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Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Guidelines & Tips
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THE 2008 RYAN PROCESS IN A NUTSHELL
In the Preliminary Round, each nominee presents one scene/duet with a partner, no longer than three minutes. The Preliminary Round is held on Tuesday Feb. 12th and Wednesday Feb. 13th (your scheduled day/time will be posted at the festival check-in table – no special requests please). On the morning of your scheduled preliminary, there is an orientation session at 8:00am at which we will explain to all nominees and partners who will present that day how things will work (timing, response sessions afterward, etc.). The rounds/responses start at 9am – one round each hour except for lunch hour (when we're "dark”). Your coaches/friends may observe your round if they arrive early enough to secure seating (starting at approx. 10 minutes before each hour), but they must stay in the room for the entire round. A respondent will meet with you in the hour immediately following your round, to give you feedback and suggestions (in anticipation that you may be progressed on to the semifinal round).
On Wednesday evening, at all performance venues, the 32 semifinalists will be announced. This list will also be posted around the festival registration area.
In the Semifinal Round, each nominee will present their Preliminary Round scene/duet plus another scene/duet with the same partner, the total time (including transitions) not to exceed 5 minutes. There will be (up to) 32 semifinalists. The Semifinal Round is held Friday morning. Again, the orientation is at 8am, and the round starts at 9am - we go through half of the semifinalists, then have an intermission, then the remaining half of semifinalists present. There is a response session immediately afterward (approximately 12:30pm) - each respondent is assigned four of the semifinalists (so each semifinalist gets about 15 minutes of response time). If you are involved with an invited production that performs that day, you will be scheduled to go first (to ensure you make it to the theatre for your curtain).
Friday, by 6pm, the 16 finalists will be announced and posted. Each is assigned a ?-hour rehearsal time on Saturday in the theatre (between 8am and 3pm). Finalists' coaches may attend this rehearsal, but friends/observers are not permitted. The rehearsals will be scheduled in the order of appearance, unless a nominee is involved with a Saturday production and must be therefore accommodated.
In the Final Round, each nominee will present their Semifinal Round scenes (with the same partner) plus a monologue/solo song, the total time (including transitions) not to exceed 6 minutes. The Final Round is held on Saturday evening, the culminating event of the festival - there is no other event scheduled opposite this. The (up to) 16 finalists have an orientation at 6pm, and will perform beginning (approximately) 7pm, with an intermission half way through. Afterward, a response session will take place (with our celebrity guests responding to the work).
Immediately after this, the festival awards ceremony will occur in the same theatre (probably around 10:30)...this is where all festival awards (national finalists) are announced, including the two Ryan national finalists and the alternate (in case a finalist can't make it to D.C. for any reason). If advanced to D.C., your registration, transportation, lodging, and a per diem allowance are provided for each national festival participant and for each partner. At the national festival, you will have a maximum of six minutes in the national Evening of Scenes to present the same audition package that you presented at the regional festival.
At the regional festival, there is no set order in which nominees must perform their pieces. For example, if advanced to the semifinal round, the "new" scene/duet may be performed either before or after the "old" scene/duet; and likewise for the final round - the nominee decides the order of the material.
Each of the rounds (preliminary, semi and final) is open to festival-registrant observers and coaches. I encourage you to observe as many rounds as possible (when not performing or getting your response) so that you can see what others are choosing as material (a great resource for list-makers), how they are approaching the material, what and who is being selected to continue on to subsequent levels, etc.
Hope this clarifies. If not, contact me: ehimmelheber@fullerton.edu OR (714) 743-8317.
Eve Himmelheber, Irene Ryan Coordinator - Region VIII, KCACTF
In the Preliminary Round, each nominee presents one scene/duet with a partner, no longer than three minutes. The Preliminary Round is held on Tuesday Feb. 12th and Wednesday Feb. 13th (your scheduled day/time will be posted at the festival check-in table – no special requests please). On the morning of your scheduled preliminary, there is an orientation session at 8:00am at which we will explain to all nominees and partners who will present that day how things will work (timing, response sessions afterward, etc.). The rounds/responses start at 9am – one round each hour except for lunch hour (when we're "dark”). Your coaches/friends may observe your round if they arrive early enough to secure seating (starting at approx. 10 minutes before each hour), but they must stay in the room for the entire round. A respondent will meet with you in the hour immediately following your round, to give you feedback and suggestions (in anticipation that you may be progressed on to the semifinal round).
On Wednesday evening, at all performance venues, the 32 semifinalists will be announced. This list will also be posted around the festival registration area.
In the Semifinal Round, each nominee will present their Preliminary Round scene/duet plus another scene/duet with the same partner, the total time (including transitions) not to exceed 5 minutes. There will be (up to) 32 semifinalists. The Semifinal Round is held Friday morning. Again, the orientation is at 8am, and the round starts at 9am - we go through half of the semifinalists, then have an intermission, then the remaining half of semifinalists present. There is a response session immediately afterward (approximately 12:30pm) - each respondent is assigned four of the semifinalists (so each semifinalist gets about 15 minutes of response time). If you are involved with an invited production that performs that day, you will be scheduled to go first (to ensure you make it to the theatre for your curtain).
Friday, by 6pm, the 16 finalists will be announced and posted. Each is assigned a ?-hour rehearsal time on Saturday in the theatre (between 8am and 3pm). Finalists' coaches may attend this rehearsal, but friends/observers are not permitted. The rehearsals will be scheduled in the order of appearance, unless a nominee is involved with a Saturday production and must be therefore accommodated.
In the Final Round, each nominee will present their Semifinal Round scenes (with the same partner) plus a monologue/solo song, the total time (including transitions) not to exceed 6 minutes. The Final Round is held on Saturday evening, the culminating event of the festival - there is no other event scheduled opposite this. The (up to) 16 finalists have an orientation at 6pm, and will perform beginning (approximately) 7pm, with an intermission half way through. Afterward, a response session will take place (with our celebrity guests responding to the work).
Immediately after this, the festival awards ceremony will occur in the same theatre (probably around 10:30)...this is where all festival awards (national finalists) are announced, including the two Ryan national finalists and the alternate (in case a finalist can't make it to D.C. for any reason). If advanced to D.C., your registration, transportation, lodging, and a per diem allowance are provided for each national festival participant and for each partner. At the national festival, you will have a maximum of six minutes in the national Evening of Scenes to present the same audition package that you presented at the regional festival.
At the regional festival, there is no set order in which nominees must perform their pieces. For example, if advanced to the semifinal round, the "new" scene/duet may be performed either before or after the "old" scene/duet; and likewise for the final round - the nominee decides the order of the material.
Each of the rounds (preliminary, semi and final) is open to festival-registrant observers and coaches. I encourage you to observe as many rounds as possible (when not performing or getting your response) so that you can see what others are choosing as material (a great resource for list-makers), how they are approaching the material, what and who is being selected to continue on to subsequent levels, etc.
Hope this clarifies. If not, contact me: ehimmelheber@fullerton.edu OR (714) 743-8317.
Eve Himmelheber, Irene Ryan Coordinator - Region VIII, KCACTF