Today we talk about auditions! Read our blog for our top 10 audition tips. If an audition tip is on this list, it’s because we’ve encountered way too many actors who didn’t know how to behave!
- If you sign up for a time slot, show up. This is basic courtesy, yet every time we hold auditions we have a few no-shows.
- If you change your mind or an emergency arises, CALL ASAP. Leave a message if you have to. We keep track of no-shows, and it does not make you look like a reliable actor whom we’d like to hire.
- Show up at least 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork.
- Be nice to the person who checks you in. For all you know, that’s the producer sitting behind the desk. But you know what? Whoever checks you in is someone we care about. Keep it classy.
- Bring a professional headshot that looks like you. If you don’t have a headshot, bring any high quality photo that looks like you. The director will see close to 100 people over a two-day period. Your headshot is all he/she has to connect his/her memory of you to a name. Make it easy for him/her.
- Even if you’ve auditioned for Pegasus Theatre a hundred times in the past, bring a current resume.
- We send out audition sides to everyone who signs up to audition. Read them. If you really want to impress us and stand out from the crowd, be off book! But seriously, at least read the sides and have an idea who the characters are.
- If you are auditioning for a show in the 1930s or 1940s (as many of our shows are), we need to see that you can act in the style of that period. Rent “The Thin Man” or any of the Sherlock Holmes adventures with Basil Rathbone and study the vocal qualities and movement that characterized the acting of that time period. This is the single biggest reason that otherwise talented actors don’t get cast in our shows. Their audition doesn’t fit the period of the play.
- Do not say you are “interested in working backstage if not cast” unless you really are interested! We do not give preferential treatment to people who check that box. And you certainly don’t have to work backstage as a pre-requisite for being on stage!
- And the number one tip for auditioning at Pegasus Theatre is:
Don’t give up! We have a limited number of roles we can fill for each show. If you stop auditioning, we can’t cast you.
If you want to audition for our RadioVizion™ production of The Frequency of Death! by Kurt Kleinmann and haven’t signed up yet, do so soon! Only a few slots remain.