First Audition 2004: Winter, Manhattan

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Audition: King Crown Players, Columbia University, monologue: HAMLET, How all occasions do inform against me. 1/22/2004 7PM.
Director: unknown.
Location: Hamilton Hall, Columbia University.

Positives
- I rehearsed the monologue with the assumption of limited space which forced me to be still – being still helps a great deal to pinpoint weakness in a monologue. Before I die, I AM going to nail this monologue!
- Arrived before the audition time so that I did not have to wait.
- A quarter of the way through the monologue, I did forget a line, but I fudged it and didn’t let myself get distracted by it . . . besides, was about to get distracted by something else . . .

Negatives
- Initial setup in the audition: I placed a center chair for Hamlet, and for the other person, I placed an empty chair off to my right – way off to my right, so far right that I was in three quarter view of the auditioners: I don’t think they could see much of face. Worse, after I started, I became aware of my mistake, but was too ‘embarrassed’ to stop and fix the problem, so I soldiered on, distracted.

Suggestions
- Don’t EVER sit down (unless there is a clear specific reason to do so).
- Before I start, make sure I’m positioned so that the auditioners can see me.
- STOP being so embarrassed by a fairly serious problem/mistake that I’m too afraid to stop the audition, apologize, fix the problem, and then start again.