How to Act a Song Or Monologue | Musical Theatre & Theatre
Madison Halla Madison Halla
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In this video, you’ll learn how to act a song or monologue realistically for performances, college auditions, and show auditions. I’ve included many tips to add layers to your song or monologue making it more interesting and powerful to watch! Following my advice will also give you a better chance of getting the part or getting into your dream college. Best of luck with everything and make sure to check out the links in the description!

0:00 Intro
0:41 How to Make the Piece Personalized to You
3:06 How to Fill Out The “Acting a Song/Monologue Template”
3:28 Where Are You
3:56 Who Are You Talking To
4:32 What Happened Before This?
4:52 Objective
5:45 Ride In Thoughts
6:52 Changing Your Lyrics/Text to Fit Your Circumstance
7:48 Ride Out Thoughts
8:24 Did You Win?
8:43 Acting Verbs
11:11 Visualizing Your Other
11:27 The Best Way to Practice (Song)
12:18 The Best Way to Practice (Monologue)
12:25 What Your Other Is Doing - Adding Layers to Your Acting
12:46 Avoiding Falling into Intonation Patterns
13:48 How to Create a Character Arc
14:52 When to Break Character in an Audition
15:32 Imagery
15:27 Where to Have Your Focal Point & Imagery
16:28 Posture & Gestures
17:20 What You HAVE To Do Before Your Auditions
17:42 Outro

I have a website! It's a collection of all the links in the descriptions of my videos and other helpful links for your application process!
https://sites.google.com/view/mtcolle...

Acting a Song/Monologue Template
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n...
The Actors Thesaurus
https://www.amazon.com/Actions-Actors...
The Ultimate List of Acting Verbs
https://www.texasartsproject.com/wp-c...

~Links for Applying Academically~
Common App
https://www.commonapp.org/
Coalition
https://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess...

~Links for Applying Artistically~
Acceptd
https://getacceptd.com/
Common Prescreen
https://getacceptd.com/post/mt-common...

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