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Hey Patrick,
For Pippin, the director wanted poloroids of everyone that showed up to audition. He paperclipped them to the audition form that the actors filled out. We also use different directors for different shows. We start with a form and if the director doesn't like it, they will create their own. But, as the theatre organization, we act as the producer. (I know some theatres have one person that is the producer for the play). But, as the theatre organization, we want to capture information from people that show up for auditions. Mainly: name, address, phone number and e-mail so we can add those people to all of our lists. So, we always proof to make sure that information is on whatever form is used.
We have actors fill out an audition form at the auditions. The form includes small calendars with dates filled in, up to the last performance date. On the calendar, we already have filled in the tech week times and the performance times and dates. Then, we ask people to list any conflicts they have between now and the last performance.
The top half of our form has the basic info to fill out: name address, cell ph., work ph., home ph., e-mail address.
The middle is the three calendars side by side.
The bottom half of the form has: Part(s) interested in:_______________
___ I will accept any part offered
___ I only want to be considered for the part(s) lilsted
I prefer Sunday rehearsal at:__1-4 __4-7 __7-10 __makes no difference
Employer/school_______________ Occupation___________________
Job title/school grade or major__________________________
Schools attended/degrees earned_______________________
__________________________________________________
spouse/parents__________________ children_________________
List any theatre, dance, music, instrument or vocal training
List highlights of previous cast or crew experiences
SHOW TITLE CHARACTER PLAYED/CREW SCHOOL/THEATRE
Write any additional talents like juggling, gymnastics, play any instruments, or anything else that is theatre or arts related.
Then, the only other thing I would add is that many people abreviate or do not list a lot of information on the audition form. So, those people that are cast, we have them fill out a "bio sheet" at the first rehearsal and read through. We want the playbill to appear professional and reserve the right to edit the bios. We tell people to include education, degrees earned, current job and occupation (or school) and then list all of the plays, characters played, theatre name, etc. We tell them to be complete (we want the bios to be uniform) and not to write crap like "I'd like to thank my cat, Fluffy". That stuff won't end up in the bio in the playbill anyway.
Sorry, I digressed into playbill/program stuff from the topic of audition forms.
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John
cfct@cfu.net
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