Zzz Auditions

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Introduction

This page aims to give you a rough idea of the process for organising and holding an audition. If you're an established director, then there is probably nothing of interest to you here. Indeed you may well have your own, totally contradictory way of organising your auditions and that's fine; whatever works for you.

Before the audition

People to find or appoint

You should find/acquire/appoint the following people

Column 1	Who	What they will be doing	The skills they should have	When to appoint them	Where to look
10	Production assistant (Your Chief of Staff)	Administration work Organising paperwork Helping you find the people with the right skills Booking rehearsal and audition venues Managing all the checklists	Good with spreadsheets Organised	Right away. This is the first person to appoint.	Amongst your closest friends. This needs to be someone that you can trust, who believes in your project, who is well organised and who is on your side from the outset.
20	Stage Manager
30	Set Builder
40	Properties Person
50	Costumer Wrangler
60	Hair and Make-up Specialist
70	Lighting Designer
80	Lighting Operator
90	Sound Engineer
100
110

Things to do first

There are some things that you need to do as soon as you know that you are going to run an audition. Some might seem obvious, others, less so.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
10	Find the right play	Choose something that does something for you; that moves or excites you. IF you want your cast to be passionate about it, so must you be.
20	Appoint an assistant
30

At the audition

Things to take to the audition

The following is a list of things which you might consider taking to an audition. Many of them will depend upon the size of the production and the expected numbers.

• Milk and biscuits (no, seriously)!
• Signage giving clear directions to the audition room (remember some people might never have been to that venue before)
• A camera
• A form for each person auditioning to complete, giving such information as:
  • Name
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Space to attach either a digital photo number - or preferably, a Polaroid
  • Which part or parts they would like to be considered for
• One or more copies of the full script
• Stationery for writing notes about each audition piece and the people who have read - don't rely on your memory (it's best to design a form beforehand)

Useful links

• http://www.wikihow.com/Hold-an-Audition