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stage fright
i have never, ever had stage fright before in my life, and i have acted at least two shows a year. but this year, i tried out for two of my school's plays, and i was terribly nervous during each audition. I messed up so badly.
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to stay calm?
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Ok first thing. An audition is your best learing expierence. go in to it confidently. audition with something your strong with or know well. if your audition didnt go well wait till the cast list is up and see which part you recived. if you arent happy with it go up to the teacher who held the audition and ask, what did i do wrong in my audition i want to know for learing expierence. like i said i feel an audition is your best learning espierence.
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I have been a community theatre actor, have done a lot of public speaking as wel as speaking on community cable acess about community projects I did as an actor.
I think when it comes to acting and acing your audition while not being completely taken over by fright is this: Before starting or ending a scene think of where your character just was, what were they doing before your entrance and what will they do after exiting the stage and what their life and day is like outisde of the time they appear on stage.
Create your character's entire world inside of your head and stay focused only on that and the part of the script you need to bring to life during the audition and emotions you need to get across.
What I also like to do is this: At the audition pick one person to look at and think in your head that this person needs to hear the information that you have to say as it will change their world and affect them.
Then spend the entire time focused on what you are doing and getting a positive reaction out of them or making them laugh etc as the script calls for.
I also picture the idea of them all in their underwear too. But the bottom line is that it's one person in that audience that you need focus on and just talk and act for them. Become totally emersed in your character's world, atittude, life etc and just disolve into that and ignore everything in your world and the "I hope I get this part" or allow yourself to think anything else but what your character would.
If you get off track get back on by remembering what i said above. Also, you know what else works like a charm? You need to understand that everyone going up for the audition has the same fear as you.
The only difference is you won't let it affect you and that directors know actors are nervous. Just go and do your thing and have fun as that's what it is all about. Le thte chips fall where they may.
If you don't get a certain role don't worry as the right part always picks the right actor. You might get a role of a lifetime nobody else did. Stay positive. You'll do it!
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Me, being a drama geek, would have only one thing to suggest to you. And that would be practice. People tend to feel nervous on stage especially when they don't practice well enough. The more you practice your rehearsal piece, the more confident you'll feel with it when you go to perform. The more confidence you have, the less likely you are to studder or have stage fright.
Let yourself become comfortable with the director/potential audience there when you present your audition. Get to know them so its not like you're performing in front of a lot of strangers.
But, if you do know everyone- than all I can suggest is to practice until you can't practice no more.
Hope I helped
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--Jack
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