Unleashing Your Authentic Self:Using Your Gifts to Find Great Audition Material
High School Showcase
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26m
Who am I as an artist? Who do I want to introduce to other professionals at an audition? What do I have to offer to a production? What kind of career do I want to build? Addressing these questions is the under-appreciated step before you try to tackle finding a new song or selecting your monologue. There is a lot of wonderful material out there, so it can be hard to know where to start looking. Answering these questions for yourself is a good way to start honing in on songs and monologues that will invite your true self to shine through! We will talk about identifying your technical skills, using your personality and what you want your career to look like as an asset, and how you mesh this with "type" in the industry.
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