<p>My son is in rehearsals for a community theater show, Altar Boyz. He is going to Unifieds and we are putting the finishing touches (again) on his resume. The show is in March. Should he put this on his resume? From what I’ve read here, the resume is used as a vehicle for conversation during the interview segment of the audition. For that reason, we thought it might be a good conversation starter but is it appropriate or not to have it on there if he hasn’t actually performed in it yet.</p>
<p>Others may correct me, but what I would do is put it on the resume with “(March 2012)” in parens after to show it is upcoming.</p>
<p>second glassharmonica.</p>
<p>Generally, artistic resumes do not include dates. It is absolutely appropriate to add the show to his resume though. If it comes up, it will be a great talking point. If, for some reason, he doesn’t end up doing the show, it can be dropped off the resume later.</p>
<p>To your son, break legs!</p>
<p>My son attended Unified’s last year. On his resume was the show that he was currently working on (Grease) - show still in rehearsals, his songs were solid, lines were memorized, but still working on blocking/character. At the time of Unified’s, he was asked by an auditioner to do a monologue by Danny (his character) from Grease - because it was on his resume and after his two monologues and a song. His “Danny” was not as strong as his other monologues. He was not admitted to that program (University of Minnesota BFA).</p>
<p>I relate this experience to recommend that you put it on his resume if he feels strong with the character and monologues but if not, omit.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. Break a leg!</p>
<p>Yikes! Talk about pressure. My son also played Danny (in a high school production). I’m not sure he could have done it very well on-the-spot that way either. Your son deserves credit for “going for it.”</p>
<p>dates are not generally on an acting resume, BUT for a show that is currently in rehearsals performance… or in which you have been cast but has not yet began rehearsals it can be appropriate to put the month and the year or “current” or “upcoming.”</p>
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<p>My daughter has also used the phrase “(in production)” to denote a show in which she has been cast but which has not openned.</p>
<p>Does that mean you are supposed to be prepared to perform pieces from anything on your resume? I could easily discuss any role in depth, but I doubt I would be able to perform a monologue from a show I did freshman year…is it a common experience to be asked this? Or only if it’s a show that is “in production”?</p>
<p>My D put two shows that were pending on her resume last year. Part of this is showing that you are busy with theatre, and also what kinds of things you do. She felt it was important for them to know that she had been cast in a community (not school) play, and what part the director had wanted her for, and also that she would be directing a children’s musical. It seemed wrong to look like she had no theatre plans for the spring. She wasn’t asked about either show specifically by any of her auditors.</p>
<p>Honestly, be ready for anything, but don’t scare yourself. The auditors are human - they know you might not remember something from years ago. Maybe they’d let you just talk about it. Some of their extra requests are very unexpected - my D was asked to do her monologue again while sitting on her hands (I guess she was gesticulating too much?). From the stories here, it often seems that these strange requests lead to rejections … she didn’t get into that school, just as djc’s S didn’t get into Minn. But you just never know. </p>
<p>Be prepared with the monologues that are required, have a few extras up your sleeve, but don’t expect to be superhuman. You can only do what you can do. Good luck!</p>
<p>It is not at all common to be asked to perform a monologue from a past show, but I’ve heard of it happening. </p>
<p>You’d certainly not be expected to remember the monologue perfectly, but I’m sure they would expect you NOT to panic and be speechless in response to the request. Rather, they’d like to see you to deliver a rough approximation, with appropriate emotion.</p>
<p>All great advice. Thank you. My son is very excited about this show…Even though he is auditioning for straight theater, it is going to stretch him vocally more than anything else he has every done. It is a really fun part and fresh in his mind (since he is rehearsing pretty much daily) so he feels like he’ll know enough to say/sing something intelligent in two weeks…Now just hoping we make it from Texas to NY without weather delay!</p>
<p>Theatre Hopeful,</p>
<p>I did not intend to make you nervous. I was stating that in the context of putting a current show/role on your resume, at least for my son, he was asked to do that monologue in his audition. Presumably this is current, accessible work. In hindsight, it was not a good idea for him as he was a little too early in the rehearsal process. </p>
<p>He did 12 auditions, and this was the only one that asked for a monologue/work from his resume. However, I would maybe have a few things up your sleeve. For example, in one of his auditions (Fordham U), he was asked, after he did his required monologues, if he had anything else, something different. He did a very unique piece which was well received by the auditors.</p>
<p>Just a thought but since your son is auditioning for straight theatre and not musical theatre he might want to have an answer to the question, why straight theatre instead of mt, just in case it’s asked.</p>
<p>good thought…He is a strong dancer and actor but he has had to work very hard at his singing voice. This part actually would be the first one where he did a significant amount of solo singing. He can sing on key and has a decent range, but lacks power. He’s been in choir but not private voice lessons. I also think that for the most part the characters in musicals don’t have as much depth, and he is very much into the character development part of acting. </p>
<p>I will share your thought with him…very helpful!</p>
<p>I concur: he should definitely list it on his resume. You can say "in production’ but you don’t have to. You can include the date but you don’t have to. By the way, additionally, if you are cast in something that won’t take place for months, you should put that too and write (‘upcoming’ or something like that). </p>
<p>My older son was asked all sorts of unusual things during his auditions, now that I remember. One auditor asked him to re-perform his monologue while doing pushups. Another one asked him for only one monologue and then chatted with him about hairsylists in the city for several minutes at least. A third dismissed him and, as he was walking out the door, shouted at him to come back and did he have a second Shakespeare? He did, and performed the third monologue in his repertoire. All three of these schools accepted him.</p>
<p>I guess this is off topic from the original question! But do be prepared for anything. :-)</p>
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Yikes! What a request!</p>
<p>So you find that weird too? If you have only one experience it’s hard to know what’s normal and what’s not!</p>
<p>theatrehopeful; </p>
<p>At my audition for Coastal Carolina they looked at my resume and asked me to do monologues from Twelfth Night as Viola and Crimes of the Heart as Babe, so yes, colleges will do that. And luckily it came to me a lot easier than I thought it would, but it was definitely challenging and scary.</p>
<p>Would it be really bad if I can’t do that? I have additional monologues, but I am completely unable to recall/perform monologues from past shows and at this point I don’t have the time to go back and learn any of them…I really hope this is not a major problem?</p>