Cynthia Erivo

She wouldn't let me go to this thing unless I applied for the school. And what was the audition? When I went, it was four rounds of audition. The first round you went, you prepared two speeches from two different shows, one Shakespeare, one modern. Yeah, right. And I did a piece from A Winter's Tale. The character's called Hermione. And then a piece from a play called The Colored Museum.

She did. She coached me. Yeah. I did that. It worked, to my surprise. I got through to the second round.

She did. She coached me. Yeah. I did that. It worked, to my surprise. I got through to the second round.

She did. She coached me. Yeah. I did that. It worked, to my surprise. I got through to the second round.

No, you do. Well, you now prepare a third just in case.

No, you do. Well, you now prepare a third just in case.

No, you do. Well, you now prepare a third just in case.

And you prepare an unaccompanied song.

And you prepare an unaccompanied song.

And you prepare an unaccompanied song.

Well, yeah, but I was also like, what do I do that just feels, like, cool and different and I can, like, emote and, like, tell stories through? What did you do? She was like, well, you can do, why don't we try a fine line from Avenue Q? So we did There's a Fine Line from Avenue Q. And I think I redid... The speech by Hermione.

Well, yeah, but I was also like, what do I do that just feels, like, cool and different and I can, like, emote and, like, tell stories through? What did you do? She was like, well, you can do, why don't we try a fine line from Avenue Q? So we did There's a Fine Line from Avenue Q. And I think I redid... The speech by Hermione.

Well, yeah, but I was also like, what do I do that just feels, like, cool and different and I can, like, emote and, like, tell stories through? What did you do? She was like, well, you can do, why don't we try a fine line from Avenue Q? So we did There's a Fine Line from Avenue Q. And I think I redid... The speech by Hermione.

And then the third round, they put you into groups where you have to prepare a speech.

And then the third round, they put you into groups where you have to prepare a speech.

And then the third round, they put you into groups where you have to prepare a speech.

And this time you have to prepare the third speech. So I did Amelia from Othello. I think it was. Yeah. Amelia from Othello. And then they sort of watch you in groups. Yeah. And see how you are with groups, how you work with people. Yeah. And in the fourth round, those people who get through to the fourth round do their speech in front of the faculty and the rest of the auditionees.

And this time you have to prepare the third speech. So I did Amelia from Othello. I think it was. Yeah. Amelia from Othello. And then they sort of watch you in groups. Yeah. And see how you are with groups, how you work with people. Yeah. And in the fourth round, those people who get through to the fourth round do their speech in front of the faculty and the rest of the auditionees.

And this time you have to prepare the third speech. So I did Amelia from Othello. I think it was. Yeah. Amelia from Othello. And then they sort of watch you in groups. Yeah. And see how you are with groups, how you work with people. Yeah. And in the fourth round, those people who get through to the fourth round do their speech in front of the faculty and the rest of the auditionees.

And the day I did my speech in front of everyone, there was another girl. I remember her name is Naomi, who had the same speech as me. And when she went up, she froze. And she had the same speech. And so I fed her the lines. So we were sort of back and forth for a little bit, feeding the light. Until she got on her. Yeah.