Have Your Students Write an Essay That Addresses the Different

question 19

Essay

Have your students write an essay that addresses the different means of auditioning performers. They might consider some or all of the following questions. What factors influence a director's choice of how to audition performers? How do the different ways of auditioning performers yield different types of information? What values and assumptions about acting support the choice to audition performers by "cold readings?" By prepared monologues? By interview?

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Definitions:

Flagellated Collar Cells

Specialized cells found in sponges that have a flagellum surrounded by a collar used to pump water through the sponge and trap food particles.

True Coelom

A fluid-filled body cavity completely lined by tissue derived from the mesoderm, found in most complex animals, which provides a space for organ development and movement.

Sponges

Simple aquatic animals that draw water containing food particles into their porous bodies by means of flagellated cells.

Hydras

A type of small, freshwater organisms from the phylum Cnidaria, known for their regenerative abilities.