Wednesday Addams Character Study and Audition ;)

Hello!

I am getting myself prepared for an Addams Family audition in about 4 months. My dream role is Wednesday Addams and even though its a small community theatre program, I am up against some tough competition considering that it is a college production and I am in high school.

I am willing to work and study as much about this character as i possibly can. I am open to any songs that would possibly be good for a stunning audition song. I am comfortable belting to a C. I want a song that shows off the dark side of me while also showing off my belt. Not anything too overdone though.

If anyone has anything they'd like to contribute PLEASE feel free. I also need tips on how to study and become like this character more. I am hoping this will be my big break in my town and I am ready to work as hard as I need to so that I can accomplish this. Thanks! Have a great day :)

Updated On: 7/2/17 at 11:55 PM

I'm with Adamgreer. More to the point, if you are truly ''willing to work and study as much about this character as i possibly can'' and ''ready to work as hard as I need,'' there are SO many resources already available to you on the Internet simply by Googling (''how to audition'' or ''Addams Family'' ) or viewing videos on YouTube. This is the kind of work any ambitious aspiring actor should be doing nowadays in researching a role, so you might as well develop the knack for it now. (I hope you didn't post your plea expecting any shortcuts.) Finally, as urgent as this seems to you, it's not really necessary to post a second thread (with the same text) on this message board labeled: ''HELP ME ASAP PLEASE,'' only 4 minutes after your first thread. Break a leg at your audition!

Updated On: 7/2/17 at 02:58 AM

I appreciate the time and honest opinion from all of you...

Adamgreer - I find that it is best to take roles seriously way far ahead of time, rather than prepare the day before or last minute. My voice teacher was asking for an audition song so we could start working that is why I am trying to prepare so early :)

Wayman_Wong - I have already googled and researched a lot about this character already! This was one of my internet stops so that I could see if anyone had an up to date, live opinion on my situation. Posting on this message board was actually the exact opposite of a shortcut for me. It was one of the many things I have done and will be doing to try and become more like this character. As for the second thread, I though I was posting in a different category rather than the same Broadway one, and couldn't find a way to delete it. That is why there were two different posts with the same text.

Dramamama611 - I appreciate your opinion but I have to disagree to some level. I believe that feeling confident and excited for a big audition can help you WANT to be the best. It can propel you to work harder and study more than anyone else. That said, I thank you for your time and honest opinion about this matter. About the community theater and college production mix up: The show itself is being put on at a college, by a college, but the roles are open for auditioning by the public in addition to the college students. The politics tend to lean toward the college students, which is why I am trying to get as many tips as possible for this role because I am only in high school.

Again, thank you for your time. I am just a 16 year old trying to pursue her dream one step at a time. Have a nice day :)

Thanks for your opinion. I am not only preparing for this audition but three more as well. I'd rather not just put an audition off as it is no big deal. I put this post up asking for audition songs to work on and have basically gotten butchered by everyone. I think everyone else has most of the negative comments covered. So please, if you are not here to help me with songs for my range and character, you aren't needed. Thank you and have a nice day.

Read my original post! All I was asking for was an audition tips and a song that would fit the part. Although I did mention that I am open to anything that anyone has to contribute, I meant character wise. Not becoming critical about the fact that I am preparing for an audition "too early". Every person is different. In a month I start school, I start work, I start extra curricular activities. Right now it is summer and I have 12 hour days in which all I do is go to rehearse for my current show. My schedule will soon become packed and I thought that getting ahead of the game NOW, rather than waiting until I have no time to prepare, would be smart. You didn't know the background, you didn't know my reasoning, but you went ahead and assumed that I am being to happy go lucky about it all. My initial post was polite and I apologize in advance for not being so polite now.

And you don't seem to know what "happy go lucky" means. Because that isn't what anyone thought.

Any moment now we're all going to be accused of bullying.

See, people WERE just trying to help. But you don't want to see it that way. Just because you don't like the form in which the attempt at help came, you don't need to get defensive. And because of your defensiveness, this is all the thread has become about.

Kill the bullies!

Wishing you lots of luck, carissa. My question: why is there a winky face in the thread title?

You'll definitely make an impression over all the others if you incorporate this into your audition:

Brody Fosse, that gif made me smile from ear to ear! LOVE her and the show. Was startled to find out the set was actually oink!

Those gaudy colors are intentional as they were filming in black and white film which captures colors differently. Hues don't read true-to-form. That's why 1966's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? was filmed in black & white: because of the make-up being used on Elizabeth Taylor to transform her (then in her 30s) into a 50 plus year old. In color she looked monstrous. Same applies to 1959's SOME LIKE IT HOT - the make-up on both Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis was horrible in color but leveled out in black & white. If you ever see rare color photos of the sets from black & white films, the colors were horrendous as they were color-organized to read certain shades in black & white. Same with costumes: brown reads red in black & white, etc.