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- Review casting policy
- Review time maximums (15 hours per week)
- Performance Space Constraints
- Other Policies
Setting Up Auditions
- Schedule auditions with the director, SM, and Ensemble.
- Finalize audition forms and make sure all dates/requirements are correct.
- Ensure that a readthrough has been scheduled.
- Set up the online audition form as soon as possible. See webmaster for details.
Running Auditions
- Be at auditions. You sit in the room with the director and help him or her keep track of people and make decisions.
- Help the director decide a cast after auditions/callbacks. In addition to raw ability, you will want to take into account reliability and availability.
- Call people once you've decided on a cast. Do this strategically in case people reject roles.
- When you call people...
- You can offer them an hour to decide
- Once they accept, tell them when readthrough is
- Double-check that they don't have conflicts with show dates (especially first day of spring break, for the spring show)
Actor Management
- Get actors out of any show conflicts (tests during tech week)
- Replace actors should they decline their parts
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