<p>My Hartt audition for AT is on-campus December 7! Does anyone have any particular advice, school-specific or just in general? Has anyone auditioned for Hartt and can tell their story about it? Or are any of you going to be at the December 7 audition as well? Any related advice or thoughts are greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>While you are waiting for replies, you could search through the many informative posts by Gwen Fairfax, her daughter attends Hartt. Also go over to Musical Theatre Schools and there is whole section on U of H–Hartt.</p>
<p>My son will be there for MT. His audition time is in the afternoon. I second austinmt’s suggestion that you check out the MT forum as there is a lot of information. Break a leg!!</p>
<p>I’ll be there for AT auditions. I’m excited to meet everyone!</p>
<p>Don’t do the tuna fish monologue. My daughter was the first one up for the EA auditions last year. The two girls right after her in line thought it was so funny that they were both doing the tuna fish monologue. It actually calmed my daughter as she thought well that’s at least two girls in trouble for picking the MOST overdone monologue.</p>
<p>I hope everyone knows to never, ever, ever, use the tunafish monologue (either the male one or the female one!) at any audition ever, for Hartt or ANYWHERE ELSE!! :)</p>
<p>Those two tunafish monologues are the most overused audition monologues that have ever been. I have seen two women in a row do the tunafish monologue, and this was not at the Hartt audition ActingDad is talking about!!!</p>
<p>Ok, signing off now to go google “tunafish monologue”! BRB</p>
<p>That’s so exciting! I’m a current freshman AT at Hartt, so who knows, I might even be working those auditions(: Just try not to panic, and don’t forget that the auditors are on your side. That’s almost always the case, but I can speak specifically about the people you’ll be auditioning for here - they’re kind, compassionate, understanding, and understand how stressful auditioning can be. Just come prepared and don’t forget to breathe.</p>
<p>LMAO tunafish monologue? please can someone post a LMGTFY link to this, it would make my night/morning.</p>
<p>The two tunafish monologues (the male and the female) are from the play “Laughing Wild” by Christopher Durang. A few years ago, directors in Chicago were polled to find out which was the most overused audition monologue. The most overused woman’s monologue was the woman’s tunafish monologue, the most overused male monologue was the man’s tunafish monologue!!! Personally, I have heard the woman’s version much more than the man’s version. (The first time I heard the man’s version, I thought "OMG, this is the man from that overused woman’s monologue . . . ")</p>
<p>Christopher Durang writes plays with excellent comedy monologues. Which is why he is overused by people looking for audition monologues. A lot of his most famous plays are from the 80’s, and directors are despairing over the fact that people are STILL taking their monologues from those 80’s plays.</p>
<p>This year his new play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” won the Tony for Best Play. I think if you are going to use a Durang monologue, try to find a more recent play by Durang, and don’t use those overused 80’s Durang plays.</p>
<p>This is what I was afraid of, heading off to Youtube to find the tunafish monologue and then coming across the Baked Potato Monologue. This can be a real time killer. There are some pretty mediocre tunafish monologues and one really pretty awesome one. Enjoy!</p>
<p>Yep, I went to youtube for tunafish and ended up on the LA monologue contest videos. Wow were they great! But yes you can get trapped on youtube for days…</p>
<p>I’m not sure what I can say except that they really do work to make everyone feel comfortable, and they like smart actors. I think they want 1 1/2 minute monologues (shorter than most). D complained about that but in the end felt the shorter monologue helped her show her skills better. You audition for a panel, which I prefer to auditioning for one person. Break a leg all!!! It’s a great program!</p>