So, you live out-of-market (somewhere other than where casting is taking place) and you’ve received that glorious call: “We want you to audition for a role. Put yourself on tape and get it to us…
Posts tagged auditions
Gathering Information Before an Audition
Your Turn You say a casting director will have more information about a role than an actor. Can you give some examples? Sometimes on film or television auditions, the advice we are given seems to…
Crashing Auditions
I’m just wrapping up casting in Nashville and Atlanta for a new TV show and, in working on a high-profile, well-advertised project, I’m encountering extremely talented AND extremely eager performers. One experience on the road…
Don’t Go Changin’
Actors, why do you do this? Why do you change your read between prereads and callbacks? Why? If you do something at prereads that gets you invited to callbacks, why would you go and change…
Average Number of Auditions?
If there is such a thing, what exactly is the average number of auditions an agent should be sending talent on per month? You already set me up for the answer you know is coming…
Do You Have Any Questions?
There are several schools of thought about what an actor should do when asked, “Do you have any questions?” just before an audition officially begins. You’re in the room; you’ve reviewed your sides; you did…
Audition in Costume?
How far does one go to arrive “in costume” (so to speak) for an audition? I had an audition for the role of Queen Isabella. The place was filled with actors dressed up in period…
If the Role Is Yours…
Last week, I participated in a panel discussion of casting directors for a local film festival. One of the other casting directors on the panel said something that I’ve always said, in some form or…
Audition Like You Have It
Actors have heard, time and again, that a good auditioning mindset is, “Behave as if you already have the role.” Here’s my take on that, from a recent callback situation. We had already hired the…