Straeon

• How to Prep for Auditions
  • the Character is the Storyteller
  • the Story, how the Human Heart Changes
  • look at All the Characters, not just Your Own
  • be Interesting, Creative, in the Moment
  • Tell the Story from your Heart
  • a bit Quirky, someone the Audience can Attach to
  • be a Real Human Character

• What the Casting Director is Looking For
  1. can you Handle the Audition Process
  2. come in, take control of the room, and Tell a Story
  3. can you Find the Heart of the Character
     • Don’t Play Yourself
     • in Audition Room, Transform into the Character

• the Script is an Idea
  • don’t play the script
• Multi-page Scripts
  • beginning, middle, end
  • there is a Different Energy on each Page
  • Don’t play same Energy on Each

• The Sides
  • Find the Story and the Heart of the Character
    • Read it like a Novel
    • in your Imagination Participate in the Story with your Heart
    • fall in love with all the Characters, the Situation
    • Visualize Where you Are, Who you’re With, and how you Relate to Them
  • your First Impression will always Be the Truth, the Heart of the Character
    • don’t deliver the Description of the Character in the Script
      • be Creative, Imaginative