AboutPaul B. Crook Expertise I am qualified to answer questions regarding acting styles (including both straight and musical theatre), audition techniques, directorial questions, script analysis, casting, script selection, and theatre curricula. I cannot answer questions regarding acting/directing for TV or Film, technical theatre, theatre/stage management, theatre history, or dramaturgy. Please do not ask questions regarding homework, as I will not answer those.
Experience I have worked professionally as an actor and director at various theatres around the country for fifteen years. I have worked with outdoor theatres, dinner theatres, and Shakespeare Festivals. I currently serve as the acting/directing professor at Louisiana Tech University.
Organizations Southeastern Theatre Confrerence and Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Publications SOUTHERN THEATRE, SETC News, five original scripts (two 10 minute, two one act, one full-length) produced
Education/Credentials I hold an MFA in Theatre from the University of Alabama and a BS degree in Language Arts from the University of Alabama.
Awards and Honors Druid Arts Awards for Theatre Practitioner of the Year and Theatre Educator of the Year; T. Earle Johnson Award
Expert: Paul B. Crook Date: 4/26/2008 Subject: auditioning for HONK! Which song?
Question Hello.
I really need some help. I'm auditioning fo rthe musical HONK! in a few
weeks, and I have no idea what to sing for auditions. I'm a soprano, and I've
been doing theatre for 14 years (you'd think I'd know a good song). I'm
auditioning for Ida, Queenie, or really any role. I would like a piece that isn't
extremely common, and matches the style of the show, which is pretty
upbeat.
Thanks!
Tally
Answer Hi, Tally!
I wold recommend you look at "Impossible! It's Possible!" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's CINDERELLA. Directors typically like to see actors singing work by the "classic" composers and CINDERELLA is (surprisingly) still not a particularly well-known R & H show.
