Welcome to Open Auditions for Camulus Academy’s production of
West Side Story. The aspiring actors and actresses file into the auditorium. The stage is lit, but empty. The little crowd of students titter and chatter quietly in anticipation and nerves.
A quiet figure glides across the open stage with a flourish. The crowd hushes. Florid prose tumbles out of her mouth as she introduces herself as the Bard and takes a deep, sweeping bow. A publicity manager, acting coach, image consultant, and budding playwright in her own right--the Bard is usually kept on retainer by Axiom, but was allowed to take to time off from her
day job taming and reigning in the sometimes unpredictable and unruly public images of Axiom agents to guest direct this production. She urges everyone to
dig deep, to show her their raw potential, and be prepared to sing and dance.
The group is split into three groups, which rotate between three different aspects of the audition process: a) a singing portion, in which they must have prepared a musical theatre piece of their choose; b) a dance portion, in which they are given a short bit of choreography and expected to follow; and finally c) the members of the group are paired up and given scenes from the play itself to cold read. The Bard is seemingly at all three groups simultaneously--in fact, she
is at all three groups simultaneously. With the ability to duplicate herself, she can efficiently proceed with the auditions.
So, tell us: did your character audition? If so, how did they do throughout each of the categories? Honest assessments, please!
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