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How much do you actually memorize for a first audition?

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Fiona Kerrigan

20 Jun 2026

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Fully off book every time? Or is looking down occasionally fine?

2 replies

  1. Amara Nwosu

    21 Jun 2026

    Off book enough that your eyes are up for the moments that matter. Nobody is scoring you on word-perfect recall at the first stage.

  2. Helena Duplessis

    22 Jun 2026

    For a co-star with six lines, fully memorized, obviously. For eight pages, know it well enough to live in it and hold the pages down at your side.

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