How to Audition for Musical Theatre: A Flex Course

In this flex course, students will learn how to audition for musical theatre at the beginner, intermediate and professional level. Students will learn how to how to prepare mentally, musically, and other necessary steps required for more advanced auditions. Students will also learn how to face rejection in a positive and productive manor. 

The course outline is as follows: 

Week 1: How to mentally prepare for an audition - (Identifying your goals, your strengths, and things what to focus on) 

Week 2: Song selection. We'll look at the types of songs you may be asked to sing in an audition, 16 and 32 bar cuts and how to choose the best cut. I’ll give you resources for some of my favorite musical theatre songs, and a resource for my favorite backing track resource to use in online auditions 

Week 3: Your Audition Book: how to choose songs that are best for you and tips to work with an accompanist 

Week 4: Focus on Acting: Guidance on acting your song, resources for finding monologues for when you are asked to present a monologues, resources for learning about specific roles and what casting directors look for.

Week 5: How to create a resume and what to include. Headshots. 

Week 6:  What to expect on audition day, how to handle nerves, pre-recorded auditions and post audition reviews. 


Each week, I will provide a video lecture outlining the topic of the week no later than Monday at noon. 
A PDF workbook will be provided which will serve as a guide to follow along and answer questions with lecture content. 

Learners should answer these questions after watching the video lectures and photograph their answers for instructor feedback. 

A weekly Q&A thread will be available for students who have questions during their studies each week. I am also available to students through message and will respond to questions within 24-48 hours. I encourage students to interact as a class and will help facilitate classroom discussions about their favorite musicals, their opinions on various musical-related articles and videos, and other relevant topics. These additional conversation posts will be posted throughout the week and will help create a classroom environment. 

Learners do not need to have any experience to enjoy and learn from this class! They only need a desire to learn and an interest in musical theater. 

This is a flexible schedule course, which means there are NO LIVE CLASSES. I will post materials on a weekly schedule and learners will be responsible for watching lecture videos, and posting to the classroom as they take the class. I encourage my students to get to know each other through the online classroom and welcome any questions and comments about the material at any time!