800 theatre students from high schools all across New York State came together at the Villa Roma Resort in the Catskills to celebrate all things theatre. So I went to the headmaster and I toldLast month I presented 3 workshops at the New York State Theatre Education Association (NYSTEA) Student Conference. Everybody got an award Then it dawned on me that if everybody got an award, it didn’t mean anything. We used to have an awards ceremony at the end of the year. CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES WOMEN Moving by Lee Kalcheim DIANA I went to a Quaker school.
Here is where the practice pays off. Most Important Tip on Comedic Monologues for Women. Womens Comedic Monologues features 60 monologues by writers and comics who have written for or performed on Chelsea Lately , Carson Daly , The Tonight Show , Last Comic Standing , Comedy Central Stage, and many more.Comedy is hard enough to act out without crashing and burning from going too far. Especially young women, because there are more young women in the.This incredibly hysterical, cutting-edge collection of monologues will give an actress the extra bang she needs to land the perfect comedic role. Youll just have to get used to that idea. My workshops were on Mastering College Musical Theatre Auditions and I was lucky to get to work with some very talented students, as well as get to meet some of their very awesome educators. Here’s what I learned at the conference:All Shakespeare monologues are overdone.
We recommend a nice Excel spreadsheet to keep it all straight. Colleges and universities have not yet unified audition requirements so it also can mean preparing multiple audition songs and monologues. Now it is not uncommon for students to apply to 15-20 schools — quite an increase! This means a lot more research, more application fees and college tours, and the need for a lot of organization.
As for monologues, I recommend good old-fashioned research. ContemporaryMusicalTheatre.com is a great resource for finding age appropriate songs (we have a good amount for youth/teens and are constantly adding more). These students wanted to know where to look for underperformed songs and monologues.
See what else he has done. Or look up a favorite young performer who is your type. Look for teen characters in the breakdown then start reading.
So where were all the students of color? Unfortunately, this conference was not free. According the the NYSED statistics for 2016-2017, only 44% of New York State students ages K-12 identify as White. Both the student body and the teachers attending were overwhelmingly White. Not Enough Students Got to AttendI was a bit disappointed with the demographics of the conference. But it will ensure you find material not everyone else is performing.
Students must be able to tame their nerves enough to be able to listen and respond to what they are asked to do. Adjudicators at college auditions often will give adjustments and try to talk to students before or after they perform their prepared material. This is important because as college musical theatre programs are getting more and more competitive the pressure is definitely on. The camaraderie of the students and teachers at this conference was infectious. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to ensure that every high school student with a love of theatre could find their way to a great event like this? They Want to LearnThese high school students were all hungry to learn new skills and were very open to my feedback and they took adjustments well.
Allyship Statement (Quarter 2: May-July, ‘21) Enter your email address on the top right side of the page and click “Follow” and sign up for our email list.Visit more information on over 180 contemporary musical theatre writers and 550+ songs, all searchable by voice and song type. See you next year!Check out our new book “Mastering College Musical Theatre Auditions: Sound Advice for the Student, Teacher, and Parent” now available on Amazon.Please subscribe to our blog. Kudos to the organizers, my fellow presenters, and all the attendees. The goal is to be as relaxed and prepared as possible.I really enjoyed my time at the NYSTEA conference and look forward to presenting again next year. They are making a four-year commitment.
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