audition pointers...revisited!

right away, if i were you, i'd get an appointment book and begin to chronicle all the auditions that your child gets...then you have all the info. that you'll need in case they are so fortunate to get a callback! mark down the day and date (obviously!)...also, what they wore to the audition...and where it was...
after the audition, write down any comments that your child told you that the casting people said to them...they forget quickly...so make sure that you ask right away! lol

okay, but let's go backwards here...how do you help prepare your child for an audition?
make sure you have the correct address, directions to get there and how long it will take...
be on time! nothing makes a worse first impression than this!
dress neatly – and “hint” at the type of role that your child actor is auditioning for…don’t dress them in a costume…
bring several copies of their headshot/resume with you…most times you’ll only need one, but just last week, my daughter went to a producer’s session, and the cd’s asst. asked her for several…so especially on a callback with producers (where there will be several in the room that would like to see the headshot and resume) ALWAYS bring more…
bring the sides (audition scenes) with you…
leave the gum in the car…
never touch the casting director (unless provoked by them)…
make sure you sign your child in and out…
leave there…buy them an ice cream (better yet a piece of fruit! lol) and then forget about it!

number 9 is probably the hardest thing to do…forgetting about the audition…it really is difficult…but the healthiest thing to do is to talk about it for a few minutes…ask them all the questions that you need to…and then let it go…this is especially hard if the child got really good feedback from the cd’s and really wants the part…but from experience, please try very hard to let it go…it can torment you if you don’t…just know that there is another audition around the corner and a role with your child’s name on it…and again, i will repeat one of my favorite quotes that a dear lady, friend and casting director, bonnie gillespie says… “if the part isn’t yours, there is nothing you can do to get it…and if it is, there’s nothing you can do to mess it up”…bonnie, forgive me…i know i paraphrased!

anyway, that’s the skinny on auditions…oh yeah, there are many more things i could blog about re: this topic, but those are the most important points…if and when your child gets an audition, just be very excited about it…that’s the first step to building a career in this crazy thing called show business!

much happiness today and always…
hugs and out~