Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tryouts for the Rest of Your Life
New York Times: "ON the 16th floor of the Ripley-Grier Studios in midtown Manhattan, Adam Pelta-Pauls nervously paced the hallway. It was a rainy morning in early February, and this 17-year-old senior from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md., was awaiting his turn to audition for Carnegie Mellon’s vaunted drama school. So were about 30 others."
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yeah, that sounds like auditions to me. i think its a little easier to be confident at a portfolio review cause you don't need to remember lines or anything and sitting across the table is a bit less stressful. i remember feeling really comfortable with Kevin Hines at mine. its just that atmosphere in the waiting room. that is definitely one reason I'm glad not to be an actor.
i would really like to know more about how the decisions are made. it seems to me that out of 1800 kids auditioning, most would have the talent. so, is it the personalities that sell? is there an extra talent one can have?
Wow, when the acting teachers said that they had too many students this year, they really meant it. I can't even imagine 1800 students trying out for 20-something spots. I wonder if CMU especially is so popular among high school students or rest of the other programs has these many applicants.
I think it's interesting that the author followed the very in-depth experience of a particular individual because this can be such a personal experience. I'm glad that the article was open about the idea of admitting students on "castability" referring to their physical attributes. This is one of the most painful things about the acting profession, is the idea that your body is your instrument and you will be hired depending on how it looks. It's unavoidable, but it must be difficult to learn at age 17.
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