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What You Can and Can’t Control in an Audition

What you can control:

What you wear (dress to impress)

Audition Piece selections (if they fit the style or are appropriate to use in this audition)

Preparedness (Did you work on these pieces? Make you are aware of not only your memorization of them but your acting choices as well. Tell the story)

Arrival (Make sure you get there early, they could be ahead of schedule…and you probably need to fill out your forms. Upon arrival make sure your fittings are clearly marked, and you have done warm ups. Put yourself in the mind space)

Headspace (they want to have you succeed! They want you to do well. Meditate before you go in, if helps with focus)

What you CANNOT control:

Other people who are auditioning (they may have done a million of shows at that theatre, they may have the exact same audition song as you, you may be wearing the same dress, but you can’t do a thing about it. They may be rude. They may be talkative… don’t let it phase you)

The creative team (they don’t know you, they are in a bad mood, they have a certain vision and you may not fit it)

The pianist (sometimes there are horrendous piano players at auditions, all you can do is sing through it and don’t let it freak you out, be kind to them regardless)

The politics (there could be some bull crap behind the scenes which prevents you from landing a role you were destined to play. Don’t let it shake you, that’s the biz move on from it)

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. My brilliant voice teacher gave me this advice after having a horrendous audition.

If you don’t feel confident about an audition cancelling is so much better than just ghosting. It won’t waste anyone’s time. They will have to understand! Those on the panel will appreciate the update.

Go in, do your thing, share the story. And if you don’t feel confident about a dance call… HEY: it’s a free cardio workout!

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think it’s about time we stop making jokes about the amount of famous white boys named Chris, and about time we started focusing on Tom. Am I talking about Cruise? Hiddleston? Hardy? Holland? Hanks? Felton? Fletcher? Selleck? Welling? Ford? Hooper? Brady? It’s impossible to tell because apparently half the male population are called Tom.

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@kas-a

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@considerablymad-eline

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@asgardian-paving-stone

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A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other.

A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY.

The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game? The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

He explains, “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5.00, and vice versa.”

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep. The lawyer, now agitated, says, “Okay, if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5.00, and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $500.00.”

This catches the blonde’s attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game. The lawyer asks the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?”

The blonde doesn’t say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5.00 bill and hands it to the lawyer. “Okay” says the lawyer, “your turn.”

She asks the lawyer, “What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?” The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references, no answer. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the net and the library of congress, no answer. Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworkers, to no avail.

After an hour, he wakes the blonde, and hands her $500.00. The blonde says, “Thank you,” and turns back to get some more sleep. The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, “Well, what’s the answer?” Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5.00, and goes back to sleep.

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I know having a bf/gf etc isnt important but when no one crushes on u u cant help but wonder “whats wrong with me ” “maybe im meaner than i thought” “how ugly AM i” “its because of my body its totally my body” i think its only natural as humans that we seek approval it kind of sucks

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My favorite analogy for staccato is a kiss on the cheek. Right now you guys are slapping a face with your sound. Stop.

My band director (via omg-horns)

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Ok but why do men always talk to you like they’re trying to teach you something? 

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Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you. Read it over. Again. Let those words resonate in your mind.

Nayyirah Waheed (via bl-ossomed)

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Citing your references for school work like

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