American Auditions 2023

We are offering walk-in auditions for Acting and Musical Theatre in New York and Chicago.

New York
Saturday 28 Jan & Sunday 29 Jan from 10am – 4pm
Ripley-Grier Studios, 520 8th Ave, New York 

N.B. You will need photo ID to enter the studio

Chicago
Monday 6 Feb & Tuesday 7 Feb from 10am – 4pm
The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago

For questions, please email admissions@rwcmd.ac.uk (Mon – Fri until 5pm) or kara.bassett@rwcmd.ac.uk (out of hours)

Audience Guidance - Acting

Candidates should prepare either:

• One modern / contemporary speech (written after 1956) and one speech from the Elizabethan / Jacobean period

or

• Two contrasting modern / contemporary speeches (written after 1956)

There is no specific advantage in choosing one option over the other, it is up to the individual candidate.


Audience Guidance - Musical Theatre

Candidates should prepare:

1. Audition Song
You will need to prepare one song from the musical theatre repertoire.
We prefer that the song is accompanied using a pre-recorded accompaniment. However, if this is not possible the song can be unaccompanied. Candidates should not perform
their own material.


2. Audition Speech

Candidates should prepare either:

• One modern/contemporary speech (written after 1956)

or

• One speech from the Elizabethan / Jacobean period

There is no specific advantage in choosing one option over the other, it is up to the individual candidate. The speech should be taken from a published play and must last no longer than two minutes.