Audition Techniques

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$325 9 weeks/10 students

(Early Registration $309/$293)

Your "cold reading" skills are one of the most important factors in landing the job. You will be asked to do a cold reading almost every time you go to an audition. A "cold reading" is when you arrive at the audition and then see the script for the first time.

You are always asked to cold read at commercial and industrial film auditions. For that reason, the Commercial Technique I and Industrial Film & Ear Prompter classes are built around a great deal of cold reading practice.

The Audition Techniques classes are designed to explore dramatic "cold reading" for theatre auditions. Because we ask you to bring your emotional range as an actor to the audition in these classes, we would like you to have completed our Fundamentals of Acting Program through intermediate Scene Study Workshop (or the equivalent) before taking this class.

This class is a wonderful workout place to prepare you for cold reading theatre auditions. Each week a new script will be waiting for you an hour before class starts. (You MUST be able to arrive at least a 1/2 hour early to each class.) This time before class is your prep time. This class is based on Michael Shurtleff's book Audition. It incorporates his Twelve Guideposts into your script analysis.

In this class you will learn how to:

Strengthen your cold reading skills
Work with a new script and new scene partner every week
Make quick, active and strong choices with every script
Connect with a scene partner you've never worked with before
Save an audition that is going badly
Work with partners who give you "nothing"
Figure out what a director needs to see in you as an actor in order to cast you

What students say about Audition Techniques I & II:

"The instructor was wonderful to work with. Her passion for the work has been a real inspiration."
"I liked the hands-on work during every class and the chance to rework the scenes a second time." - N.A.
"Reading the chapters each week and then doing the cold readings were very useful."
"I learned a ton about Micheal Shurtleff's guideposts and how to apply them." - D.M.
"Loved the coaching. The instructor's commitment to the actors and how to find and convey emotion is really admirable." - K.F.
"Audition Techniques helped me to identify specific things that I can work on to improve my audition skills and tighten up my audition process."
"The instructor is just one of the all-around best teachers I've had. I learned about more than just auditions: I learned about what it really means to do the work."
"The mock auditions were most useful, and I loved having outside people come in with new ideas."
"Fantastic instructor! Great class!"

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