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URTA graduate school
Rubric Code:
U6B6B9
By
tizlar
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Subject:
Arts and Design
Type:
Assignment
Grade Levels:
Undergraduate
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URTA AUDITION MONOLOGUE CHECK LIST
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Unsatifactory
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Maturity and Emotional Range
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Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
The audition role selected greatly challenges the student's range and is from material with which the student DOES NOT feel familiar or feel comfortable.
Fair
The audition role selected challenges student's range and is from material with which the student feels familiar and feel comfortable.
Good
The audition role selected meets student's maturity and emotional range and is from material with which the student feels familiar and feel comfortable.
Context
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Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student has limited knowledge of the play and does not understand the character in the context of the play.
Fair
Student has skimmed the entire play and understands the character in the context of the play.
Good
Student has read the entire play and understands the character in the context of the play.
Sources
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student has perused and selected material from monologue
Fair
N/A
Good
Student shy's away from discovering material in monologue collections
Comfortable, middle range
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student capabilities are greatly challenged.
Fair
Material selected is challenging; character does not fit
comfortably within the student's middle range. Risk-taking is geared to interpretation and presentation rather than casting.
Good
Student selects pieces that maximizes their assets and minimizes their weaknesses. Character fits
comfortably within student's middle range. Risk-taking is geared to interpretation and presentation rather than casting.
Singing/ Optional
Unsatifactory
N/A
Poor
N/A
Fair
N/A
Good
Presents a 30 second music selection (in addition to 3 minute selection)
Selection displays your range well
Note: Only sing if you are a trained singer. None of URTA's MFA programs recruit for Musical
Theatre specifically. A bad song after a good acting audition can leave doubt in the auditors'
minds.
Range and contrast
Unsatifactory
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Selection of Pieces and contrast
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Fails to apply contrasting elements in auditioning such as:
dramatic/comedic; prosaic/poetic; urban/rural; etc., rather than age.
Fair
N/A
Good
Considers contrasting elements in auditioning such as:
dramatic/comedic; prosaic/poetic; urban/rural; etc., rather than age.
* Considers content from Greek plays as well as Shakespeare’s contemporaries and those of the Restoration
Mood, etc.
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Selections fails to contrast in mood, intention, rhythm, emotional level, content, etc.
Fair
Selections contrasts in at least two of the following below: mood, intention, rhythm, emotional level, content, etc.
Good
Selections contrasts in mood, intention, rhythm, emotional level, content, etc. (variety/ consistent)
Climatic material
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student embraces climactic material that requires great depth or intensity of emotion.
Fair
N/A
Good
Student avoids climactic material that requires great depth or intensity of emotion as there is not
enough time to achieve the emotional peaks effectively and honestly.
Passive Pieces
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student fails to steer clear of
dull and passive pieces which dwell on character or plot exposition.
Fair
N/A
Good
Student effectively steers clear of
dull and passive pieces which dwell on character or plot exposition.
Dramatic Conflict
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student selects pieces with involve narrative storytelling
and memory pieces; The select is inactive and fails to overcome obstacles.
Fair
Selects material does not contain consistent opportunity in which the character is
actively involved in overcoming obstacles in order to fulfill an immediate objective or intention. Selected pieces contain active intentions, yet inconsistently. i.e. What does your character want? What
is he/she doing to fulfill that “want?”
Good
Selects material in which the character is
actively involved in overcoming obstacles in order to fulfill an immediate objective or intention. Selected pieces contain active intentions. i.e. What does your character want? What
is he/she doing to fulfill that “want?”
*Narrative storytelling
and memory pieces tend towards inactivity.
Beginning/Middle/End
Unsatifactory
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Beginning/middle/end
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Both selections require explanations and does not have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Fair
One selection is self-explanatory with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Good
Both selections are self-explanatory with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Transitions
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Transitions are jarring and/or illogical. The Who, What, Why, When or Where of the piece, is not clear through editing or staging.
Fair
The Who, What, Why, When or Where of the piece, is clear through editing or staging Transitions are logical, yet abrupt and jarring.
Good
Transitions are smooth
and logical. The Who, What, Why, When or Where of the piece, is clear through editing or staging.
Over-done
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student considers material without consciously considering trends and popular/ well-known selections
Fair
N/A
Good
Student considers material and works to uncover the trend and avoid over-done selections.
One Person Shows
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student avoids using one-person show material
* Student avoids using original material.
Fair
N/A
Good
Student avoids using one-person show material
* Student avoids using original material.
Overall impression
Unsatifactory
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Attention-getters
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student embraces attention - getters/ sexually explicit or extremely offensive material
Fair
Student subtly inserts attention - getters/ sexually explicit or extremely offensive material
Good
Student avoids attention - getters/ sexually explicit or extremely offensive material as the material is a reflection of taste.
“you are what you present.”
Positive Impression
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student fails to showcase their students talents in the material selected; character loses; character is the victim; there is no "reversal of fortune."
Fair
Student presents strong writing, material, selection contrast, transitions, a beginning, middle, and end etc.; yet the character does not win
Good
Student leaves a positive impression; entire audition package works to showcase the students talents.
Strong Writing
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Poor writing
Fair
Writing is mediocre
Good
Student embraces strong writing.
* Good writing will always serve you better than mediocre
writing. You know the expression, “you are what you eat?” Here,
Monologue previously used
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student ignores the audition requirement and attempts to presents the material as it was in production.
Fair
N/A
Good
If using a performance piece in production, (a practice
considered unwise by most auditors), student completely reworks the monologue to suit the audition situation.
Relationship
Unsatifactory
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Engaging communication
Unsatifactory
Fails to submit and/or does not meet criterion.
Poor
Student selects selections which require implied responses from the other character(s).
Fair
N/A
Good
Student avoids selections that require implied responses from the other character(s).
Student creates an active relationship with the character they are engaging
in their scene (as monologues directed to another character are more effective than internal or inner-directed soliloquies).
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