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Painless audition
Stop, drop your eyes to the floor and take a second (one second) to take a breath, focus your thoughts and communicate to the auditors that you are beginning. Jump into your character with all your ability and passion. Transform into the character in a heartbeat. Commit one hundred percent. This is the most important half second in your audition. Practice it. If you want to be impressive, be impressive here.
Never use the auditors in your piece or speak directly to them. This makes them uncomfortable and they will strongly dislike you for it. If your character is speaking to another person, place that person just above and to the right or left of the auditor's heads. If you make a mistake, just continue. Pause if you have to, but do not berate yourself, or stomp your foot or leave character. Do not break character. If you have to go back, pause for a beat, go back and continue like nothing happened. If you forget your lines, it is best not to stop and ask if you can go back. Pause if you have to, and then skip to the next part of the monologue that you remember. Do not apologize to the auditors or berate yourself in front of them. Do not break character. When the piece is finished, take a short beat in the characters final moment. Then, drop character, return to neutral, and say "Thank you." Do not expect the auditors to applaud for you. Even if you are very good. Do not ever take it personally if you are not cast or called back. Congratulate yourself on every audition you do, successful or not. It is the most difficult part of the job, and actors who do it, and who are good at it, work the most. The more you audition the closer you are to landing the part.
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