Audition choices for successful applicants

WMonMTDad
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:02:36 +0000

I might add, when I said there were many things we did that might be considered wrong or no-nos. (1) a sondheim for a lead Bway song, (2) monologues pulled from Monologue books (although we did research for context), (3) no real coaching on the monologue prep. Aside from me giving him some critiques at a couple fo points in the process he blocked them himself. There was just no one locally who knew how this process worked or could tell us where to look.

That said, he has some real strengths that probably offset: he’s been performing 1-2 shows annually at the YoungTroupe since he was 9 and they have a strong history of aggressive shows (they do 4-5 shows annually and typically one is a shakespear and one a musical) and he is totally at ease in his skin when he steps on the stage. He seems to have that magic “something” that connects with audiences at a gut level. I can’t explain it, but you probably know what I mean.