audition
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Romano says anyone can audition to be a scare actor and recommends checking the Thirteenth Floor website for more information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
When the 37-year-old musical-theater performer and professor from Malden recorded her audition, she had her two lucky props: a Larry Bird doll and a souvenir Dunkin’ cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
During the equivalent stage of the audition process two decades ago, Superman actor Henry Cavill was widely thought to have also been in the running.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I do not believe that lobbying for that job would have been successful, and I wanted to work for it. I wanted to audition for it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
I’d been so sure that my parents would let me audition for Kids Bake Challenge!, since I’d worked so hard at Ari’s Cakes all summer.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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So, instead of doing one of her auditions over Zoom from her home in London, she rented a studio for an extra professional touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her work in Hollywood initially involved making the journey from the desert to L.A. for auditions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
She was thrilled to get a call from Tresnjak, who felt it was important to cast L.A. actors and enjoys working with previous collaborators — to the point where he didn’t hold auditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Her mum's a big fan of the Netflix series, which follows the cheerleaders through gruelling auditions and training regimes as they compete for their spot dancing in one of the world's best known squads.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
At auditions, I was afraid I’d freeze up and forget all my lines or pee my pants or something.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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I auditioned there and was accepted in 1957.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
On a double date with her husband and their best friends, Mona, beaming, tells the group that she’s auditioned for “a musical show.”
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
I told him, auditioned and got the role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the midst of the madness, she auditioned for the lead role of Satine in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge – which counts as one of the stranger experiences of her career.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Victoria Lyons came up and apologized to me after she auditioned.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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She told BBC Essex how she filled her home studio with professional audio equipment, and after several months of auditioning, got her first gig with Google.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
She’s more interested in what simply auditioning made her feel, how she came alive, if only for a brief few moments until Jerry cut her off.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Watt isn’t just filling in for Tony Romo during his leave—he’s auditioning to be CBS’s top NFL game analyst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Seyfried landed the role of Karen Smith in the hit 2004 movie “Mean Girls” after auditioning for the lead part, Regina George.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Eventually he stopped with all pretense of auditioning or looking for a job.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Common Senses: Aud ("Hear")
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