Audition Techniques
Explores the audition process. Prepares students to choose appropriate material for the individual actor. Reviews and continues the exploration of a variety of acting styles (Stanislavski, Method, Meisner). Teaches resume writing techniques, how to select a photographer and appropriate pictures, and interviewing skills for working with producers and directors. Works on the audition process: breaking a monologue into objectives and beats and performing several monologues in an array of genres. Prerequisites: THE103, THE203, and instructor approval
Subject Code: THE
Course Number: 205
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours 1
Lab Hours: 2
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Prepare an introduction for an audition.
2. Choose appropriate monologues and songs creating a personal repertoire of material to use for auditions.
3. Write a professional actor’s resume.
4. Write a complete character analysis on each character performed.
5. Execute a song as a monologue identifying objectives and beats.
6. Execute a prepared audition consisting of two contrasting monologues, or if a musical theatre student, two contrasting songs and one monologue.
Effective Term: Fall 2025
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