How to Analyze Your Acting Audition

Video Transcript

"I'm Dr. Charles Grimes. And I'm speaking on behalf of Expert Village about how to deal with the day of your theatrical audition. It's always a good idea to analyze your performance right after you gave it. How did you do at this audition? How did this monologue work for you? Did something work better than you thought? Did it work worse? What were your impressions of this event? Even, who did you meet? Can you remember them later? What do you think they thought about you? So, take it as another rehearsal. If you did your monologue again, it's always your job to figure out, how did I do? How did it come across? Sir Peter Hall always told his actors to do this. He told them just to have some paper, something around to be able to write afterwards in great honesty, give yourself a grade. Say, that was a B plus. I thought I could have done the final, concluding end with a bit more force. There was one word I tripped over. I started off too fast. Note those things down for yourself, because for you this has to be a learning experience. If it ends up being one more rehearsal of the monologue, your job is to continuously get better. And any data you have to make that happen should be collected, written down, and remembered."