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Naked Auditions

Wed, 2 Sept 2009, 05:13 pm
millie8129 posts in thread
Is is ever acceptable to be asked to audition nude? Had a weird experience last weekend at an audition and not sure if I over-reacted. There is a bedroom scene in the play apparently - was unaware at the time. Has anyone else had to before for amateur theatre?

I guess there are things to

Thu, 3 Sept 2009, 07:26 pm
I guess there are things to take into account when auditioning an actor who will need to be nude on stage...tattoos, scars, a birthmark that looks like a walrus. (of course, they could just ask about those kinds of things) Maybe, if they were only planning on one round of auditions, they wanted to find out if the actors could pull off whatever was required for the scene while undressed. Whatever the situation, I have to agree with the above statements - If the audition were to include being nude, you'd want it to be very clearly stated in the audition information.

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