Hiya,
I'm in the process now of setting up auditions for my current project (short film) and I'm in a bit of a quandary. There is one character I'm casting that can be any age from 40s to 60s, and I posted a breakdown and got some good submissions. I don't know anyone personally who fits the type, so I needed to put the word out. The problem is that the character really only has one line in one scene, but will be prominent in another scene -- so I don't know what kind of audition to give them. All the other roles will have adequate sides for actors to read, and I have experience auditioning people for these types/ages, so I'm not nervous about those auditions. But for some reason I'm feeling silly asking these actors to come in and just read one line to me (though the role is an important element in the script).
How should I handle auditions for this one role? Should I: a.) write something a bit longer especially for the audition; b.) ask them for a monologue; or c.) have a group audition where they interact with other actors (not sure how to do group auditions, but...).
All suggestions welcome!
I'm in the process now of setting up auditions for my current project (short film) and I'm in a bit of a quandary. There is one character I'm casting that can be any age from 40s to 60s, and I posted a breakdown and got some good submissions. I don't know anyone personally who fits the type, so I needed to put the word out. The problem is that the character really only has one line in one scene, but will be prominent in another scene -- so I don't know what kind of audition to give them. All the other roles will have adequate sides for actors to read, and I have experience auditioning people for these types/ages, so I'm not nervous about those auditions. But for some reason I'm feeling silly asking these actors to come in and just read one line to me (though the role is an important element in the script).
How should I handle auditions for this one role? Should I: a.) write something a bit longer especially for the audition; b.) ask them for a monologue; or c.) have a group audition where they interact with other actors (not sure how to do group auditions, but...).
All suggestions welcome!