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Students in their second year are understandably preoccupied with entering the professional acting world. Preparing for audition monologues is one of the most important, and perhaps the most stressful, part of this process. Having quality monologues at an audition is essential, especially for the new actor. Your ability to perform during an audition is, in large part, what a director or casting agent will use to determine whether the role is yours. Your ability to monologue will be downright essential until you have built a resume that is sufficiently able to highlight your abilities, talents, and scope. Until then, they are essential to your career. Some auditions will require that you give two contrasting monologues. An arsenal of around ten monologues is ideal; you never know when you might need one. Sadly, there are many actors who do not take the time necessary to properly prepare for their auditions. Finding great monologues for auditions is not always an easy task. Hours and hours must be spent reading plays, watching quality television, and doing research in order to find the perfect material. Keep in mind that great scenes and lines do not always make the best monologues. The best audition monologues will be easy to understand and will have a clear start, middle, and finish. Do you connect to the material in your monologue? Does the monologue send you on a journey of self-discovery? Being able to craft is essential to delivering a great monologue. You need to be spontaneous, creative, and able to work with the others in your production. Past experiences are also powerful, as they can flesh out your monologues and create a performance that is truly memorable. One of the biggest mistakes untrained actors make is to stand in one place and just mechanically recite their lines. Of course, this is unrealistic. Life does not consist of frequent monologues. Monologues can occur, but only when the person to whom we are speaking does not interrupt. However, spontaneity is essential to making your monologue sound natural. This requires a combination of talent and imagination. Your monologues should be diverse in their content. You want to make sure that you at least have a dramatic and comedic monologue in your repertoire. Once you have chosen a monologue, you will want to continue working on it in order to keep it fresh in your mind. Make sure that your performance takes the other people in the scene into consideration. This can be difficult since there is no one actually there while you are giving your monologue. To really create a realistic monologue, you need to imagine how the other people in the scene would speak and act. This is certainly not easy to do. Not knowing how to accomplish this indicates that you have not been trained well enough. Learning how to craft audition monologues and properly utilize your talents will make you a better, more believable actor. For more information on [http://www.yelp.com/biz/maggie-flanigan-studio-inc-new-york-3 Best Acting Studio new york ny ], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzu0PZra4w Top Acting Studio new york ny ] and [http://www.maggieflaniganstudio.com/acting-coach/audition-monologues/ Meisner Acting Studio new york ny ] you can contact us at: Maggie Flanigan Studio Inc 153 W 27th St #803 New York, NY 10001 (917) 606-0982
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