A Monologue Is an Outrageous Situation!

How to Survive the 60-Second Audition
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-12002-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition explains how to successfully tackle the "cattle call" acting audition with a sixty-second monologue. Through Q&As, tips, director’s notes, and a glossary full of outrageous actions meant to inspire the actor into truly connecting with the piece, this book shows actors where and how to find a monologue, edit it, and give the best audition possible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Herb

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Schauspieltechnik, Theaterpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: A Monologue is…?

- An Audition is an outrageous situation

- The Sixty second Dilemma

- What is a monologue?

- A monologue is an Outrageous situation

- What to Look for when choosing a Monologue

- What to Avoid in a Monologue

Part Two: Working on a Monologue

- Read the Play

- Ask the Stanislavski Question

- Given Circumstances

- Take 3 Tips from the script

- Editing a Monologue—include Table

- Piecing a monologue together—include Table

- Memorize—ASAP

- Blocking

- How to Move (Because you must)

- Monologue Pitfalls

- Outrageous

- Exercises and Improvs

Part Three: Time to Audition

- Steps of Your Audition

- How Should I introduce my Monologue?

- Where Should I place My Focus? Focus 1.0, 2.0

- Should I take time to ‘get into it’ before I start?

- Your Actual Run Time

- Your Audition Must Show…

- Your Sixty-second Audition Must Prove…

- How much can the Auditors See in 60 seconds?

- What Do the Auditors Want to See in a Call Back?

- When Does the Audition Really Begin?

- When Does the Audition End?

Part Four: "Just a Few Notes."

- Realism is Not Real

- Positive

- Negative

- Playing Emotion

- Playing Explosions

- Playing Characters that are Rich

- That are Poor

- That are heroic

- That are evil

- That are courageous

- That are cowardly

- Crying and Yelling is Not Dramatic

- Don’t TRY to be Funny

- Dress and Hygiene for Men

- Dress and Hygiene for Women

- Final Thought on Clothes

- Tattoo is Taboo

- Exit

Epilogue

Appendix

- MONOLOGUE SUGGESTIONS

- WHERE TO FIND MONOLOGUES

- UNIFIED AUDITIONS

- HEAD SHOT PRODUCTION

Über Autor(innen)

Herb Parker is the Associate Professor in the Division of Theatre and Dance, Department of Communication and Performance at East Tennessee State University. He is a recipient of the KCACTF "Excellence in Directing" Meritorious Achievement Award and a 35-year member of Actors Equity Association. He is the author of BARK LIKE A DOG! Outrageous Ideas for Actors published in 2013 by Spring Knoll Press.