Audience, Auditions, Timing and Subtext

The definition for immediacy is....

• Behaviors expected of the audience during a live performance.

• Theater performances are live and can never be repeated, they happen in the moment, the audience reaction changes the energy of the performance and the mood of the play.

True/False: The audience does not change the pace of the dialogue. Their reactions should not cause the actors to pause their dialogue.

• True

• False

True/False: Audience Reactions provide energy. Keep the audience involved and accept their unpredictable reactions.

• True

• False

When a director tells you to listen for the dip in the laughter, they mean...

• to listen for the moment when the laughter begins to quiet to continue with dialogue.

• to keep your focus when the audience laughs, don't laugh with them.

You are a competitive audience, this means you are an audience of actors who all want to be the ones getting the paycheck, check off the three ways you show this.

• Listen and watch the other actors pace, pauses, and silent acting

• You react professionally from the beginning to the end of the audition

• You should not watch the other performances, they do not matter

• You should watch the producers reactions to the other actors

The difference between a open and closed audition is...

• actors have less competition at an open audition because on a select few are invited to audition.

• actors have more competition at an open audition because it is open to the general public, closed auditions are much smaller.

True/False: Prepared material is not memorized.

• True

• False

True/False: Cold readings are not memorized but an actor should already be familiar with the script, they should never truly be "cold".

• True

• False

One of the three types of prepared material is modern. What does modern mean?

• Anything published before 1950, preferably Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde

• Anything published after 1950

• Two monologues that show different emotions and gestures

One of the three types of prepared materials is classic, what does classic mean?

• Anything published before 1950, preferably Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde

• Anything published after 1950.

• Two different monologues that show different emotions and gestures.