How to nail an audition is the focus of new Wayne State actors workshop

Wayne State University wants local actors to nail their auditions.

The university's College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts is offering two workshops on how to audition for films this fall.

"It is important to us that when films come to town we don't look like a bunch of amateurs," says Laurie Meeker, who is a former president of the Detroit branch of the Screen Actors Guild and leading the workshops. "We want to make the talent pool in Michigan to look as professional as possible."

Students will perform mock auditions and get coaching from professional actors. The idea is the one-on-one training will help actors sidestep any problems that are common knowledge to professionals.

"If you can't get through the audition, you're not going to make it to the set," Meeker says.

The workshops run for 10 hours over four consecutive Saturdays. The first workshop takes place in September, the second in October. The workshop costs $195. For information, contact David Romas at [email protected] or (313) 577-5448.

Source: Laurie Meeker, former president of the Detroit branch of the Screen Actors Guild
Writer: Jon Zemke