have an understanding of the larger story and the context from which the speech is taken.
By `complete song,' we mean we want to hear you sing a song that has a beginning, middle, and an end. A typical audition song comes from musical theater or the world of pop music, and can be presented with accompaniment or a cappella. However, we encourage you to sing a song that you love, in a style that you love, with whatever accompaniment you prefer. We want to see the best version of yourself as a singer.
A `dance combination' is a series of dance steps strung together. If you have studied jazz, modern, hip hop, or ballet, we ask that you demonstrate your skill in one or more of those areas. If you have not studied one of those disciplines, but have studied a less common form of dance (for example: breakdancing, swing, ballroom, Bharata Natyam, crumping, or disco), please demonstrate your skill in that area. The combination doesn't have to be long (a minute or so is plenty) and should demonstrate the best of your current dance abilities. We are not only interested in your technical skill, but also your personal connection to the style and your ability to tell stories or convey ideas with your body.
We ask that you present a `movement piece' if you have little- to no experience with dance at all. Your movement piece can be anything, as long as it is physical in some way. We encourage you to be inventive. If you need help deciding what to do, try one of these ideas for guidance: 1. Can you tell a story with no words? It could be `mime,' or it could be a situation that doesn't require language. 2. Choose someone in your life with a distinct physical characteristic or way of moving. Try to adopt that person's physicality and perform a task. 3. Play charades with someone behind the camera. 4. Do you play a sport well? If so, can you demonstrate your skill in that sport and describe your relationship with it?
A `tap combination' is the same thing as a dance combination, except restricted to one style. The question here is simple: have you studied tap? If so, show us your best tap skills, no matter how far along you are in your studies. If all you can do is a time step, show us that. If you can do a triple cramp shuffle-heel roll-over the top into the splits, then holy moly show us that. Any style of tap is welcome, be it musical theater/jazz tap, improv/hoofers' tap, Irish step-dancing, etc.
A `personal statement' is for you to interpret. We want you to talk to us, candidly, about a version of yourself that you dream up. Don't write down a statement and memorize it - we'd like you to speak off the cuff, conversationally, and informally. There are no right or wrong answers. If you want more guidance in choosing a topic to speak about, feel free to answer one of the following questions: 1. If you lived a life without theater or performing, what do you imagine you would do instead? 2. Imagine your life twenty years from now, and describe a typical day in detail. 3. If you could live as an animal for a day, which would you choose, why, and what would it be like?
Most of all, we encourage you to have fun with your audition!
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