What about the teens?
Sun, 5 June 2005, 10:05 pmWalter Plinge9 posts in thread
What about the teens?
Sun, 5 June 2005, 10:05 pmHello,
Looking through this site, i see alot of auditions for older people, but none for the more younger side of actors, when you get into the real world people want expericence and how do you get that if you dont have the chance. I personally think its very harsh, I can understand the school bounderiies but there are school holidays, and theres still nothing, and Im not talking workshops, im talking productions and drama groups.
Regards
Abby
Looking through this site, i see alot of auditions for older people, but none for the more younger side of actors, when you get into the real world people want expericence and how do you get that if you dont have the chance. I personally think its very harsh, I can understand the school bounderiies but there are school holidays, and theres still nothing, and Im not talking workshops, im talking productions and drama groups.
Regards
Abby
Re: What about the teens?
Tue, 7 June 2005, 12:49 pmWalter Plinge
Hi Abby, and all the other teenagers out there
I've been doing community/local theatre for 6 years now (still a relative new comer I suppose) all over WA and I would say that 90% of the shows I have been in had a lot of teenagers in the cast. When they were not in the cast, often they were involved behind the scenes.
There may be not be lead roles for teenagers in every production, but there is often many minor roles, or fun chorus work to be found. If you are really serious about pursuing acting, you may need to be prepared to start in the chorus of a musical, a bit part or even helping behind the scenes. Go to auditions for shows in your local area, see whats out there. Every time I go to the auditions section of this site, I see a huge number of auditions listed. Very few of these have an age restriction on them. So start auditioning and put your self out there...as nice as it is to dream about waiting until someone 'discovers' you, the reality is that you need to put in the hard work...be prepared to go to auditions, and then rehearsals 3-4 times a week.
Anyway, end of lecture :) Good luck. The parts are out there, if you are willing to look and compete for them.
Serebear
I've been doing community/local theatre for 6 years now (still a relative new comer I suppose) all over WA and I would say that 90% of the shows I have been in had a lot of teenagers in the cast. When they were not in the cast, often they were involved behind the scenes.
There may be not be lead roles for teenagers in every production, but there is often many minor roles, or fun chorus work to be found. If you are really serious about pursuing acting, you may need to be prepared to start in the chorus of a musical, a bit part or even helping behind the scenes. Go to auditions for shows in your local area, see whats out there. Every time I go to the auditions section of this site, I see a huge number of auditions listed. Very few of these have an age restriction on them. So start auditioning and put your self out there...as nice as it is to dream about waiting until someone 'discovers' you, the reality is that you need to put in the hard work...be prepared to go to auditions, and then rehearsals 3-4 times a week.
Anyway, end of lecture :) Good luck. The parts are out there, if you are willing to look and compete for them.
Serebear