MONOLOGUE MADNESS 2020 - DC ACTOR REGISTRATION
Online ACTOR REGISTRATION OPENS JANUARY 8, 2020, AT 9AM and will
remain open until all available slots are filled.
Registration fee is $8 per actor. Non-refundable.
All ACTORS MUST REGISTER TO SECURE AN AUDITION SLOT. REGISTRATION IS
FIRST-come, first-served until all 210 slots are filled. _AFTER YOU
REGISTER YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITHIN 48 HOURS TO SELECT YOUR
EXACT AUDITION TIME. _
You must confirm your exact audition appointment time. A stand-by list
will begin
if all available slots are filled. Details for stand-by will be made
available online.
SELECTION SUNDAY, THE OPEN CALL AUDITION
SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2020, AT THE DARCY, WASHINGTON, DC
10:00am-5:00pm
HEADSHOTS & RESUMES
Please bring THREE headshots & resumes, printed or stapled
back-to-back. If this number changes, registered ACTORS WILL BE
NOTIFIED AND AN UPDATE WILL BE MADE ONLINE AT www.MonologueMadness.net
[http://www.monologuemadness.net].
Headshots & resumes must be 8x10. Any mis-sized headshots & resumes
will NOT be accepted.
PREPARE
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your audition appointment.
ACTORS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES to present UP TO TWO MONOLOGUES of
their choosing.
Monologues may be comedic, dramatic, or classical.
Self-written and non-published MONOLOGUES ARE ALLOWED, though not
suggested.
SCORING
Monologues will be judged on a 0-100 point scale by three theatre &
film professionals.
Scoring is based on acting ability, choice of monologue, and
preparation.
TIMING
There will be a time-keeper present in the audition room. Timing
begins after you have slated.
CASTING
In addition to the three judges who will decide which 32 actors will
be invited to compete in the competition, there may be other casting
professionals attending the Open Call who are casting future film and
theatre projects.
This list will be made available to each actor at the audition
check-in table and will be updated online.
TOP 32
The top 32 highest-scoring actors from the Open Call will be invited
to compete in
Monologue Madness on Championship Monday at the John F. Kennedy Center
in Washington, DC.
Actors who make the cut will be notified on Sunday, June 7 & Monday,
June 8,
and the Top 32 will be posted online. Actors must accept or decline
invitation upon receipt.
Actors declining the invitation will allow a lower-scoring actor the
opportunity to compete.
The Top 32 actors will be placed in a single-elimination bracket for
tournament competition.
CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY, MONOLOGUE MADNESS DC
Monday, June 29, 2020, 7:00pm-9:00pm
There will be SIX new judges and a live audience of approximately 250.
Actors must come prepared with THREE, one-minute monologues.
MONOLOGUES USED AT THE OPEN CALL may be used in the competition.
If the actor participated in Monologue Madness 2019, a different set
of monologues must be used for the 2020 competition.
Round 1 is Comedy
Round 2 is Drama
Round 3 is Classical
Round 4 is the Cold Read
ACTORS WILL TAKE THE STAGE IN PAIRS, i.e. ACTOR 1 COMPETING AGAINST
ACTOR 2 IN THE ROUND OF COMEDY.
ACTOR 1 PRESENTS, then ACTOR 2 PRESENTS. ACTORS ARE SCORED BY THE
PANEL OF JUDGES.
The entire round is complete when all pairs of the bracket have
presented.
Tabulation occurs and an announcement is made as to which ACTOR IN
EACH PAIR WILL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND.
Sixteen ACTORS WILL ADVANCE TO ROUND 2 (Drama).
Eight actors will advance to Round 3 (Classical).
_[Classical is defined as any work published at least 100 years ago.]
_
Four ACTORS WILL ADVANCE TO ROUND 4 (Cold Read).
Should he or she advance to Round 4, the ACTOR WILL BE HANDED A
GENDER-neutral MONOLOGUE IN WHICH THE ACTOR WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO
PREPARE, off-stage, before returning to perform.
Tabulation shall occur and two actors will advance to the Final Round.
Per tradition, details on the requirements of the Final Round will not
be made available
until the evening of the competition.
AUDIENCE TICKETS
Audience tickets to MONOLOGUE MADNESS 2020 ARE $20 General Admission.
AWARDS
The winning actor will receive $1000, in addition to other
career-related gifts.
Awards details will be continuously updated
online at www.MonologueMadness.net [http://www.monologuemadness.net].
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