The Art of Audition Workshop

From : June 3, 2026

To : June 5, 2026

Start time : 7:00 PM

End time : 10:00 PM

Theatre Group : Indriyaan Theatre Group

Faculty : Ashwin Agrawal

Venue : Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company Studio
Mukesh Chabra casting company studio Bungalow 36, Aram Nagar 2
Mumbai - 400061, Maharashtra, India

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HE ART OF AUDITION What You Will Master
Decode Any Script Using Precise 9 Steps Even with 24-48 Hour Turnaround
You walk into an audition room. The sides are in your hand. You have one night maybe two to prepare. No time to get lost in endless analysis. You need a system. A process you trust.

The 9-Step Script Breakdown is that system. In any timeframe. You will learn to extract the given circumstances, identify the preceding event that loads your emotional engine, define objectives and action verbs that generate behavior, map obstacles and point of view, and uncover the unconscious need driving the character all within hours of receiving the material. No floundering. No guessing. Just a clear, forensic approach to text that works under pressure.

Because the audition room does not wait for you to figure it out. You must walk in already knowing.

Fast Character Work Adapt in the Audition Room Quickly, On Demand, Under Pressure, with Redirects
You have prepared. You know your choices. Then the casting director says: "Try it again, but this time, you are furious." Or: "Stay seated. Don't move." Or: *"Now try it as if you are about to lose everything."

Panic? No. This is where your training takes over.

Fast character work is not about abandoning your preparation it is about translating direction into truthful behavior instantly. You will learn to take any redirect, any restriction, any curveball, and turn it into a new set of given circumstances. Not by throwing away your work, but by deepening it. The director says "be angrier"? You do not manufacture anger. You raise the stakes. You make the obstacle more urgent. You play a stronger action verb. The emotion follows not because you forced it, but because you changed the circumstance.

This is not compliance. This is craft. And it is the difference between actors who freeze under pressure and actors who rise.

Self-Tape Mastery Technical Setup, Eyeline, Energy, and Performance That Stands Out
Self-tapes are not just auditions. They are your first impression. And casting directors watch hundreds of them.

You will learn the technical foundations that make a self-tape watchable: correct framing (chest-up or mid-shot), proper eyeline (close enough to camera to feel intimate, not staring), clean lighting that reveals the eyes, neutral background that does not distract, and clear sound without echoes or interference.

But technical precision is only half the battle. You will also learn how to bring truthful, alive, present-moment performance to the self-tape format where there is no reader, no audience, no energy of the room to play off. How to keep your impulses fresh across multiple takes. How to make the camera lean in, not scroll past. How to disappear into the character so completely that the casting director forgets they are watching a tape.

Because a self-tape that is technically perfect but emotionally dead will not book. You need both. And you will leave with both.

Maintain an Audition Journal Track What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
Auditions are data. Every room, every callback, every pass is information about your craft but only if you pay attention.

The Audition Journal is your personal diagnostic tool. After every audition, you will record: the material, the preparation time, the choices you made, the redirects you received, what felt truthful, what felt forced, what the casting director responded to, and what you would do differently next time. Over time, patterns emerge. You will see: Every time I get a note about pacing, I tighten up. Every time I play this kind of character, I book the room. Every time I rush my script analysis, I lose my connection in the third beat.

You cannot fix what you do not track. The journal transforms rejection into learning. It turns the audition room from a place of anxiety into a laboratory for growth. It is the difference between repeating the same mistakes for years and evolving with every opportunity.

Review Your Previous Auditions Identify What's Not Working
Here is the hard truth: If you do not know why you are not cracking the role, you cannot fix it.

Most actors send off their self-tape, wait for the phone to ring, and when it does not, they blame luck, or type, or the industry. But the actor who grows is the actor who watches their own work with brutal honesty. Who asks: Where did I stop listening? Where did I indicate instead of feel? Where was I performing an idea of emotion instead of living the circumstance?

You will learn how to watch your own auditions like a coach, not a critic. How to separate technical issues (bad lighting, wrong eyeline) from performance issues (result-oriented acting, pre-planned line readings, lack of specific point of view). How to identify the exact moment truth broke and why.

Because the camera does not lie. Neither should your self-assessment. When you can name what is not working, you can fix it. When you can fix it, you start

Theatre Workshop Fees : 5000

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