December 15–16, 2024
A Two-Session Workshop:
Sunday, December 15 / 6-8pm
Monday, December 16 / 6-8pm
Location:
The Studio at the Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad St
Cost:
$200.00
(At this time, no deposits, partial payments or refunds are available for this class.)
This all-levels workshop is open to actors seeking to practice or refine their audition skills. We will be focusing solely on monologue and cold-side auditioning, not musical theatre songs or dance calls. Whether you’re an emerging actor seeking help on your first foray into auditioning or you’re a seasoned performer wanting to dust off or tryout some material, this workshop will be a hybrid coaching session and business of theatre crash course. On our second day we will engage in a mock-audition scenario, offering each student tailored feedback on their presence, presentation, and execution. Students will learn from both engaging as participant and witnessing others work.
Over the course of two sessions, students will:
More about this class:
Students are expected to come prepared to play with monologues and audition sides. While this class is open to all students and all ages regardless of previous experience, it is recommended for participants to come in with monologues they intend or have used as audition material. Monologue audition material in this context is seen as a 1-2min piece from a Contemporary dramatic or comedic play. However, if students do not have material that is ready to be performed, instructor will offer pieces in-session. Students can come with various levels of preparedness – from fully memorized to script-in-hand. Note that the farther along a piece is prepared, the farther we can go with feedback and coaching. All participants are expected to participate and a short break will be given mid-session for any additional needs. Instructor will send more details upon enrollment.
Questions can be sent to wilmaeducation@wilmatheater.org.
Please allow 48 hours for email turnaround response.
Justin Jain is a HotHouse Company member, previously appearing in Kiss, 12th Night, and The Cherry Orchard, among many others at The Wilma. When not onstage, he’s making new work with his Barrymore nominated alt-comedy theatre company, The Berserker Residents (www.berserkerresidents.com). Additionally, Mr. Jain has performed Off-Broadway and with many regional theaters including: 1812 Productions, Arden Theatre Company, InterAct, Lantern Theatre, Azuka, People’s Light, FringeArts, Shakespeare in Clark Park, McCarter Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Passage Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, The Assembly in Edinburgh, ASU Gammage, and Ars Nova NYC, among others. Justin won the 2019 Barrymore for Outstanding Performance in a Play for his work in The Great Leap. He currently appears on the PBS / WHYY TV Show Albie’s Elevator.
As a Director, Justin’s recent credits include The Wilma’s Good Person of Setzuan, The Chinese Lady at InterAct Theatre, No Child… at The Arden, This is the Week That Is at 1812 productions, among many others. As a Dancer and Movement Coordinator / Choreographer, Justin has worked with choreographer David Gordon, Headlong Dance Theatre, The University of the Arts, 1812 Productions, among others. Justin hails from a dance and ballet background, later moving into theatre as an actor and is in constant pursuit of the actor’s full expression of the body as a vehicle for transcendent storytelling.
