<p>Hey I was just wondering if anyone have give any info about reading a scene with a partner at a college audition. How imporant is? What are some tips? Or anything else you can give me. Thank you!!</p>
<p>Katie, you keep posting all of these questions about what’s going to happen at your audition.</p>
<p>We don’t know what is going to happen. Be prepared for everything. There is always going to be a certain amount of “improvising”, i.e. thinking on your feet.</p>
<p>Just relax and have fun. If the auditors think you aren’t enjoying yourself, they may think you don’t really want to be in theatre. Or they may feel like you are someone they don’t want to work with. If you are someone who stays cheerful even when things get stressful, they may well think “Hey, this is someone I want around!” I certainly feel that way when I meet such a person.</p>
<p>If they are using the limited time they have at college auditions for cold reading, or for anything else, you can bet it’s important. They won’t want to waste time doing things that are unimportant. There are books written about cold reading, you may want to go find one of these.</p>
<p>If you know ahead of time what the play you are going to be cold reading from is, then it is a good idea to get a copy of the play and read it.</p>
<p>Otherwise, do the scene just like it is a scene. Make eye contact with your scene partner, move around on the stage (if you can motivate movement). Read the lines with confidence, don’t stop to ask how to pronounce a word or something like that.</p>
<p>KEVP</p>
<p>Katie…listen to KEVP. It is possible to over think this process. You have a passion for theatre, let it show! Each audition is going to be different, you cannot compare one experience to another, each auditioner may treat you differently, ask for different things or not ask for anything at all! Be the talented girl I think you are and when you walk out of each audition, it is done, over, do not dwell.</p>
<p>My daughter has done lots of scene work. She has not auditioned for a job yet that asked for a monologue. It is always scenes. The best advice I can give you based on my daughter’s experience is to pick a choice on how to play the character and commit to it it. In my daughter’s experience, they don’t care so much about whether you make the “right” choice (as such a thing normally doesn’t exist) but that you make the choice.</p>
<p>Katie, its good that you are asking questions to prepare yourself for this daunting audition process but as said above, relax and enjoy yourself at each audition don’t let this process overwhelm you at the individual audition. What many administrators have said about the cold reading process, is that they want to see the candidate treat new material without the benefit of a coach or preparation. In most cold reading situations, they allow you some time to step aside with your scene partner, read through the scene and have the two of you make choices without the benefit of a coach or a parent. By all means do not go up to your parent and ask for suggestions. They want to see how you will handle yourself in class when cold readings will probably be the norm in many of your class exercises. So they also want to see how you work with a complete stranger and how ready you are to emotionally and personally handle that kind of challenge. Keep in mind there are eyes and ears outside of the room of your audition ;)</p>