Believe it or not, BFA acting and musical theater training begins way before you receive the acceptance letter to your dream school. Because BFA programs require students to audition as a crucial step to getting accepted, for many students it’s the first time they are auditioning for people other than their school drama teachers and local community theater directors.
Traveling to auditions, auditioning for college faculty members who are complete strangers, and being surrounded by so many other talented performers who share the same passion may be a new, exciting, and stressful experience, but in a lot of ways, the college audition experience isn’t all that different from the professional audition experience. When I coach my college audition students, I often find myself working with them on audition techniques that they can apply to their professional auditions in the future.
Here are five ways college auditions prepare you for a professional acting career.
1. Learning the art of juggling.On top of preparing for your college auditions, recording prescreens, and heading to colleges and Unifieds to audition for the programs of your dreams, there are still all the typical pressures and exciting events that
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