THR 403 - Advanced Acting: Audition Workshop

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite or corequisite: Any 300 level acting course.

This course is designed to give the students as much audition experience as possible in a variety of audition structures. Our focus will be on the general audition, the audition with prepared sides, the cold-read, and the callback. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in more genre-specific auditions, including musical theatre, classical verse/Shakespeare, on-camera and more. We hope to bring in at least one agent and one casting director from New York to hold mock auditions and to share their expertise with us. We will examine audition preparation and etiquette, including questions about headshots and resumes. Please note: There will be minimal written work in this course, but students should plan to spend two to three hours per week researching and preparing their audition material.