Audition Pedagogy
The specific teaching of how to audition for a house team — separate from regular improv craft, focused on first impressions, short-scene judgment, and stamina.
Known for
- UCB and iO both offer audition-prep classes — craft skills reframed for a five-minute evaluation window.
- Will Hines's audition-advice essays name specific moves: strong initiation, committed character, quick game-identification, 'don't wait to be picked.'
- Common audition-specific errors: waiting for someone else to edit, hiding upstage, over-rehearsed character choices, cold opens with no emotion.