At the beginning of the year, our department has one audition after another. The thing that has always struck me about these auditions and become a bit of a bane in my side is how students are perceiving and preparing for these auditions. All through the year I preach how the words are only a springboard for the real meat of the play – and that is the thoughts and intentions between the words. What gets you cast is not about your ability to say the words. What gets you cast is your ability to find and experience SOMETHING between the words. One moment of meaningful silence is more likely to get you called back then all the clever recitations you can dream of. It is not a reading contest! Read more