Reader

Today, while working in one of the casting offices where I help out from time to time, I got the chance to be a reader for a casting session. The reader "reads" (obviously) the other character(s) in the scene with the character for which the actor is auditioning. I was completely cold on the material, having not even had a chance to read the script, but I took a few minutes to read through the three sets of sides and felt ok. My primary focus was just to deliver the proper lines with good pacing (it's comedy). As an actor and decent cold-reader anyway, I figured I would be giving the actors more than they get in some sessions anyway. After the first person, the CD commented on my good read. That was cool. The session covered three characters and took about three hours. We saw probably 20 actors or so, and I think maybe 4 got or will get a callback. It's such an amazing learning experience to be in those sessions, and it was a blast to be able to read with all of them.