TRU 2011 Audition Event
Presented in association with
Actors Access, Actors Connection, Back Stage, The Barrow Group Theatre Company & Acting School, Paul Michael's The Network, The Players Theatre, Precision Photos/36th Street Studio, Ripley-Greer Studios, Shakespeare Mailing and Weist-Barron Studios.
Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd, 10am to 6pm
The Barrow Group TBG Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd floor
Over 40 producers, theater
companies, writers and directors will be sitting
in on two days of auditions.
Sign up to be seen
by them, and by at least two top New York agents
and/or casting directors*!
Final deadline: 3/18 (postmark).
Click here to download the registration packet.
Click here for packet as a word document.
CLICK HERE for a short summary of audition requirements.
CLICK HERE for companies that attended last year.
CLICK HERE to read what actors say about us.
CLICK HERE to meet our wonderful sponsors.
CLICK HERE for details of our 3/6 Meet the Coaches preparation event.
TRU AUDITION EVENT
Registration fee (postmark before 2/28): $45
Late registration (2/28-3/18): $60
Priority slots are given to members of Theater Resources Unlimited. Non-members are welcome, subject to availability. Questions? Email truactors@gmail.com
Sat 4/2, 10am-6pm & Sun 4/3, 10am-6pm
(You will be assigned a 2-minute monologue time slot
or 2-minute monologue/music time slot - see more audition details at bottom of page)
The Barrow Group TBG Theatre,
312 W. 36th Street, 3rd floor
Special this year! Every actor who applies to the TRU Audition Event will be given a FREE one-month trial subscription to Back Stage online. If you join as a TRU member, your subscription is two months for free. (*Not valid for current BackStage subscribers.) |
Special TRU Membership Package!
JOIN THEATER RESOURCES UNLIMITED
AT 33% SAVINGS …
and be given a priority audition slot.
Annual membership is $60,
but you can join now at $40 and register
for the Audition Event for a combined
Membership/Audition Package price of $85 (after 2/28: $105) - see application |
INFORMATION/MEET THE COACHES
on Sunday March 6th, 5 to 9pm
Prepare for the TRU Audition with a seminar led by TRU Actor Program Director Jaye Maynard and Audition Event Coordinator Clyde Baldo - meet a dozen audition & vocal coaches. Wine & cheese reception, too. Plus Q&A about the event. FREE when you register. |
SPECIAL FOR EQUITY ACTORS:
all Equity applicants may apply with the TRU $5 discount, even if you are not a TRU member. Discount offers may not be combined.
SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE*: BACK STAGE TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION!
Everyone who applies will be given a FREE one-month trial to Back Stage online. TRU members will receive 2 months. You must check the box on your application to receive this offer.
(*Not valid for current BackStage subscribers.)
SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE: THE TRU RAFFLE!
Everyone who applies will be entered in a raffle. Prizes will include seminars at Paul Michael's The Network and Weist-Barron Studios, 6-month memberships in sponsor Actors Access' Showfax, subscriptions to BackStage and more! Drawing will be held Sunday night after the event. |
$5 courtesy discount off total for any current paid member of TRU
(does not apply to Membership/Audition package)
2011 Auditors (as of 3/31): 13th Street Rep, Abingdon Theatre, The Actors Project, Aim High Productions, Algonquin Theatre, American Bard Theater Company, The Artists Playground Theatre, August Strindberg Rep, Brooklyn Innovative Theatre Experience (BITE), BWAZ Theatricals/Theatron, Chalant Productions, The Company Theatre Group, Cross-Eyed Bear Productions, Ethos Productions, From Now On Productions, Hudson River Repertory Company, Julia Quinn Productions, Killing Kompany Dinner Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Kramis Productions, Left Hip Productions, LimanAde Productions, Looking Glass Theatre, Many Hats Productions, Massimine Roytman Presentations, Mecca Entertainment, The Modern Stage, Musically Human Theater Co., NY Artists Unlimited, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, Off the Leash Productions, Original Theatre Works, PC Productions, Primary Stages, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, ReniGraef Productions, Resonance Ensemble, RIPFEST, Rising Sun Performing Artists, Scripts Up!, The Simon Studio, Singing OnStage Productions, Speranza Theatre, Threshold Theatre Co., Triangle Theatre Company, Trinity Productions, TRU Voices Play Reading Series, White Plains Performing Arts Center, Wildly Productive Productions, Wildwire Productions, The WorkShop Theatre, Write Paths Studio plus independent producers, writers and directors.
INDUSTRY (as of 3/31): casting directors Lisa Donadio (Alaine Alldaffer Casting), Daryl Eisenberg, Kevin Kennison (K2 Casting), Brooke Sabonis-Franqui (Leftfield Productions),
Helene Galek, Bob Luke and
Barry Moss (Moss Kale Anastasi); agent Justin Florin (Judy Boals Agency), Jamie Harris (Clear Talent Agency), Sue Winik (Sheplin Winik Artists), Ann Wright (Ann Wright Representatives).
*The presence of a casting director is absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment.
basic audition requirements
(please download full application packet for complete guidelines)
• Non-singing auditions: you will have a two-minute audition slot in which you may perform
two contrasting monologues.
