The Audition Bible Second Edition

EDITION 2 OF THE AUDITION BIBLE is updated to stay current as enormous changes transformed the entertainment industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. For decades the audition process for actors was a well-oiled machine where actors needed to come into the audition room live and in-person. On stage in a theater. In a casting directors office. In a callback for producers and directors with a camera in the room. Testing in front of Network television executives. Screen testing for Studio film executives.

All that changed when COVID-19 sent us all into lockdown.

PART ONE: THE AUDITION is a handbook for the actor who is auditioning for any venue. We follow the actor as they travel through waiting in the lobby, walking into the audition room, the audition itself, the people they encounter in the room, and finally exiting the audition room. “The 6 Audition Tools Method” assists actors in their ability to control sabotaging thoughts while in the audition room by adopting the mental focus of an athlete.

PART TWO: Auditioning For a Series-Regular Role follows the “Pre-Read-To-Network” format that Holly Powell taught in her audition workshops for professional actors at Holly Powell Studios in Los Angeles. The actor is guided through the four steps it typically takes to book a series-regular role on a Network television series:

1. The Pre-Read with the Casting Director
2. The Callback for Producers
3. Reading for Studio Executives/Making A Test Option Deal
4. Testing at the Network

PART THREE: The New Normal of Auditioning has been added for this 2nd edition of The Audition Bible. Self-taped auditions had already begun to infiltrate the casting process pre-pandemic, however during the lockdown, casting directors began asking actors to submit self-tapes in lieu of coming in live to the audition room. Zoom began being used to simulate the live audition experience for producers and directors, and actors were required to carve out a designated audition spot in their homes, complete with a camera and good lighting and sound, if they wanted to stay in the game of auditioning.

This 2nd edition of The Audition Bible helps the actor demystify and conquer both the virtual and live audition process as we now find ourselves in a hybrid world.