How Do You Listen To Acting Audition Directors?
No matter how well you do at your audition, failure to pay attention to the director’s suggestions can cost you a role. Here’s how to conduct yourself out-of-character at your audition. Pay attention. One sure way to blow an audition is to not listen to instructions. This begins from the moment you first read an audition notice. All the pertinent information should be there–what to prepare, where to go, how to make an appointment and so on. Carelessness in responding to a notice will do nothing to help you win the role. Read your audition notice carefully. At the audition, listen closely to any instructions given not just by the director, but any assistants as well. Where to wait, what page of a script to read from and which character to read for are small details that won’t go unnoticed if you disregard or forget them. Ask questions, but don’t explain. The director’s time is precious, which means your time on stage is precious, too. Every director has her own way of coaching actors o