• Singing auditions: you will have a two-minute audition slot in which you may do a monologue and a song. Please check appropriate box above if you wish to sing. MONOLOGUE IS REQUIRED. Saturday 4/2 is our singing audition day.
• We anticipate that you will need to bring 60 headshots & resumes with you the day of the audition.
We will confirm the actual number needed at a later date.
• You will be assigned a time slot one week prior to the event. We expect all slots to be filled,
and to have a waiting list. If you cannot use your audition slot, we ask that you let us know
as soon as possible so that we may fill your slot with an alternate auditioner.
• If you cancel 72 hours prior to your scheduled time, you will receive a refund minus a $10 processing fee.
No refund will be offered if you cancel after Thursday 3/31 at 10am.
• Confirmed contact information for the attending producers will be posted AFTER the event, on our website.
Please go to our home page at www.truonline.org and look for the “2011 Auditors” link.
Come to our our Sunday evening March 6th "Meet the Coaches" meet-and-greet;
and remember you get a discount on headshot reproduction from our sponsor Precision Photos!
Here’s what actors said about previous years' events:
I participated in the audition event on Sunday as an actor/singer, and I want to COMMEND you as well as ALL the TRU folks who assisted for the marvelous job you guys did! You were well organized, professional, considerate, and helpful at all times. I was very impressed and enjoyed myself immensely. (Had a ball doing my audition too.) As performers we have all experienced unkind and unfair treatment (at times) in this business of ours. So it is very affirming to be treated with the dignity and respect that is our due! Anyway - just wanted to say thanks AGAIN. You have made me a "TRU believer". ~Kelly Taylor, '09
Thank you very much for offering this event. It was well organized and
the staff was focused and pleasant. Furthermore, I have an appointment
with agent Ginger Dicce tomorrow. I would definitely recommend this event to
my colleagues next year and hope to audition again. ~Paul Lange, '09
I had a wonderful experience! It was so professional and well-run and really great exposure. ~Naomi Macdougall Jones , '09
The TRU Audition Event was a great experience not just to me but also to many actors that I've been in touch with that had participated in the event. Personally I've one staged reading call and an invitation to audition for a play by Orielle Creative Company. That's great for a start and I'm excited by the opportunities offered through the event and look forward to more. I'd like to add that I was very impressed by the efficiency of the whole undertaking and had a great time. I look forward to other events hosted by Theatre Resource Unlimited in the future. ~Ritu Pande, '09
The event was great. Thank you for the opportunity you've provided for me, I've already received two auditions from that afternoon. ~Yury Lomakin, '09
From start to finish, it was a great experience! Wow! ~JF Garcia, '09
I enjoyed the audition. It was run really well. Very organized and actor friendly! ~Sarah Jane Marek, '09
Thank you for this great opportunity! I had a blast auditioning and, so far, have gotten
two callbacks… I truly appreciate your effort in bringing so many resources and
networking opportunities to actors. ~ Zak Kostro, '08
Thanks for another great audition experience. The event ran so smoothly. I appreciate
all the hard work you have put into it. I've gotten many callbacks and am looking forward
to working on new projects. ~ Jessica Lea Bailey, '08
I just wanted to thank you for an incredible job done incredibly well. In my straight working life, I ran special events for non-profit organizations... and I am well aware of the organization skill, concentration, dedication, fortitude and sense of the big picture (as well as of humor) it takes to make something like this event go as smoothly as it did. This is very hard work, and your team did it extraordinarily well. ~Kate Adams-Greenberg, '08
The TRU audition event is one of the best ways to get your foot in the door of the New York acting scene. ~Christopher Heffron, ‘07
TRU is a classy and amazing group to belong to! Their audition day was run with the utmost professionalism. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to get his/her work seen! ~Katie Yamulla, ‘07
The 2007 event was truly an amazing experience: quite empowering and one which provided various work opportunities/contacts. The way the event was organized and handled was stellar. The only reason why I cannot attend the 2008 event is because I’ll be working on a Broadway show. ~Tony Chiroldes, ‘07
The TRU staff was so great, running a punctual, but very professional audition. ~Linda Evans, ‘07
To be seen by a crowd of auditors for the same price I pay to be seen by one at other venues is very appealing and very cost effective. ~ Michael Fawcett, ‘06
This by far was one of the best audition opportunities. To be able to do your stuff and have that many people see you in one shot is something that actors desperately need. So, I thank you. And I could not believe how affordable you made it for all of us! Truly wonderful, with wonderful people as well. Thanks, it was a delight. ~ Rachel Axelrod, '05
Everyone on your staff was fantastically supportive and made the process enjoyable. TRU is just an amazing, amazing organization... one that I have found immense opportunities through, in addition to finding a sense of unity among all of us struggling artists out there. Bravo! ~ Patricia Runcie, '05
I'm an actress who is new to the New York area. I sincerely thank you for giving me (and so many others) the opportunity to get in front of so many casting people. For someone in my position this was an excellent way to get myself out there. THANK YOU! ~ Setor E. Attipoe, '05
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