Overview
Analysis
Juliet is a headstrong and precocious young adolescent who is used to getting what she wants. Her parents have just engaged her to Count Paris, and she isn’t particularly enthused about the situation. When she meets Romeo, she immediately falls for him, head-over-heels.
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Juliet is not a “sweet ingénue” — she is a young person discovering agency at lightning speed. In your audition, show the contrast between her early obedience and her later decisiveness. Start with a grounded physicality: stillness and politeness early on, then allow your body and voice to open as her emotional world expands. Directors want to see that you understand Juliet’s intelligence and emotional logic, not just her romance. Every choice she makes — loving Romeo, defying her parents,
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