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…
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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
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Audience
BODY POSITIONS
• The way the
actor is facing
in relation to
the audience
BODY POSITIONS
Full Back
3/4 Right
Profile Right
3/4 Left
Stage
Profile Left
1/4 Left
1/4 Right
Full Front
Audience
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…
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Arrive _________.
_______________.
Bring ___ and _____.
Be ____________.
Follow __________.
Still More
Etiquette…
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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
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!