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Shanga Kyle Gerard Parker
DRAMA 490
Seattle Campus
Class description
Summer 2009
Drama 490 B Callbacks and cold readings, 2 credits
How does one approach a script that was just handed to him/her? How does one make sense of a text in a short period of time? What are appropriate choices to make at a callback in order to get the job? How does an actor know how to market him/herself at a callback? This is an intensive practical class in which students will prepare and perform cold-reading material from scripts at mock callback auditions. Students will perform everyday in class from classical and contemporary texts. Preparation includes reading plays and rehearsing scenes.
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