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AUDITION TIP, COLD READING: MY 3&1/2 Directives for cold reading auditions.
Keep it simple.
1) WHAT IS YOUR WANT? Decided what you want from the other character(S).
If you can't get it from the page or two of sides (scene) you were asked to read from, MAKE SOMETHING UP. (The director doesn't know what your thinking). It will provide an action for you to play.
2) WHAT DO YOU FEEL TOWARDS THE OTHER CHARACTER(S)? Do you love them, hate them?
2&1/2) WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM NOW? I'm angry, I desire them, I'm hurt by them, etc.
3) TURN THE TABLES ON THEM. Suddenly change your WANT. Go for something very different, or opposite, from what you started with. And switch it back to your original WANT, if you get
the time. Do this very soon into the scene, you never know how long they will let you read.
These 3&1/2 directives will help spark a variety of 'CHOICES' (a course of actions). That's the
major thing a director wants to see; an actor who makes choices and takes risks.
I will discuss this in further detail next post.
Break a leg,
Richard
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