audition process
Talent evaluation procedure
The audition process is the series of steps by which performers are evaluated and selected for roles.
It typically involves preparation, waiting, performing before casting directors, and callbacks.
The term emphasizes the experience from the performer's perspective—the anxiety, competition, and uncertainty: The audition process for Broadway shows can take months.
- callbacksSubsequent contact after initial
- headshotShoulders-up photograph
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- sight-readingPerforming unrehearsed notation
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
casting call · open call · feedback · practice · accompanist · monologue · vocal range · slate · sides · cold reading · warm-ups · waiting room · improvisation · research · stage presence · emotional expression · tryout · scheduling
audition processcontract signing
Formalizing a legal agreement
job offer · hiring · hiring decision · final callback · elimination
audition processnepotism
Preferring kin in hiring
casting couch · cronyism · typecasting · industry connections