How to do your best in Auditions

• Be early. There might be a cancellation, and it keeps you from getting frantic.
• Dress appropriately. Not as the character, but suggestive of it.
• Have a great attitude. Both in the audition and if you don't get the part you want.
• Remember it's a performance, not an audition. A good audition is a performance.
• Be gracious to the accompanist. Always. Even if he messes up. And use him if he's there.
• Be willing to try something new. Some leads last year didn't sing for the role they got.
• Tell us a story. That means we have to hear the text clearly, at the very least!
• Be prepared. Be memorized, and familiar enough with it that you've made choices.

• Realize that if you want to succeed, the audition is not the enemy!
• Believe in yourself. Replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk, always.
• Have every moment planned. If you know your routine, you won't be scared.
• Have a mental word or phrase ready in the moment crisis management.
• Exercise regularly . Exercise releases stress, you will feel better.
• Get enough sleep. Sleep the same hours nightly. Your body needs it to regenerate.
• Practice success. Practice makes permanent! If you practice freaking out, you will.
• Reduce caffeine and smoking. It makes a difference in daily anxiety levels.

• Things don't always go as planned. Feel good with any outcome.
• It's really not about you. It's about fit, or chemistry with others. Not necessary your bad.
• Be strong! Hearing no is part of getting to yes. Rejection is part of the game
• There are always other auditions, and other roles. Other chances, other places.
• Remember who you are. Your audition role is just a role, nothing more.
• If you did not get it, it doesn't make you a good or bad person. Keep things in perspective.
• Be noticed as a positive character you never know who'll be auditioning someday.