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    So, you want to be on stage!
    So, you want to be on stage!
    So, you want to be on stage!
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    So, you want to be on stage!

    By LA ONeil

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    So, you want to be on stage! is a down and dirty guide about how to audition for a school play or musical, as well as professional productions. From learning about the ‘triple threat’ combination (singing, dancing and acting) to what to say in your ‘slate,’ this guide will put you on the right path to performance success! The author’s many years as a voice instructor and vocal coach, in addition to directing and producing performances, provide a unique perspective about what students need to know about auditioning.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLA ONeil
    Release dateOct 4, 2011
    ISBN9781465963697
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      So, you want to be on stage! - LA ONeil

      So, you want to be on stage!

      A Nitty-Gritty Guide on How to be Successful in an Audition!

      by

      L.A. O’Neil

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright© 2011 by L.A. O’Neil

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in review and with written permission from the author/publisher.

      Foreword

      There are a lot of ‘how to audition’ books on the market and some of them are pretty good. In fact, all of them tell you how to move through an audition…and, the info is similar. This guide, though, is different. It will help you deal with the nerves and fear – at least, I hope it will. I’ve been teaching students for a long time and they’ve been wildly successful in getting the roles they want. So, what I’m telling them must work…now, you can give it a try, too.

      Good luck! Or, maybe I should say, Break a leg!

      —L.A. O’Neil

      Table of Contents

      Section I

      The Musical Theatre Audition

      Section II

      Talent

      Where Do You Go From Here?

      Tools of the Trade

      Final Thoughts

      Section I

      A Story

      Somewhere around the age of fourteen, I decided that it would be cool to be in a musical. I was in one when I was in seventh grade, but I’m not sure that really counted. I had no idea of what to expect and I had no idea about what to do. I liked to sing and I’d been playing the piano since I was about six, so I had a good start on my background in music. What I didn’t have, though, was guts. I was a little shy and I hated playing the piano in recitals or for anyone other than my piano teacher and my mom. (Mom always told me I was good – but, I think that was her job!)

      I must have auditioned for my first ‘real’ musical, although I don’t really remember anything about it. What I do remember is that at the first chorus rehearsal, the Music Director was dishing out the one or two-line solos. The chorus was seated in a half circle and consisted of about forty or fifty kids, and everyone had to sit there while the Music Director listened to individual voices. With all of those kids to hear, the chorus members sat patiently, undoubtedly entering a mind-numbing state as it listened to kid number ten, fifteen or twenty. The Music Director listened by standing at the back of the chair of each soprano, ordering each of us to sing the solo line. But, when he got to my chair, I couldn’t sing – I was totally paralyzed! I told him that I couldn’t do it and he said, That’s too bad, because we’re going to sit here until you do. ARGHHHH! I was totally on the spot because I knew that if I didn’t sing it (and, fast) everyone in the chorus would either make fun of me or hate my guts for making them sit there.

      Somehow, I managed to suck it up and sing the small solo line. I found out later that the Music Director had heard ‘a voice’ that he liked, but he didn’t know who owned it. He figured it out and I was the one who was guilty.

      After I squeaked out the solo line in what I’m sure was a rather pathetic attempt at singing, he moved on to some other kid who was probably as terrified as I was.

      I thought that rehearsal would never end, but, thankfully, it was finally over…the Music Director called me up to his music stand and he said, O’Neil…be in my office tomorrow at four o’clock for your first voice lesson. That was that. I left, shell shocked, went home and told my mom that the Choir Director wanted me to take voice lessons. I was in his office the next day and I wound up studying voice

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