INTRODUCTION
Every student actor has been there. You know the feeling. Palms sweaty, heart pumping and nerves on edge. Audition time! You walk across the wooden boards and try to avoid the eyes of the lackluster auditors in order to open your mouth to speak…
Shakespeare!
Ugh. Shakespeare who is boring and makes no sense and makes you feel lost while speaking words that lack meaning while having some of the highest stake performances of your life.
Why oh why, do we have to perform Shakespeare monologues as part of our auditions?
For one reason or another, the two contrasting monologue audition has become the standard for auditioning for the school play, getting accepted into college theatre and acting programs, acquiring money for college scholarships, and going beyond into master’s degree and actor conservatory programs. Almost every notice you see strongly …show more content…
In this book, I’m going to share with you some of the techniques that I have used with my own acting students throughout the years, which is also a technique that I use when performing Shakespeare as a professional actor.
The main parts of this book are:
A break down the school audition process
A brief history on William Shakespeare and why his work is great to perform
A simple and repeatable acting technique that you can use time and again
20 Shakespeare monologues (10 for women; 10 for men) that are great for auditions, with a modern translation, and a breakdown for utilizing this techniques
Even though this book was designed with student auditions in mind, the Shakespeare monologues, acting technique can be used for any Shakespeare audition at every acting level.
So, are you ready to learn a little history, a simple technique and be armed with a group of monologues with a modern translation so that you can tackle the next audition like a seasoned
Every student actor has been there. You know the feeling. Palms sweaty, heart pumping and nerves on edge. Audition time! You walk across the wooden boards and try to avoid the eyes of the lackluster auditors in order to open your mouth to speak…
Shakespeare!
Ugh. Shakespeare who is boring and makes no sense and makes you feel lost while speaking words that lack meaning while having some of the highest stake performances of your life.
Why oh why, do we have to perform Shakespeare monologues as part of our auditions?
For one reason or another, the two contrasting monologue audition has become the standard for auditioning for the school play, getting accepted into college theatre and acting programs, acquiring money for college scholarships, and going beyond into master’s degree and actor conservatory programs. Almost every notice you see strongly …show more content…
In this book, I’m going to share with you some of the techniques that I have used with my own acting students throughout the years, which is also a technique that I use when performing Shakespeare as a professional actor.
The main parts of this book are:
A break down the school audition process
A brief history on William Shakespeare and why his work is great to perform
A simple and repeatable acting technique that you can use time and again
20 Shakespeare monologues (10 for women; 10 for men) that are great for auditions, with a modern translation, and a breakdown for utilizing this techniques
Even though this book was designed with student auditions in mind, the Shakespeare monologues, acting technique can be used for any Shakespeare audition at every acting level.
So, are you ready to learn a little history, a simple technique and be armed with a group of monologues with a modern translation so that you can tackle the next audition like a seasoned