In Directing class, we began a conversation on the audition process from the director’s point of view. We acknowledged that the process is ardous and hardly very scientific. The most compelling question that I heard was a young lady that asked what do if I do if find the very best person for the role, but he does not read well against any other partner. Would I cast this “best person” or would I keep looking around? I explained that in my years of auditioning high school students I have begun to almost exclusively audition and cast in pairs. The idea of being alone on stage is just so rare in theatre – and even then, one is MAKING an acting partner out of the audience. Read more