Tuesday Workshop - Performer Request Form

READY TO WORK IN CLASS? GREAT!

COMPLETE THE FORM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Submit your Performer Request Form by or before SATURDAY at 5pm EST.

FIRST TIME SIGNING UP TO WORK IN CLASS?

Email Workshop@TomTodoroff.com to say I'M READY TO WORK and a member of the TT Team will give you a brief check in call before your very first time working in class. The purpose of this call is to make sure you're fully prepped on the Technique Tom uses when coaching you, so you can get the most benefit from your coaching session!

AS A REMINDER:

New students - please only submit this form once you've completed these BASIC PERFORMER REQUIREMENTS (click here).
If you haven't already done so, please fill out this New Member Form (click here) before submitting your Performer Request.
The very first time you work in class, we please work on a monologue from our recommended lists for for male roles or for female roles. Or - reach out to us to say you'd like to be cast in a cold read audition exercise. Thereafter, working on scenes, auditions and original work is welcome!
After you work the first time - sign up to work on a variety of material! Shifting between work on monologues, scene-study, audition exercises and actual auditions or booked roles when they come up with ensure you're developing a comprensive and diverse set of skills.
Want to work on an AUDITION EXERCISE? We typically cast 1-2 "Audition Exercises" in class weekly. The number of exercises we cast is based on how much time we have after monologues, scenes, auditions and booked roles are accounted for. Once you begin performing in class, we will contact you periodically and ask if you're free to do an audition exercise. If you'd like to be cast more often, then select OTHER on the form below and say AUDITION EXERCISE! We will then email you to confirm your availability and go from there. We usually are able to cast you within a week of your request if not sooner.
Want to work on a MONOLOGUE or SCENE that's not on our recommended lists (above)? Great! Before diving into rehearsals, we recommend sending us a copy of the script for review at workshop@tomtodoroff.com. When choosing a piece, please look for the following:
- 1. Material that has a "universal" (Stories about family, love, money, jobs, school are universals. Stories about aliens landing on Mars, for example, are not).
- 2. Stories in which you're fighting for something urgently right now in the present moment, not the past. If it's a memory piece, it's important to find something you also are fighting for right now - not just in the past.
- 3.Please keep monologues 2 minutes or less, scenes 4 minutes or less. If the monologue or scene is longer as written - then begin by preparing the first part of it and bring just that much in first. After you've been coached on that part - then proceed to the next part! We're focused the quality of your work over quantity :)
- 4. If it's from a play or a film - read the play or film script. At the very least, read a synoposis of the play or film, but reading the actual script is best. DO NOT watch the movie or tv episode, so you're not influenced by someone else's performance of the role you're about to do.
- 5. What time period are we in? Make choices regarding your clothes and background accordingly.
- 6. Accents and dialects are not elective. Research where your story takes place and if the role is usually performed with an accent and prepare accordingly.
- 7. Choose a piece becase you LOVE it and you're excited to work on it, not because it's good for your "type" or it's a challenge etc. (lead with your heart and hips, not your head!). Note that you may love and be really familiar with the play or the movie the piece comes from - so be objective enough to assess if this monologue or scene can stand on its own, outside the context of the full play or film.
- 8. Choose a piece that's at the written beginning of the play or film script. For example - your sceen begins at the beginning of an Act and ends 3-4 minutes into it (at your chosen ending point). Selecting scenes or monologues that occur at the end of a play or film typically don't work well out of context because the audience requires all the information that led up to that moment in order to understand and get involved in the story.
- 9. Do not work on pieces from really famous, well-known films or TV Shows. If the audience can recognize where it comes from, you're immediately competing for attention with the actor who originated this role. It's much easier to personalize a role that's not already well-known.
How do I find a scene partner? If you have a scene you'd love to work on but you're not sure who would work well in the role opposite yours - send us the scene and brief description of the other character and we'll give you some ideas of who in class would work well in the role! You can also check out the photos & contact info for your classmates under the "Find A Scene Partner" button on your dashboard and either email them or connect with them in the chat during class!

WORKING IN CLASS:

Tom will work with as many performers during the class as time allows. If time does not allow you to work in any given class, you'll work in the very next class. We go in no particular order, so please be prepared to work anytime after 11:30 am EST (when Tom begins coaching).

Also, once you're called upon and you've worked with Tom in class, your name is removed from the Performer list. You will need to submit a new Performer request form each time you're ready to get up and work in class again.

Name*

Email*

What kind of piece would you like to perform?*

Monologue (1-2 mins max please)

Scene (3-4 mins max please)

Audition (Please note: Auditions must be PERFORMANCE READY - this is not a rehearsal. Thank you!)

Role I'm cast in

Other

Please tell us the title of the piece your selection is chosen from (title of the play, movie, etc.)*

Author of your piece*

Name of your character?*

Last line of your piece?*

Please tell us the title of the piece your selection is chosen from (title of the play, movie, etc.)*

Author of your piece*

Name of your character?*

Scene partner's name?*

Last line of your piece?*

If other - please explain:*

Please tell us the title of the piece your selection is chosen from (title of the play, movie, etc.)*

Name of your character?*

Last line of your piece?*

Please note: a 'work read' is for when you would like feedback on whether a scene or few monologues are a good fit for you - before you spend time learning the material off-book. NEW material only (meaning, you haven't worked on it in another setting before). Plan on holding your script (you're not off-book) but still rehearse the pieces, make choices and be familiar enough with the text that you don't need to actually read every line - you still want to get your face out of the page and into the camera lens!

Please tell us the TITLE , AUTHOR and NAME OF YOUR CHARACTER of your first Work Read*

Please tell us the TITLE , AUTHOR and NAME OF YOUR CHARACTER of your second Work Read*

Please tell us the TITLE , AUTHOR and NAME OF YOUR CHARACTER of your third Work Read

Please tell us the title of the piece your selection is chosen from (title of the play, movie, etc.)*

Author of your piece (if possible)*

Name of your character?*

Do you need a male or female reader?*

Last line of your piece? (If you have multiple scenes, clearly write the last line for each scene)*

Is this for a Film? TV Show? Theater? or Other?*

How many scenes?*

When is this Audition due?*

Last line of your piece? (If you have multiple scenes, clearly write the last line for each scene)*

Do you need a male or female reader?**

Author of your piece (if possible)**

Please tell us the title of the piece (title of the play, movie, etc.)**

Name of your character**

Is this for a Film? TV Show? Theater? or Other?*

How many scenes?*

When are you performing this?*

Please share a copy of your text*

I am using the text from the Recommended List

I have a link to my text

I have a PDF or JPEG or PNG copy of my text (take a photo of it / or upload a PDF)

Link to my text:*

I have a link to my text*

Please upload your file or link to your text here

By submitting this Performer Request form:

I'm confirming that I have completed all of the basic performer requirements!
If I have a scene partner, I understand my partner needs to submit this form too.
If asked, I am ready to say the technique by number, by name, in order and out of order! This means I've fully integrated all elements of the technique, so I'm ready to work!
I understand that I may not perform in the very next workshop, however, if I'm called on I will be ready to go with the piece included in this Performer Request.
If I am not called on in the very next workshop, I will remain on the list of Performers who may be called upon for the following Workshop (no need to re-submit this form).
I understand that if I want to work on a different piece, I will need to submit a new Performer Request form with the details for that piece.

I agree with the terms & conditions above