So You Wanna Be A Superstar? The Ultimate Audition Guide

So You Wanna Be a Superstar? The Ultimate Audition Guide

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So You Wanna Be a Superstar? The Ultimate Audition Guide

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How Diva Are You?

Below is a simple quiz to determine your level of diva-rocity. Answer each question completely honestly.
If you don't, the only person you're fooling is yourself.

It's the first day of auditions for your school musical, and you realize someone else is wearing the exact same outfit. The first thing you do is:

Grab spare clothes from your locker (you always keep a backup outfit ready just in case) and run into the bathroom to change. You wouldn't be caught dead wearing identical duds as someone else. Approach that person and demand he/she be the one to change -- not you. Spill your drink all over him or her. This way, the person will have no other choice but to change. Mission accomplished. Do nothing. Who cares if someone is wearing the same clothes? It's talent that counts, and you've got it in abundance.

Your arch nemesis overhears you telling your friend what monologue you're performing for your audition. You:

Worry that your nemesis will be performing the same monologue, but it's too late to learn anything new. Hopefully you'll score the part regardless. Immediately learn another monologue. You can't even risk the chance that your nemesis will try and outdo you. Have your friend snoop around and find out what monologue your nemesis is doing. You're too busy preparing to do the snooping yourself. Who cares? You purposely lied to your friend about what monologue you're performing in the first place to throw your nemesis off track.

The director announces this year's musical, and you're totally peeved because you're not right for any of the parts. You:

Don't audition. The only part worth playing is a lead, and since you won't get one, you'd rather spend your time doing something else completely. March into your director's office and complain. You're the best one in school-- he better pick a new show or else. Cry and ask your mom to call the principal. Surely the director is out to get you, and if anyone can solve this problem, it's your mother. Audition anyway. It's not the size of the part that matters, its being involved in a show spending time with your fellow thespians.

The high note in your solo is way too high, and you crack every time you rehearse. You:

Keep on trying. Surely with enough practice you'll get it eventually. Ask one of the girls in the ensemble who can hit the note to sing it from backstage. This way you'll stay true to the composer's vision, which is more important than your ego. Decide to sing a lower note. It won't be as fierce, but it's better than embarrassing yourself in front of the entire school. Request that the music director transpose the music down half a step so you can hit the note, even though this means he will have to reorchestrate the entire number by hand, which would take days.

You have your first costume fitting, and it's way too tight. You:

Immediately go on a diet-- you've gotta lose five pounds by opening night. Throw a fit and run out the door screaming. The costume designer is obviously out to get you. Ask the costume designer to let the seams out. In would be nice to lose some weight, but you don't believe in starving yourself. Sneak into school after rehearsal and rip up the costume. Who cares if it took hours and hours to sew? Now the designer will have to make a new one, and this time you better believe it will fit.

There's simply no spark between you and your love interest in the show. You decide to:

Get a haircut and make sure you look your best for the next rehearsal-- maybe there's something wrong with you! Spend more time with him or her. If you get to know each other outside of rehearsal, maybe that will help create some chemistry. Do nothing. It's all about you, right? So what if there's no chemistry as long as you give the performance of a lifetime. Complain to the director-- obviously this other kid has to go.

There's one week before the show opens, and you still don't have all your lines memorized. You:

Aren't worried. You're a good performer. You'll know your lines by opening night. Stay home Friday night instead of hanging out with your friends. Learning your lines is more important right now than having fun. Laugh when the director yells at you. If you don't know your lines, you'll just make them up. Take your costume home with you and sew rhinestones all over it. That way, people will be so blinded by your costume they won't notice if you flub a line or not.

You find out someone in the cast is talking trash about you. Your immediate reaction is:

What? Why? Did I do something wrong? Somebody is obviously jealous of me. How cute. Who? Who would dare say anything rude about me? Interesting. Good thing it's not true.

The show is running way too long, and the director decides to cut your favorite scene. You:

Breathe a sigh of relief. Now you can finally have a few minutes offstage to gather your thoughts before the finale. Threaten to quit. This is ridiculous-- you're the star of the show! Speak your lines really fast. If the show is shorter, surely the director will put your scene back in. Are in complete shock. Your scene is the best one in the show. You ask the director to reconsider.

10.

It's opening night and you're sick. You:

Ask the director to make an announcement beforehand letting the audience know you're sick. This way, if you mess up, they'll (hopefully) understand. Don't show up. Without you, they'll have to cancel the show. Yeah, it will piss people off, but what's more important: having friends or having people think you're untalented? Suck it up and deal. You don't have an understudy, and-- as they say-- the show must go on. Pay someone in the ensemble to go on in your place.

PLEASE ANSWER ALL 10 QUESTIONS BEFORE CONTINUING...

YOUR RESULT:

Not A Diva

You care about theater, but you also care about doing the right thing. You are a "nice" person, but nobody ever said divas were nice, did they? Focus on stepping up and sharing your ideas-- you have a lot of important things to say!

YOUR RESULT:

Diva-ish

You still care about what others think of you and your moment in the spotlight, but you're starting to realize you may have to share that spotlight-- and that's okay.

YOUR RESULT:

Diva-in-Training

You want to be a diva, but you're not there just yet. You tend to throw tantrums instead of acting fairly and understanding that you can't always get your way. Practice makes perfect, but beware-- you want to be a diva, not just mean.

YOUR RESULT:

Diva Supreme

Congratulations! You, my friend, are a diva. The perfect mix of sassitude (sass + attitude), talent, and self-confidence.