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Acting Auditions The Path to Mastery
Acting Audition
Excellence Is the Goal
George Leonard wrote a classic book called ‘Mastery’ that talks about what the difference is between people that never get good at anything, and those rare individuals that rise to the level of mastery in their chosen craft. One pattern he recognizes among every masterful artist was that they had a long term commitment to regular practice. The question is, how the idea of mastery apply to the art and science of acting auditions.
First things first; set specific auditioning goals that will allow you to maintain a regularity of practice. George Leonard had it easy because he practiced Aikido. He joined a dojo near his home that had a regular schedule of classes and then he settled into practicing three to five times a week. (Perhaps more if you count his solo practice time) When it comes to auditioning though, I’ve noticed that most actors leave it up to chance. You’ll realize, if you take the time to look, that you don’t have to rely entirely on your agent to book auditions. This applies to people early in their acting career. For those of you more advanced I have other suggestions to follow. For those of you relatively early in your acting career, there are a ton of auditions that you can attend for local community theater, student films, musicals, etc. If you’re young, audition for some graduate or undergraduate programs even if you probably wouldn’t go. Just preparing an audition that is good enough to get you into Yale school or drama or NYU’s undergraduate musical theater branch will stretch your audition preparation skills to the limit. As an individual artist you can apply to Shakespeare festivals and submit your headshots at different agencies; even if you already have one. Go read for a different agency, let them know you are just shopping around and thinking perhaps it might be time for a move and you just want to get to meet the other options around town until you could find one that is a great fit. This “audition everywhere you can” idea graduate school audition will work until you actually get in and have to turn it down. This principle of “keep auditioning until you can easily land the part” goes for everything I’ve mentioned. After a certain point you’ll get so good at auditioning that you’ll get 80-90% callbacks to your auditions, you’ll learn to adapt to any situation and learn to do your best work in situations you’d normally resist and resent. Action is the best medicine for incompetence. It always strikes me as funny that we are all “actors” and the one thing that keeps many of us shackled in mediocrity is our inability to take long term committed and focused “action”.
Go to it! Audition everywhere you can!
And remember…
The Old Huancayo Theater
The old Huancayo theater house, where the dance (Marinera) was to be held was, in Ximena H’s day, and surely is now, a dreary enough place. Perhaps the most unsightly building on that long narrow stretch of road between the Plaza de Arms in downtown Huancayo, and all the way to the old theater house itself. It often appeared to me when I rode by it-those several years-it was always uninhabited and it stared back at me with its curtain-less windows-that looked like pale to dead, dried up eyes.
The building had been purchased by a private university in the city. The second floor, and only floor, of my recollection that the building had, reached out to its stairway, no outside balconies about; it served as an entry way to look down upon the theater-it was a bulky built looking building, larger looking outside than it was actually inside.
Outside, a place of small to large business: a car dealer up the block, some shops painted others unpainted, and a mass of chicken cafés along the roadside, a fruit juice store, framed houses, shops, inhabited by men and women, long serving the community-all open to the fall rain storms.
The Ways in Which Theater Tickets Are Bought Online From a Ticket Broker
We all live in a fast moving world so it is extremely difficult as well as we cannot afford to waste our precious time and energy in any extra things that are not so important. In this case buying theater tickets online from a ticket broker sounds very interesting and beneficial. Now since everyone buys tickets online so how do they know to choose the best service out there?
Due to the demand for public entertainment there is also an increase in the demand of the services. People find different ways to spend some time in a fun and entertaining way. So these online sites which sell theatres tickets with full guarantee and excellent customer service make this spare time as easy to enjoy as they can. Through online you can buy tickets from the ticket brokers without the risk of wasting money and also without being cheated.
With the guidance of the online ticket brokers you will get information regarding the day of the show, location, and a list of the various prices that is available to you. What most people are unaware of the fact is that while buying tickets online they tend to buy those tickets unknowingly which have already been sold out to someone else or else you will not be able to find the tickets as they have already been sold out before you. So in this case only a ticket broker will be able to help you in providing you with various information related to buying theater tickets. In this way you will also save some time and energy of yours because of the excellent service that you will be getting from the ticket brokers.
