Audition advice to be taken with many grains of salt. Everybody's got an opinion. Season to taste. ;)
Audition season can be tough.
Sometimes you just need a meme-able burst of inspiration to keep pounding the pavement in those tattered LaDucas!
So these are for you, all my Broadway dreamers!!!
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!!!
Alright, folks.
I know we spend a lot of time talking about how to be our best selves in the audition room, but I think it’s time we back it up a step and talk about…
The Holding Room.
Allow me to take you there.
The room is small and windowless.
The fluorescent lights perfectly highlight the girl in the center of the room casually stretching her center split… at a singer’s call.
The air is perfumed with the smells of sweat, burning hair, and—wait is that actual perfume? Who is wearing all that perfume right now?!?
You close your eyes and take in the sweet sounds of nature:
Just when you think you can take no more, another sound pricks your ears…
The monitor is...
As a rep coach, I constantly get asked the question:
"What are the song categories EVERY actor should have in their book?"
In fact, I get asked this question so often that last week I took to the airwaves to address it. (See the above video.)
My shocking iconoclastic reveal?
I don't think there’s a set list of song categories that belongs in every single person's audition book.
*CUE GASPS*
I've seen a number of these lists come out of different BFA programs, and I just don't think there's a one-size-fits-all solution.
I'm sorry, but you just can't convince me that I, Sara Glancy, need a Gilbert and Sullivan song in my book.
But you know what I do need?
Waaaaaaay more than 1 pop-rock song.
That one-size-fits all model DOES NOT FIT ME.
And I'm guessing it doesn't fit you either.
Which is why I created....
It's a free workbook that will help you determine what song categories YOU specifically need to have in your audition book.
You're a different actor than your...
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