Audition
Auditioning is like a job that actors don't get paid for doing. Still for the dozens of times an actor hears "no" there are the times that they hear "you got the part" that makes it all worth it. In this short documentary series five Chicago-based actors share their unique perspective on not only auditioning, but also the challenges and joys of being a working actor.
I produced and directed this independent short documentary series.
Find out what's it like to walk into a room full of strangers and try to convince them that you are the exact person they want for a role.
When did these five actors know that acting was something they wanted to pursue as a career?
Every actor has people that are enthusiastically rooting for them (even if it's mixed with some cautious optimism).
From asking somebody to cover their shift to bosses that let them take long lunch breaks, in this episode find out about the day jobs the actors work to pay the bills.
In this episode find out what it's like to walk into a room and completely bomb the audition.
After hearing about the worst auditions in the last episode now it's time to hear about the best auditions.
Actors hear "no" a lot...if they hear anything at all after an audition. In this episode find out what it's like when they hear that they got the job.
After experiencing so many highs and lows is there anything that could make these actors quit acting? In the final episode each actors gives a candid response to that question.