HELIX AUDITIONS

REQUIREMENTS

• Performers must have completed Comedy Spot’s Improv 301 after successfully completing our Improv 101 and Improv 201 courses, regardless of prior experience.
• Performers must audition and be invited to participate on a Helix Team. Please submit your name via the RSVP form below. We will take participants the day of auditions, but if you RSVP, it will help us create audition teams ahead of time.

THE AUDITION: WHAT TO EXPECT

We want to keep things fun and stress free. Just have a good time. Audition participants will be assigned a team that will perform a montage show which will include an opening with three true stories (60 to 90 seconds each). From that opening participants will create two person scenes. Each participant will be able to perform twice during auditions.
Participants should focus on:

• Telling engaging stories that are full of detail.
• Stating the pattern at the beginning of the scene and heightening the pattern to crazy town.
• Patterns should be simple and fun and connect with the audience.
• Playing the pattern from both a grounded and unusual perspective.
• Show the pattern instead of talking about it.
• Agreement and Listening.
• Playing characters.
• Sharing the stage and supporting other performers.

Additionally, Helix Coaches are looking for performers who are interesting to watch, positive, and have diverse backgrounds.

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE: WHAT TO EXPECT

• If you are cast on a Helix team, you will get an invitation to perform on a team for one cycle.
• Each Helix cycle is 16+ weeks. We have 4 Helix Teams and three of those teams will perform and rehearse each week.
• Team members rehearse for three consecutive Wednesdays a month from 6:30PM – 7:45PM followed by a performance, and post-show notes. Each team will have one week off per month.
• Helix performers are expected to stay from the start to the finish of the performances to support the other Helix teams.
• A maximum of 4 absences are permitted, per cycle. Attendance and punctuality are essential for continued involvement.
• All Helix performers must take notes and apply notes to their performances for improvement.
• After two cycles all Helix Team cast members are evaluated after each cycle to ensure that they are expanding their skills based on notes from Helix Coaches. As long as Helix performers continue to grow in the Helix program they will be invited back for another cycle.
• Performers in the Helix program are not compensated but may be paid if they perform in a main stage or performer produced show.

QUESTIONS?

Please email us at laugh@saccomedyspot.com or call (916) 444-3137