Student Auditions/ 4F56/Awards

Fourth Year and Registering into your courses

DIE & AT students - if you are going into fourth year be sure to check in with Academic Advisor Alisa Cunnington at acunnington@brocku.ca . She'll set you up with the courses you need, including DART 4P91.
All students: here's some information about DART 3P97/98 Advanced Project Courses (previously called 'Advanced Tutorial') and DART 4F94 Honours Thesis.  Contact the Department for more Information.

DART AUDITIONS 2013 INFORMATION

AUDITIONS are required for:        

• Performance Concentration (applying to enter OR to continue)
• DART 3F50
• DART 4F56 (a written submission will be required after auditions)
• Mainstage Productions (November 2013 and February 2014)
• General Brock Soirée (October 2013)

BAND AUDITION sheets & info (for Twelfth Night) will be posted soon!!!

Please arrive early so you can complete your audition form and warm up. Your acting instructors and the directors of next year's main stage shows will be present. Possibly, assistant directors will also attend. We hope to keep the atmosphere as relaxed and informal as possible while sticking to the schedule-- please be aware that we are rooting for you -- we are on your side!

Audition requirements:
1. A Shakespeare monologue or soliloquy or a sonnet --of about one and a half (1 ½) minutes in length. If your character is addressing another character or the audience you may address the auditioners directly and make eye contact.
2. A physical, non-verbal version of that monologue. It should reflect the major argument or idea of the piece as you interpret it. It should not be you simply retelling the story in mime. Guttural sound and breath-emotion are very welcome, but try to avoid actual words in this performance—unless you feel one key line is absolutely essential! Try to increase the scale of the monologue as you express it through the body. Convey the spirit of the monologue and the story/character transitions honestly, as far as possible without mime or indication. Again, we invite you to make eye contact with the auditioners if you want to during this performance (no obligation!), but try to avoid "mugging"--i.e. using excessive facial indication. The real objective is to find the honesty and the action impulses of the character. Be truthful and all else will follow. You may use music to accompany the work, but it is not required.
3. [optional] – sing one verse or one chorus of a song a cappella. If you wish to do it accompanied, please bring your own instrument or recorded music.

Please be sure to fill out your special skills on the audition form – we are particularly looking for what musical instruments you play, your singing and your extended movement skills, including stage combat.

You have 5 MINUTES in total for your audition, so select short audition pieces that display your best qualities, skills and range.

Mainstage Productions
November 2013    Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Gyllian Raby and Danielle Wilson    
February 2012    Jehanne and the Witches by Sally Clark, directed by Virginia Reh

Copies of Jehanne of the Witches are available on loan outside Gini’s office (146E)

Information about Twelfth Night
is available in this document.

Information about Jehane of the Witches
is available in this document.

QUESTIONS???   Please contact vreh@brocku.ca

Mainstage Productions
for 2013 - 2014

DART 4F56 Advanced Studies in Theatre

Invitation to Apply for 2012-13:

Please see this PDF document for detailed instructions on how to apply for DART 4F56.
ALSO read the draft course outline here.
The deadline to apply is June 30, 2012.

calendar entry is here.