You don’t need to do anything special to prepare for auditions. Selections from the script will be available for review once you check-in.

The Director is Evaluating:

1. the actors ability to follow directions
2. the ability to work cooperatively as a team
3.  effective use of the “actors toolkit”
   1.   Voice – Rate, Projection, Clarity, Inflection/Expression, Pitch
   2. Body – gestures, facial expressions etc.
   3. Brain – creativity, focus/concentration

Auditions are NOT a reading test. Actors shouldn’t worry about reading mistakes or stumbles.

There are many factors that go into casting decisions. Casting a show is not an easy task. Students shouldn’t try to take “cues” away from the audition room. Their conclusions are often inaccurate. No decisions are made the night of auditions. As you will see below, the student’s “performance” in the audition room is only one factor.

Factors that come into play during casting decisions:

1. Schedules – Students with busy schedules are less likely to get bigger roles. Students have “lost” a major roles in the past due to multiple scheduling conflicts.
2. How the actor’s “demographics” relate to the characters – older students are more likely to get older character roles
3. Previous Roles – Mr. Tippett trys to offer a variety of different opportunities to as many students as possible.
4. Quality of audition performance – based upon factors listed under “what is the director looking for during my audition?”