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DaedalusAZ
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Joined: 8/24/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
 Posted: 8/31/08 at 4:09am |
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When questioned, particularly by an accomplished actor or actress, I have always been brutally honest; the final determination was the chemistry I felt I needed between characters. It's not that you aren't very good, you are, it's just that I needed a certain chemistry and I based my final choices on that. Everyone who attended the recall was equally talented, so it came donw to the chemistry I saw or felt was there.
Has worked every single time. Of course that's because that's what it always comes to. |
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teridtiger
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Joined: 10/24/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 69 |
Posted: 9/02/08 at 7:45pm |
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True story: An actress who has auditioned at the theatre where I am the Artistic Director came up to my significant other - AT A BAR - and asked him, "Why doesn't your girlfriend ever cast me in shows?" (By the way, she was cast in one of the two shows she auditioned for, a 50% success rate.)
Now my man is a regular guy, not involved in theatre and really has no idea what this whole world is about. It's one of the things I am most attracted to about him.
His response to her? "I don't know. Maybe you suck. Go ask her."
I knew nothing about this conversation until he told me about it the next day. But it did make me chuckle. Sometimes I *WISH* I could actually say that to some of the actors who audition and feel that because of the sheer number of times they've auditioned, that they are entitled to be cast.
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eveharrington
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Joined: 8/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 198 |
Posted: 9/03/08 at 3:09am |
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If someone asked me why I didn't cast them, it had better have been their first audition, I can understand someone who is new to the process simply not knowing how to phrase the question of how could I improve in the future. An experienced auditioner asking that only reveals their arrogance, why else would the answer of someone else was better suited in my opinion not be obvious. Not taking it personally is the first thing we learn.
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"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."
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Nanette
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Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399 |
Posted: 9/03/08 at 9:39am |
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teridtiger ... ROFLOL
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In a world of margarine, be butter!
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Nyria
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Joined: 1/20/05 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 157 |
Posted: 10/09/08 at 12:27pm |
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I once had a girl who was 6 feet tall, 200 pounds (and a bad singer) who was upset that she didn't get the part of Annie!!
Anyhoo - I often go with the 'the other person fit my vision of the character' line =)
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B-M-D
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Joined: 11/03/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 346 |
Posted: 10/09/08 at 1:05pm |
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So diplomatic. I applaud you.
 I'd have said look in the mirror honey! |
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BD
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard." |
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SDstoryteller
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Joined: 11/24/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 10/13/08 at 5:04pm |
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teridtiger....
NICE! I already like him...I like him even more now!! |
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Watching someone struggle to maintain control is far more fascinating than watching them lose it.
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dexter74656
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Joined: 12/29/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36 |
Posted: 11/03/08 at 10:23am |
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My standard line - that I use to try and smooth over any sore feelings, is that "we had lots of amazing individuals audition and we had to cut a *lot* of very talented people that could have made our cast, but we had to *cast for the very best ENSEMBLE CAST for our show*."
Translated: It's not that you sucked. You just wouldn't have fit with the rest of the cast. If your male lead is hands down a 350 pound 6 foot guy... casting a 110 pound 4 foot 9 leading lady isn't a good match for that pairing. |
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Nyria
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Posted: 11/16/08 at 10:00pm |
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LOL - I wish I could have said that! I actually told her she didn;t fit the part before summer (auditions were in Sept.) and she came back to school with her hair dyed red - ready for the part.
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chel
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Joined: 6/20/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 106 |
Posted: 12/04/08 at 5:02pm |
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How long after an audition can you ask a director how you can improve your audition techniques? I'll be seeing him but he's already started rehearsals...I feel stupid bringing it up. Should I just wait until another show that I don't get cast for? (lol, I'm more optimistic than that sounded, just realistic that one doesn't get every role they want)
I had two women who auditioned for my show convinced 100% that those parts were theirs. When neither was cast...let's just say I knew how much resentment there was without words. Never found the right way to say why...just gave the "I really liked their (the other women) energy."...I like the whole "chemistry" idea better.
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www.windhamtheaterguild.org |
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