What Will Happen at Your Audition

THE AUDITION PROCESS

Tuesday, January 3 – Vocal Auditions 3:00 – 5:30 You will be called in to auditorium individually from the choir room, which will serve as a waiting room. 1. The goal of this audition is to test your ability to sing and analyze which roles, if any, would be best for your range and ability. 2. Turn in your completed audition form & be prepared to discuss it. 3. Prepare to sing 16 bars of a Broadway show tune. a. The song should be in your range. b. DO NOT choose a song from Grease. c. Try to choose a song in a similar style (pop, rock musical.) d. Bring in sheet music, accompaniment on your phone, or accompaniment CD. 4. The directors may stop you before you are finished if you have prepared more than 16 bars. Do not assume that you did poorly if you are stopped. It simply may be the directors do not need to hear more to determine your placement.

Wednesday, January 4 – Acting Auditions 3:20 – 5:30, with optional warm-ups 3:00 – 3:20. Everyone will meet in auditorium. 1. The goal of this audition is to see how well you create characters and play out scenes onstage to determine which roles, if any, would be a good fit for your talent and ability. 2. Be prepared to read from the script multiple times with a combination of people. 3. No memorization is necessary, but you might want to become familiar with the characters, setting, and situation of the scene before you read for any parts. 4. The number of times you are asked to read in no way determines how well you are doing or which role we might be considering for you.

Thursday, January 5 – Dance Audition 3:20 – 5:30 - with optional warm-ups 3:00 – 3:20. Everyone will meet in auditorium. 1. The goal of this audition is to see how well you move onstage and how quickly you can pick up choreography. 2. Wear (or bring to change into) comfortable but appropriate clothing you can move in: a. T-shirts but not spaghetti strap tanktops. b. Leggings, gym shorts, yoga pants, but not tight jeans or short skirts. c. Character shoes, dance shoes, trainers, but not heels, uggs, or combat boots – or flip flops/sandals of any kind. 3. If you have long hair, tie it back. No hats! 4. You will be taught a short dance number by the choreographer. You will practice it multiple times. Then you will be called up in small groups to perform it. 5. You may be asked to dance multiple times and in different groupings. The number of times you are asked to dance in no way determines how well you are doing or which role we may be considering for you.

Friday, January 6 – Call-backs 3:30 – 5:00, with optional warm-ups 3:00 – 3:30. Everyone will begin in the choir room and will be called in the auditorium in groups. 1. To make our final decisions, we might need to hear or see you again. a. We might ask some of you to sing a song from the show. b. We might ask some of you to reread for a role, or read from a completely different scene. c. We might ask some of you to do an improv scene. 2. Being called-back does not mean you are guaranteed a particular size role, or that you might be cut, or anything in between. It just means we need a little more information from you and your abilities before we can make a final decision.