Auditioning for a play and have to do a 1 minute reading. Any tips?

Question

My 12 year old daughter is auditioning for a community theater play and has to do a one minute performance of a poem, book passage, favorite movie scene, etc. We have no experience with this and were wondering if anyone could give us some tips. She wants to do a passage from a book she's reading. Does she just memorize it? Is she supposed to "perform" it with appropriate gestures and voice inflections? Or does she "perform" it as if she's the storyteller? Any tips would be very helpful! Thanks!

Does she have to provide a typed copy of the passage she is reading so the directors can follow along?

Answer 1

It would be far better if she did a monologue, which is one side of a dialogue between two characters. And it is important that she knows what acting is.

Acting is not pretending. Acting is being the character and reacting to the situations of the story the way the character would react. Therefore when she says the lines, she must say them as the character;s reactiong to whatever makes her speak.

And deliver the monologue directly into the eyes of the director.

Answer 2

She should perform it. Doing a passage from a book is great and if she is really into it and loves it she will perform it well. It will be something fresh that the director probably hasn't seen or heard and that is a good thing.

Acting is telling a story through the eyes of a character. Have her memorize it so that she can feel free to move about as the character, or do gestures that the character would do. Just make sure that the movement is natural and not over exaggerated. Remember she is having a conversation, you don't want it to look staged. Let her try to work it on her own. Have her say the piece as if the two of you were just talking in her normal voice. A lot of young actors make the mistake of trying to "act" instead of just letting things happen and it will come out forced and fake. "Acting is Reacting"---an actor reacts to what is being said to them, or to what they are saying.

During the introduction of the piece she needs to look at the director and announce her name and the piece she is doing. Then she needs to pick a focal point (usually at the back of the room above the directors head or just off to the corner of the room at a slight angle so that the director can still see their face. This focal point becomes the person she is speaking to) Do not ever deliver a monologue to the person who is conducting the audtion. Depending on the material it could make the director very uncomfortable.

Keep it simple and keep it natural. She does not have to provide a copy of what she is performing to the director.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Yes she can do a passage from her book, and should perform it with appropriate gestures and voice inflections, not as a storyteller.

Answer 4

don't be too worried. that's often important to benefit the characters and the instruct until eventually now you flow into an audition, in spite of the shown fact that it sounds such as you have already carried out that. The director knows you haven't any longer study the lines until eventually now and does not assume it to be appropriate. additionally, don't be too placed off in the event that they do no longer supply you a jiffy to study over the script. they in lots of circumstances do yet I even have basically had scripts thrown at me until eventually now. I continuously shop my place with my thumb on the internet site so as that if i stumble on a suitable place to analyze I won't wander away. wreck a leg!

Answer 5

Something from the vag. monologues would really get their attention?