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    I don't cast people based on their theatre resume or past experience. It helps if I've seen them before but that's only part of it.  I look for a "spark" something in the reading at auditions that tells me that the actor can develop a real character - that they are three-dimensional.
   The reading doesn't have to be perfect or the character fully formed - but I have to see that the actor is comfortable in their skin, confident and able to interact with other actors.
   Eye contact is important.  Listening and reacting even when they don't have a line is crucial.  Focusing and being into the scene and what is taking place is also important.  The illusive "chemistry" comes out in an audition - they must have the ability to connect with another person and with the audience.
That's what I look for.
                          Laurie Bailey (Director of "A View From the Bridge" at The Wilmington Drama League who cast several new actors in her cast)
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