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 Audition Tips for Arriving at the Casting Call

Make sure you arrive at your acting audition 15 minutes early. This will give you time to freshen up, fill out any audition forms and prepare. There will usually be a sign-in sheet outside the audition room. If this is a cold reading, there will be a bunch of sides (i.e. audition scenes) next to the sign-in sheet.
Audition Tip: If you want more time to prepare, come in earlier but don't sign in until you're ready to go in the room. This way, you can study the audition script as long as you want without any pressure to go in until you're ready.
Make sure you have your acting picture and resume in hand before you walk in the audition room. Auditions are typically around 5 minutes long, you don't want to use up that precious time fishing around your bag for your headshot.

Feeling nervous? The more important the acting audition, the more that's likely to happen. Here's a few audition tips on how to turn performance anxiety into self-confidence:

• Stay away from other actors. Stage fright is contagious, plus you don't want to compare yourself to an actor auditioning for the same part as you. Create your own space and try to shut out the world around you so you can prepare and focus.


• Do a relaxation exercise. If you went to acting school, you probably have worked hours on relaxation and breathing exercises. Now's the time to use them. Concentrate on breathing deeply and slowly from your midsection, letting go of tension in a different part of your body with each breath, from head to toe.


• Work on concentration. Relaxation and breathing exercises should help get you centered. Now use your audition piece to completely focus. Imagine you're the character in your audition piece. Try to remember as the character what you had for breakfast or what you did yesterday. Think as the character about the people you love, those you hate, those you're having a conflict with. Play in your mind what just happened before the audition scene or monologue you're about to perform. This audition tip will help you channel your previous nervousness into the character's emotional life.


• Give yourself the acting role. As an actor, our imagination is our greatest ally. Imagine you've got the role and you're coming in to rehearse. This audition tip doesn't apply to everyone, but if a lack of self-confidence is making you nervous, this tool can be a great help.