I have recently (very recently) decided that I am going to try out for my college's production of The Hobbit. I have never read it, but am going to go over a really good summary of it. My problem is that I have never been a drama person. This is my second semester at college and in my entire life I have only tried out for the one acts last semester. Needless to say, I didn't make it, but I felt lucky to be able to get the practice. I think it should have been a learning experience, but I don't know what exactly I learned - I didn't really pick up any tips. We were reading from the scripts which no one had seen and I have really good eye contact and projection, and I have never seemed nervous when I do public speaking things. The only thing I could think of that may have hindered me last time was where I filled the sheet out saying I had absolutely no drama experience. Is that really all that important if the audition is done well?

This time we have to prepare a 60-90 sec monologue and I am going to read a poem I wrote (it doesn't need to be memorized). I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how I go about this. What do directors look for?

I will be going to the audition around 4:00 tomorrow - sorry for the short notice! Any suggestions would be appreciated, even afterwards, for there will always be next time.

Ga"thanks for the help"halia