Stage and performance
Prepare for an audition using its actual instructions
Extract the requirements from the audition notice, including material, duration, format and submission details. Build your own rehearsal tasks around them, keeping those suggestions separate from official instructions. Ask the organizers about unclear requirements instead of borrowing a rule from a previous audition.
A text to start with
I'm preparing for [audition name]. The exact text of the instructions: [paste notice]. My available material: [pieces I know]. I have [time] before the deadline or date given. Turn the instructions into a preparation list with each requirement, what I need to do and a date to do it. List any unclear instruction so I can ask.
Example request. Change the details to fit your situation.Audition requirements worksheet
Audition name and date: [ ] Official instruction source: [ ] Contact named in the notice: [ ] Required piece or material: [ ] Format, live or recorded: [ ] Duration limit stated: [ ] My measured duration: [ ] Submission method and deadline: [ ] File type or naming rule: [ ] Preparation task: [ ] Task date: [ ] Unclear instruction: [ ] Question sent and date: [ ] Answer received: [ ] Proof of submission kept at: [ ]
Assumptions that cause trouble
Trace each claimed requirement to the notice or a confirmed organizer reply. Keep your proposed practice sessions and preparation reminders labeled as your plan; they do not need to appear in the notice. Verify material, duration, accompaniment and submission details rather than importing earlier audition rules. Check that the schedule leaves time to resolve unclear instructions. Remove predictions about selection or unsupported claims about what the panel prefers.
Ask another agent to check the result
Compare the checklist with the supplied notice. Flag missing requirements and any personal preparation suggestion mislabeled as an official rule. Preserve reasonable rehearsal tasks as proposals. Identify unclear instructions needing an organizer's answer and remove predictions about the audition result.
Ask, rehearse and submit carefully
Send your open questions to the contact named in the notice and record each answer beside the matching requirement. Time your piece against the stated limit and rehearse in the format you will use, live or recorded. Submit through the method given, keep proof of what you sent and note the next date the notice lists.