<p>For those of you who have been through this:</p>
<p>Okay, you have 4 or 5 monolgues polished and its time to audition for a top school. </p>
<p>Is it typical that you would feel equally strong with all the monologues or some stronger than the others (I dont mean favorites)?</p>
<p>If they are not equally strong, would you start out with the strongest one or "close" with it?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I suggest starting out with the one that needs the most "prep" time (whether that mean emotion, physical state of being, etc.). You will have time in the waiting area to focus on the prep, and just need to drop it momentarily for your introduction, but it will still be fresh, truthful and vital.</p>
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<p>Not sure particularly for college auditions, but in general, I have been taught to always always always start with your absolute strongest piece. A good first impression can usually carry you through any little mistakes in the eyes of the audience. Once they've decided you're good from that first piece, you're most likely in barring any huge mishaps.</p>
<p>Hmmm ... Maybe since lots of people are posting on Best Theatre Schools in the Country, they should be cross-linked. This one has gotten pretty long.</p>
<p>This has gotten long and most of us do not have the technological expertise to roll it up into sections like Thesbohemian did. We have trouble just figuring out how to do quote boxes ( tell me when you are going to teach us that). So whatever you think in terms of cross referencing is all good with me. Wouldnt mind hearing your thoughts on my post above about audition monologue selection when you have time.</p>
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I know how to do that. I'll start a Part 10, make "Best Theatre Schools in the Country" Part 9, and have them all linked to the new page if we can get Collegemom or one of the other moderators to close this and the other one out to keep things orderly after I do it. I don't have time to mess with it tonight, but I'll see what I can do tomorrow. If you want to learn to do links and quotes yourself, hit the "Go Advanced" button on the reply feature, scroll to the bottom of the page, and open the vB code section on the bottom left for "how tos." It's really not difficult.</p>
<p>As for the monologue question, I personally believe that you should feel equally confident about all your monologues. They're your babies and you should feel strongly about all of them though each should be different. If you don't feel that way about them, you should keep looking. Really, you should always keep looking and become a monologue collector of sorts. :)</p>
<p>Hi everyone! </p>
<p>This thread IS getting long and this is a good time of year to start a new "part 9" for our Theatre/Drama Colleges topic. </p>
<p>First, I will close this thread. I will link to the new "Part 9" so anyone who reads this thread, knows how to find the continuation of the discussion. </p>
<p>I'll take the newish thread "best theater schools in the country" and have that start off "Part 9". I don't want to then go to a "Part 10" so soon. I'll put a link to the beginning of the new "Part 9" that goes back to this thread (Part 8). The "Part 9" will be just that.....the continuation of the general theater college discussion, but simply starting with the subtopic of "best theater schools" which DesperateScholar started, but it can go off in any direction, like always. </p>
<p>Keep the posts coming!</p>
<p>LINK TO NEW PART 9:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2071718#post2071718%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2071718#post2071718</a></p>