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Is the poem “Jabberwocky” appropriate to use as audition material?

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Is the poem “Jabberwocky” appropriate to use as audition material?

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Jabberwocky is a wacky poem and would probably be OK for just speaking. Although, some casting artists prefer for you to act a lot for the monologue. Personally, my drama teacher prefers acting more tan speaking. If the casting artist for you is like that than I would not use that poem because I don’t see how you could act it out. It mostly depends on the casting artist. Robert Frost would be good. Overall, it would probably not be good for auditioning.

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I think you might be better off auditioning with a poem that shows some range of human emotion if you are going for an acting job. I would look at some Robert Frost or something. Jabberwocky is incomprehensible to most people it is full of nonsense words and obscure references.