Audition choices for successful applicants

Tarhunt
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:35:51 +0000

WMonMTDad:

May I suggest that your son read all of Shurtleff’s book and commit it to heart? If he doesn’t, then may I suggest that he take the part about finding an active audition piece very, very seriously.

I sure wish I had had that book back when I started. One of my favorite pieces was Edmund from “Long Day’s Journey.” It’s a great piece, but it’s basically telling a story. Nothing is happening in the moment. Not surprisingly, that piece didn’t impress a whole lot of people.

Really, I’ve sat in on many auditions, and Shurtleff has it absolutely right. It’s hard to tell much from a passive audition.