Play scripts?

Question

ok i am auditioning for my school play, i have confidence that i will make it. But at the try outs... we have to read the script cold, like they give it to us that day and we jsut read it, i am a little worried that i might read something the wrong way, like read as if i am sad, when it is supposed to be read as if i was happy. So doe sanybody have a slice of a script from anything that i can just look over so i dont mess everthing up on tuesday...?

Answer 1

Go to the source for actual scripts.
Almost as good, you can pick up any book (including the encyclopedia) open it to a page and start reading with the first full paragraph.
You should know whether you will be allowed to look over the script ("give it to us that day") or be handed it as you walk into place. Nobody should do the latter. In most cases a cold reading still allows time to read the script through, for no other reason than mispronouncing words. You should read first as quickly as possible so you have seen it all and know the flow of the scene. This will also give you clues about how to read it - words that seem happy are a person bucking up with they are sad. You should be able to do this if you have the script for only five minutes before a scene. Then if you have more time, read it for content to see what details you can pickout while also noting the flow of the speech (say it to yourself) noting the short words of tight clipped speech or the long words of rambling. Then if you have more time, read it mentally and play it, seeing whether when you pay a line, it stumbles into the next one or leads to it.
I do cold cold readings for blind people, (reports, books, articles, not dramatic stuff) picking up something I have never seen before and attempting to read it with some kind of expression. It is very hard and they have to be tolerant of mistakes and occasional rereading of phrase when what I said makes no sense. I sight read very quickly, so I am constantly looking ahead to see what is coming to try and make it flow.

Answer 2

You can't second guess the director. You could read something exactly as it's written, and if the director has a different concept, you won't get cast.

Trust your instincts, and read what's on the page. Don't go for any particular effect, just let the scene happen. Directors tend to look for people who can put some realism into a scene, rather than a specific emotion. You'll likely have an opportunity to see the script a few minutes before you read. Read through the scene, get the general sense, and just trust your gut.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

you'll be fine just keep on moving and the show must go on