Instructions and Tips for a Great Audition!
 
 1.  Arrive early and prepared.
 
 2.  Fill out your audition form completely!  Please write legible
 email addresses.  You will be contacted for callbacks from the email address you provide.  Please list all conflicts on the back of the form.  We need to know of any conflicts in advance.
 
 3.  Relax and be yourself!   We want you to succeed and be the actor we want to cast!
 
 4.  Have your music prepared for the accompanist.  You should have music copied and taped together or in a binder that will lay flat on the piano stand.  Be sure to mark where you want the accompanist to start and stop.  Short is good!  A great 16 or 32 bar cut will leave us wanting more.
 
 5.  Help us be efficient with your audition time.  This is the order for your audition:  Sing, Monologue or Cold reading from the script, Dance (if doing a dance audition)
 
 6.  Music suggestions.  Choose music you love and can sing well without much accompanist help.  We have great accompanists playing for auditions, but even they have their limits if your score is really tricky and unfamiliar.  You should never glare at the accompanist, he is only trying to help you!
 
 7.  Monologue suggestions.  Only memorized monologues from a play are acceptable.  Try to keep it at a minute or less. A  monologue that is suitable for a wide audience is probably a better choice for this audition than one with lots of bad language.
 
 8.  Reading suggestions.  Choose two that interest you.  Do not memorize. Don't try to overly "act" these readings.  Interesting body language and a clear strong voice are your best tools.
 
 9.  Go with the flow.  Lyric flub-ups, goofs and stutters happen to everyone and can be easily ignored.  Be cheerful and positive and remember the show must go on.  One of my favorite auditions was with an actor who got a bloody nose in the middle of her audition: she stuck a tissue up her nose and just kept going!