I once burned my neck with a curling iron while getting ready for an audition. It looked like a giant hickey. I had to race out the door with a wound too fresh to apply any cover up. When I walked into the room I addressed it head on. “Just so you know, this isn’t a hickey,” I said. “I burnt my neck with a curling iron. I wish it was a hickey actually, but that’s not likely considering the last date I went on.”
The casting directors laughed then asked, “What went wrong?” I launched into a story about my most recent date where after we split the bill, he made me wait at the table while he balanced his checkbook by hand. I had them laughing before I even read the sides. When I got the call that I booked the part, I was pretty sure it was more my storytelling than my actual audition that got me cast.
Perhaps you’ve noticed that live storytelling is hotter than ever these days, so never would it be a better time to have some storytelling skills in your back pocket for audition purposes. Here are just a few reasons being a good storyteller can help you book that part.
1. It will make you more memorable. It will be much easier for a casting director to remember
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