Students will demonstrate their understanding of the theatrical auditioning process by preparing for an in-class audition.
Class Level:
Advanced Theatre
Prior Experience:
Prior to this unit, students should be competent in analyzing dramatic texts and applying acting techniques to accurately and publicly portray a character.
Main Concepts:
Auditions
Professionalism
Resumes
This Unit Meets the Following Content Standards:
2014 National Core Arts Theatre Standard:
TH:CR2.11 HS accomplished
1994 National Standards of Theatre Education Content Standard 2:
Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal performances.
1994 National Standards of Theatre Education Content Standard 8:
Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present.
Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their ability to match an appropriate audition piece to a show by choosing audition pieces for their faux audition opportunities.
Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of audition protocol and etiquette by preparing how to present themselves in an audition.
Educational Objective: Students will demonstrate their understanding of an audition by auditioning in front of classmates and a panel of people experienced in the theatrical business.
