What to Expect: Your Best Audition

Surprise! We’ve got a special Monday post today to give all of you a sneak peek into one of our brand-new Late Fall classes. In this installment of the What to Expect series, we’ll hear from Education Programs Manager and Teaching Artist, Patrick McGee. Read on to learn more about our new class for Grades 6-12: Your Best Audition!

Auditions?! When you hear this word, do the butterflies start to form in the pit of your stomach? Do your palms become sweaty? This happens to me all the time during the audition process, but here’s the reality: auditioning is a huge part of the acting life. What do you wear? What should you prepare?

In Encore’s new class for grades 6-12, Your Best Audition, we will explore all the various aspects of the audition process. You will leave with the necessary tools to calm those nerves. Whether you are an acting professional or new to the world of auditions, it takes time to build the skills that lead to a successful audition. We will start at the very beginning by examining walking into the room with confidence and making positive impressions on the directing and casting team.

Each actor will have the chance to work on building confidence in the various methods that directors like to use when auditioning actors. These exercises will include cold reading, physical movement, scene work, improvisation, and short monologues.

In the later weeks, we will explore how the callback works and what makes an actor stand out to a director. The class will be exciting and special because it will be tailored to the needs of the actors in the class. Actors are encouraged to bring in their own materials for upcoming auditions at school or in the community. However, it is not a requirement as there will be plenty of audition materials provided. If you are looking to stand out of the auditioning crowd, calm those audition nerves, and build the tools to grab attention in the first minute of your auditions, this is the class for you!