VCA AUDITION

HEYA PEOPLES. I HAVE MY FIRST DRAMA SCHOOL AUDITION IN EXACTLY TWO WEEKS, SO NATURALLY TRYING NOT TO FREAK OUT. I HAVE ALREADY CHOSEN MY AUDITION PIECES A FEW WEEKS AGO, AFTER READING THROUGH THE PLAYS FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY PIECE THEY HAD UP AS AN OPTION... NOW I HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO MY TWO, CLASSICAL AND MODERN I WOULD LOVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE AUDITIONED OR STUDIED AT VCA, AS FOR WHAT THEY LOOK FOR. BASED ON WHAT THEY PUT UO AS THE CRITERIA FOR THE AUDITION, MAKING SENSE OF THE TEXT AND CONNECTING TO IT SEEM TO BE THE MAJOR GOALS, AFTER THAT VOCAL AND PHYSICAL SKILL WHICH SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN, THE ABILITY TO TAKE DIRECTION (SINCE OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE GOING TO DRAMA SCHOOL TO LEARN///NOT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ALREADY. THIS SEEMS TO ME AT LEAST, TO INDICATE THAT THEY DON'T WANT HUGE 'WAWAW' EMOTIONAL DISPLAYS, WHICH CAN BE MORE LIKE 'MASTURBATION' (NOT MY CHOICE OF WORD...FROM A GRADUATE FROM ANOTHER DRAMA SCHOOL ABOUT AUDITIONING) THAN ACTING. ALSO, THAT AUDITIONS ARE NOT TALENT SHOWS, BUT MORE A CHANCE TO SHOW, NOT SIMPLY WHAT YOU ARE AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF AS A ACTOR, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, TO SHOW WHAT TYPE OF STUDENT YOU WILL BE. ARE YOU ARE HARD WORKER, AND HAVE THE UNYEALDING PASSION TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THREE YEARS OF GRUELLING WQORK? FOR THIS REASON I AM TRYING TO FOCUS A LOT ON SENSE, OF BEING TRUE TO THE TEXT AND TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ME TO BRING THROUGH MY CHARACTER. MY MODERN IS QUITE PHYSICAL AND FUNNY, WHERE THE DANGER IS TO NOT BECOME HYSTERICAL, AS THE CHARCTER GOES A BIT CRAZY, AND DON'T WON'T TO LOOSE CONTROL. AND THEN MY MODERN PIECE IS HERMIONE FROM A WINTERS TALE (SHAKESPEARE...IF ANYONE KNOWS IT), WHICH I PLAN TO DO WITH PRETTY MUCH NO MOVEMENT, JUST DELIVER IT STRAIGHT, AND IT TENDS TO STAY IN THE AREAS OF ANGER AND LOSS, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN FROM HER (BY THE ONE SHE LOVES), SO DEATH IS NO LONGER A THREAT... SO CLEARLY TWO DIFF PIECES, HOPE THEY'LL WORK FOR ME. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW THE AUDITIONS WORK? I KNOW ITS DONE IN GROUPS AND THEN YOU HAVE A CALL BACK DAY, BUT WILL THEY ASK FOR ANYTHING ALSE IN THE GROUP AUDITION (TO DO A PIECE AGAIN, DIRECT U TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY) OR WILL THEY ONLY BOTHER WITH THIS STUFF IF THEY SELECT YOU AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF OTHERS OUT OF THE WHOLE DAY, TO COME BACK? GOING ON A BIT HERE...SORRY, ANY FEEDBACK WELCOME! ELLONYE