Music Pillars Presents

AUDITION INFORMATION

REVIEW ROLES

1. Please go to this webpage and review the roles and their “scripts.”

2. As you review the script lines, keep in mind that you will be asked to read for one (or more) of them! (Memorized lines is impressive in an audition - hint, hint)

3. Select a song that you will sing for in your audition. Select the best 30-45 second “highlight” of the song to sing for your audition. DOWNLOAD song to your phone/IPAD! Do not rely on the cloud and/or wifi.

4. Practice the song with the music tracks - HINT - the strongest auditions as those with the karoake track only and NOT with a vocal track where the vocalist is singing with the auditioner).

AUDITION FORMAT

Your initial individual audition is only 5 minutes long. Be ready to give lots of energy and excitement for your role! Auditions can be done in person or via video, whichever you prefer. The format is the same and both are given the same weight as we always have in-person callbacks for everyone.

1. ACTOR SLATE

2. SONG

3. READING OF LINES

4. CALLBACKS

Actor Slate

An actor slate is a concise, clear introduction given at the beginning of an audition, which includes the following:

• Name

• Age / Grade

• Role(s) You Are Interested

• Title of Song you will be singing

Song

Please be sure to choose a song that showcases your vocal range, skill, and ability. If you need help figuring out the perfect song for your voice, you can visit one of our vocal instructors here at Music Pillars.

If you choose a song that is not in the production, be sure to have the song downloaded and ready to go (do not rely on cloud/wifi as you have a limited audition time).

*** If you are interested in a singing role, we HIGHLY RECOMMEND you sing the song of the particular character(s) you are interested in. All in-person auditions will be provided with the same music tracks given above if choosing a song from the production. We will use the performance tracks which has NO words.

Readings

Actors will be given 1-2 sides to read from. We will provide the sides at the audition. Give us lots of energy and don’t be afraid to move around, use your body, whatever makes sense for that scene.

If you have practiced/memorized a particular side you can TELL US in auditions and read from what you have practiced. (Hint, Hint….you should click on these sides below and practice some of them BEFORE YOUR AUDITION!)

If you are serious about a particular few roles, we strongly encourage you to come prepared with having the sides memorized. It is not required, but it helps you stand out in a big way.

Callbacks

All students are invited to callbacks. See below for more details on the format for callbacks.

HOW DO WE EVALUATE YOUR AUDITION?

Great question! Here is the form that we use (we video-record all auditions so that we can look back on them as well).

CALLBACKS - Every Actor Returns for Callbacks

PART 1

Group Singing

The Music Director will have you sing for one or more roles using music from the actual show. The Audition Music that we will use will be songs from the show. We encourage you to become familiar with the songs from the musical.

PART 2

Dance Audition

The Choreographer will take you through a basic routine and then you will perform it on your own in a group setting.

PART 3

Paired Readings and Singing

There will be additional readings with various cast member combinations. We will also have actors do some additional improvisation/acting to get a sense of the best possible role for them, as well as do some various pairing for readings and singing.

Auditions - Offering & Acceptance of Roles

1. Offering of roles

1. We will contact families and cast members via email to offer them various roles in the show, and provide some more information about the role.

2. Accepting/Declining of Roles

   Families will be contacted via email with the role(s) their child has been offered. This email has links to formally accept or decline the role. Typically 24 hours to accept/reject their role, at which time we will make additional casting/role calls/decisions and continue until all the roles are filled.

Audition Sign-Ups

D39 auditions will be held Monday, December 1st from 3:30pm-5:45pm. Once these audition times fill up, we will take video auditions no later than Sunday, November 30th sent to coordinator@musicpillars.com. All video audition students SHOULD attend callbacks.

D39 Call backs will be held on Monday December 1st from 6pm - 730pm.