2008 Woodie Awards
Students audition for The Real World
San Diego cast member Randy Barry gives students audition tips
Cristin Colucci
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: A & E
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On Thursday, Feb. 15, students gathered in the Edgerton Theater to audition for MTV's reality show, "The Real World." Before the interviews, former cast member, Randy Barry, gave the students hints about auditioning.
Barry was on the cast for "The Real World's" fourteenth season in San Diego, Calif. After doing the show, he started casting for MTV's music-video show TRL, and then was asked to give lectures at colleges about his experiences on "The Real World."
He works for a company called Yougar Production where they do distribution and manage talent. They travel to colleges and Barry gives lectures about his experiences and then the students get the opportunity to audition for the show.
They also send the audition tapes out to any reality show that is casting at the time, not just "The Real World."
"[The production company] is bringing the casting process as a school event," said Barry, Boston, Mass.
Yougar Production allows students from all over the country to have the opportunity to try out because casting companies only go to select cities.
"I want to audition because I want to get out, have fun, and meet new people," said Stephanie Elmessaouai, freshman, Huntington, N.Y. "I want to stop doing the same old thing and do something different that not a lot of people get the chance to do."
Barry was working at a nightclub in Boston when the casting crew came in and told him he should audition. He made his audition tape, got a callback, and made it on the show.
Before the students went off to audition, Barry gave them some words of advice based on his own experience from auditioning for the show.
"They are going to take you, put you in an uncomfortable experience, and watch you freak out about it," said Barry.
Barry stressed to the students to just be comfortable on camera, be honest, and have fun with it.
"I want to audition because I like to be in the limelight," Courtney Weaver, sophomore, Queensbury, N.Y.
After listening to Barry give his lecture, the students were directed to a classroom where they would be interviewed on camera for it to be sent out to whichever shows are currently casting.
"I want to audition because it is a good opportunity to be on television and I think it would be cool," said Kimberly Spallone, freshman, Glen Cove, N.Y.
This is an experience unlike anything else where you get to live in a house with different people from all over the country.
"It's been a life-long dream of mine, I'd be really excited and tell every person I know to watch it if I got picked," said Kaitlin Higgins, freshman, Brick, N.J.
The students who auditioned were given a good introduction to the casting process and will now wait to hear if they were chosen to be on MTV's the Real World in the future.
Barry was on the cast for "The Real World's" fourteenth season in San Diego, Calif. After doing the show, he started casting for MTV's music-video show TRL, and then was asked to give lectures at colleges about his experiences on "The Real World."
He works for a company called Yougar Production where they do distribution and manage talent. They travel to colleges and Barry gives lectures about his experiences and then the students get the opportunity to audition for the show.
They also send the audition tapes out to any reality show that is casting at the time, not just "The Real World."
"[The production company] is bringing the casting process as a school event," said Barry, Boston, Mass.
Yougar Production allows students from all over the country to have the opportunity to try out because casting companies only go to select cities.
"I want to audition because I want to get out, have fun, and meet new people," said Stephanie Elmessaouai, freshman, Huntington, N.Y. "I want to stop doing the same old thing and do something different that not a lot of people get the chance to do."
Barry was working at a nightclub in Boston when the casting crew came in and told him he should audition. He made his audition tape, got a callback, and made it on the show.
Before the students went off to audition, Barry gave them some words of advice based on his own experience from auditioning for the show.
"They are going to take you, put you in an uncomfortable experience, and watch you freak out about it," said Barry.
Barry stressed to the students to just be comfortable on camera, be honest, and have fun with it.
"I want to audition because I like to be in the limelight," Courtney Weaver, sophomore, Queensbury, N.Y.
After listening to Barry give his lecture, the students were directed to a classroom where they would be interviewed on camera for it to be sent out to whichever shows are currently casting.
"I want to audition because it is a good opportunity to be on television and I think it would be cool," said Kimberly Spallone, freshman, Glen Cove, N.Y.
This is an experience unlike anything else where you get to live in a house with different people from all over the country.
"It's been a life-long dream of mine, I'd be really excited and tell every person I know to watch it if I got picked," said Kaitlin Higgins, freshman, Brick, N.J.
The students who auditioned were given a good introduction to the casting process and will now wait to hear if they were chosen to be on MTV's the Real World in the future.
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