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Scott B
Celebrity Joined: 12/08/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 239 |
Topic: Audition question Posted: 4/11/09 at 3:26pm |
Sometimes we'll have someone come in for an audition and there are very few people available to read with them at the time. At others, the person available to read might not be that good.
Is it acceptable for the director to read with the person auditioning? |
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Fractal514
Walk-On Joined: 3/24/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 4/13/09 at 10:09am |
Consistency is what is important. If you read with one, read with all. If there's no one to read with someone and it's the only person who you would read with, have another production staff member do it. It is far better to have everyone audition with random readers than to have a few audition with someone reading the part exactly as you want it.
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KEB54
Celebrity Joined: 7/24/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 227 |
Posted: 4/13/09 at 1:44pm |
Yeah, I agree. If that is an issue either have the Stage Manager or Assistant Director read with them, or find someone, maybe an actor that can't do the show, that will be there for auditions with the express purpose of reading with everyone. That is not unusual. But I wouldn't have the director read with them.
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SpenceKenzer
Star Joined: 1/23/09 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 71 |
Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:31pm |
I'm with KEB - as the Director you should NOT read with the auditioning actors.
The Director's job is to watch and to listen to the actors; and it is difficult (?impossible?) to do that job if you're reading along with them. Get someone else to read with the auditioning actor. Anyone. If not a production team member, then another actor (someone else auditioning, or someone you bring along with you just for the express purpose of reading). |
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