THE CHAIR
One of the biggest problems for actors in the audition room is that they are reading with a Casting Director or reader who is sometimes reading two or three different parts. In the nerves of the moment, all the actor sees is the Casting Director…not the character they are in the scene with. Actors [...]
HOW TO FIND MENTAL FOCUS IN THE AUDITION ROOM PART 3
PART 3 of an article Holly wrote for the Back Stage Craft Column. The full article can be found at www.backstage.com
Once you enter the audition room, I want you to make it “your room not theirs”. Part of the problem with walking into an unfamiliar [...]
HOW TO FIND MENTAL FOCUS IN THE AUDITION ROOM PART 2
PART 2 of an article Holly wrote for the Back Stage Craft Column. The full article can be found at www.backstage.com
The “voices in your head” will be trying to work overtime while in the lobby of the audition room, but turn your focus to 4 [...]
HOW TO FIND MENTAL FOCUS IN THE AUDITION ROOM, PART 1
PART 1 of an article Holly wrote for the Back Stage Craft Column. The full article can be found at www.backstage.com
“You can do anything for 3 minutes”. That’s what I tell actors in my Audition Workshops. Just like the focused athlete walking onto the field, [...]
RESPOND IN THE LISTENING
“Respond In The Listening” is my 6th tool in the “6 Audition Tools Method” I use in my 4 week Audition Workshops. Many TV and Film auditions these days are on tape for the Producers and Director. It’s important to remember that when you audition on tape, you are usually framed around [...]
INTENTION/OBJECTIVE
In each of my 4 Week Audition Workshops I teach a “6 Audition Tools Method” that when all of the tools are used together, they produce real results in conquering the audition process. Each actor often has an “aha!” moment when they realize when one or two of the tools is missing and that something [...]
THE 4 STEPS TO CASTING A SERIES REGULAR ROLE ON TELEVISIONPart Four: TESTING AT THE NETWORK
For the “Monthly Audition Tip” February through May, I will be re-printing an article I wrote for the wonderful actors website BRAINS OF MINERVA last year at this time…. just in time for Pilot Season. This will be a 4 [...]
THE 4 STEPS TO CASTING A SERIES REGULAR ROLE ON TELEVISION Part Three: Reading for Studio Executives
For the “Monthly Audition Tip” February through May, I will be re-printing an article I wrote for the wonderful actors website BRAINS OF MINERVA last year at this time…. just in time for Pilot Season. This will be a [...]
THE 4 STEPS TO CASTING A SERIES REGULAR ROLE ON TELEVISIONPart Two: THE CALLBACK
For the “Monthly Audition Tip” February through May, I will be re-printing an article I wrote for the wonderful actors website BRAINS OF MINERVA last year at this time…. just in time for Pilot Season. This will be a 4 part series [...]
THE 4 STEPS TO CASTING A SERIES REGULAR ROLE ON TELEVISIONPart One: THE PRE-READ
For the “Monthly Audition Tip” February through May, I will be re-printing an article I wrote for the wonderful actors website BRAINS OF MINERVA last year at this time…. just in time for Pilot Season. This will be a 4 part series [...]
