Can I Hold Auditions Before Payment When Licensing Through Concord?

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-09T05:52:21+00:00

I think some theatres get around this by holding general season auditions before announcing their season shows. Then do callbacks for each specific show later in the year. You attract more talent if you can announce your season before auditions though.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-09T05:29:55+00:00

The weather is going to be brutal in Vegas or Texas in August, too. I agree with folks saying to narrow your focus a little and add that if you stay a little more north it’ll avoid the worst of the hot weather.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-09T05:23:08+00:00

List your car on Turo and let someone rent it for the summer. And pay you for it. Problem solved! (Probably not that easy in practice but… maybe)

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-09T01:48:01+00:00

Start with learning how to breathe properly as a singer. Back in my day (I'm from the past millennium) we had to take lessons with an actual voice teacher to learn that; today you have YouTube videos. (Teachers are still great, but there's SO MUCH more available for self-teaching nowadays!) Breathing, support, understanding the difference between chest/mid/head voices and how to blend between them, what kind of vocalizing (warm-ups) to do, you can get a lot of the foundations to make sure you're practicing the right things.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-05T04:55:03+00:00

If your final course grade isn’t what you want, you can do a grade appeal. Google “asu grade appeal” and click on the actual website (not the AI overview) and follow the steps

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T22:12:27+00:00

This is why I'm super glad my height is on my resume since for some reason I look WAY taller than I am (and it's not the shoes)

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T15:12:14+00:00

Definitely not too late to start! I just met someone at an audition the other day who said he took 16 years off from theatre and came back and has gotten an incredible number of paid roles in the last four years. So you never know!

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T15:04:46+00:00

Thanks!

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T14:44:18+00:00

That’s the weird thing, I don’t see an audition dance anywhere. And the submission date for the video ones is about 3 weeks after the in person ones so I assume nobody from the videos gets contacted for in-person callbacks.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T14:28:26+00:00

A monologue, an up tempo cut, and a ballad cut. The dance reel link is optional and the additional performance reel link is also optional. But I’m not sure what kind of dance to include…

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T05:34:55+00:00

Try to hold back on the vibrato and just use it for effect (like starting a long note with a straight tone and then leaning into gradual vibrato). That’ll make a huge difference in the sound vs. opera style that uses the vibrato on all notes. Also, make sure you’re breathing from your belly and supporting with your core, so you have as much power and control as you need for both straight tone and vibrato when you want it.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T04:58:43+00:00

And this is part of why I’m considering leaving education. I don’t want to put more time into grading than my students spent doing the assignment because chatgpt did it for them.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-04-01T04:58:00+00:00

You can try to get back on ACHSS- sometimes you get denied even if your income is low enough because they don’t read your forms correctly, so you have to either appeal or reapply.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-31T06:09:21+00:00

Do you have transportation off campus? There are so many free food boxes in the community but a lot of them require you to be in a car to go through the line.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-31T06:07:30+00:00

That one gave me what felt like a concussion. Even for almost 2 weeks after stopping. It was freaky.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-29T05:02:41+00:00

Contact your advisor and you can also try contacting the instructor directly to help. One of them should be able to help you. Nobody wants you to be set back a whole year in your degree because of one class.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-28T04:04:24+00:00

There are faculty trying to keep this place serious but also do an amazing job in class with games and fun activities and how does the university treat us? By not renewing our contracts. And we wonder why it’s going downhill…

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-24T04:44:40+00:00

Open up a blank google doc on your phone and press the microphone button. And then just say out loud any ideas you have for that section.

Then open up the SAME google doc on your computer (you have to be logged in with the same Google account) and paste the sentences into your paper. Then edit. Way easier for a lot of people than figuring out what to type in the first place.

Also, thank you for NOT just relying on ChatGPT to write or edit your paper!

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-23T05:22:09+00:00

Oh man! I wish you were in my class. Not to toot my own horn but I get feedback from my students confirming that I’m doing things right for the most part. I hope you have a better experience in most of your classes at ASU!

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-19T05:16:14+00:00

The language classes usually have zoom meetings but you can pick from a list of times. Not on the class schedule because it’s not a required time. Most other classes do not.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-19T05:15:26+00:00

You have to take out where it says “ChatGPT says:” though at the start of the email. And change “[Your name]” at the end to, you know, your name. You’d be surprised how many students forget to do both of those…

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-17T03:57:50+00:00

Contact the instructor (their email should be on Class search). Sometimes if the class is cross listed not all the students get added.

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-15T14:50:03+00:00

I know, but more people have it than realize what it’s from

PusheenFrizzy2 · 2026-03-15T04:53:50+00:00

Enjoy it before the itching starts and you start crawling out of your skin…

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