<p>Why would a judge want someone to do their monologue several times and want to work on it during the audition? And what does it mean if the judge has them perform it only once and doesn’t comment on it at all? I am wondering if the latter happens, if it means the judge has made up his mind that the performance was no good, or if it’s the other way around.</p>
<p>It seems that every school audition is different. There were some that my D worked on quite a bit during auditions and callbacks like Guildhall, some more only during callbacks like Juilliard, LAMDA, and some not at all like marymount, NYU, Purchase, Rutgers and Lamda. Some just sent to different rooms like CMU and Fordham We couldn’t tell from the auditions whether she got in because of this.</p>
<p>Asking you to do the monologue several times might be to see how well you take direction. However, if the auditor has the student do the monologue only once, that is fine. My son got into two auditioned programs at schools where he delivered his monologues only once during auditions.</p>
<p>In general, it is hard to predict the results of auditions. Many students who have thought the auditors were not particularly impressed have been accepted, and students who have been very warmly received have been denied.</p>
<p>The only thing I’d add is that it’s never a bad sign if they work on the monologue with you. If they truly have no interest in you, they will simply thank you and let you go. That said, as others have said, you can’t conclude you’ve been accepted or rejected if they don’t ask you to work on the monologue or if they do ask you to. You can’t really conclude anything based on the audition, but if they do ask you to work on the monologue, it’s definitely an opportunity for you to show them how well you respond to directions, what you’re like to work with, and so on. It’s an opportunity to show them more about yourself and your potential. After that, it’s out of your hands. Try not to draw any conclusions about being accepted or rejected based on the audition; just focus on moving on to the next audition.</p>
<p>It depends. One of mine went through the audition circuit and was crushed that he was turned down at one school where he got so much positive feedback and attention at his audition. He was so happy after that. And he might have been a top pick that day, but when the needs of the program and all the results were in, he didn’t make the cut.</p>
<p>He was furious at another audition where one judge fell asleep. Yes, fell asleep. He wanted to file a complaint; oh, he was livid. And I wasn’t happy either having put in the time and money and effort to get there. But he got accepted there. So there’s no figureing.</p>
<p>It is impossible to read into the auditions. There are many stories about auditions which the kids thought went horribly and they got accepted, others where they spent a ton of time working with the kids and they were not accepted…the one thing that I have learned is not to try to read into any audition. My kids have been taught that once you walk out of the door, do not dwell, do not try to analyze, move right into the next one.</p>
<p>I agree that you can’t tell anything from how the auditor reacts, or what the auditor asks you to do.</p>
<p>Maybe the auditor wanted to work with the one student on their audition to see what kind of student they will be–how well they can be taught, how they pay attention to instruction, etc.</p>
<p>Maybe the auditor who didn’t work with the other student thought that the audition was already perfect, and didn’t need any more work.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>