<p>So I thought I would come on here and share my audition experience with everyone. The SF auditions were very different than what I expected.</p>
<p>I arrived about twenty minutes before the time, for check in. I’m glad I was there early, but even if I’d only shown up five minutes before I would’ve been fine. There were about 20 people there with their parents and it was quiet, but not super tense. People were dressed in a variety of styles. I chose to wear a simple red dress (something that would allow for free movement, said something, but didn’t draw too much attention to my outfit). Some others were wearing jazz pants with nice shirts or sweaters. I saw some other adorable dresses and skirt outfits as well. As far as shoes go, I saw a couple pairs of dance shoes (including my jazz shoes) but most people seemed comfortable in their sneekers or other casual shoes. </p>
<p>At our time the admissions director for the Drama department came and checked us in on his iPad. Then he gave all of us, including parents, a very condensed description of the program and he did his best to motivate and relax us. The parents were escorted to a more comfortable lobby if they felt like waiting, so they the auditioners were left alone. We were separated into two groups, one for each acting room. We went upstairs for vocal warmups as a group (all squishing into a tiny elevator, it was quite hilarious) and got to warm up our voices and bodies.</p>
<p>Then we went back down to the lobby and we chatted while we waited for our individual turns. Each audition experience was individual and complete unique. I sung first, though most people did their monologues first. It was very informal, though in a mature way, and I simply walked into the room and greeted them, showed the pianist where I made my cuts and stood ready for them to ask me to start. She told me to go when I was ready, and I just did both songs. There was no need for introductions of the songs. And also the movement I had to add to the song was not a big deal either. She asked me if I still had chosen to be considered for all studios, and I confirmed. She was very polite and the pianist was a delite. We had to chat idly for a while because the iPad they were working off of didn’t work properly. </p>
<p>I waited for about a half an hour till my turn to do my monologues and then went into my designated room (there were two). Again, I informally greeted her and handed her my resume and headshot. She told me to go when I was ready and I did both, with a short pause in between them to gather my thoughts. She asked me to work my second one a different way just for fun, which I did happily. Then we sat down for a few minutes for the interview. It was pretty informal as well and very relaxed. She asked me about my training, about my favorite role, about my favorite academic subject, why I chose NYU and things like that. </p>
<p>All in all, it was really pleasant and everyone there was very polite and kind and acomodating. I hope that anyone else who is going to audition enjoys their experience as well!</p>