Practicum Questionnaire - FALL 2020

Name: _Karoline Thomas________________________________________

Pronouns: She/Her
Vocal Range: E3-G6

Please fill out and send to instructor before first THA Practicum class:

Top 5 strengths as an artist/performer:

1. Comedic Timing

2. Non-Verbal Storytelling

3. Physical Life

4. Being Larger Than Life

5. Work Ethic

What do you perceive are your current weaknesses?:

I need to work on not anticipating and living in the moment. I also need to
constantly remind myself that less is more when it comes to acting.

Top 5 audition songs and what they show about your artistry:
(Please include pop songs, country songs, rock songs, etc. too, if that’s your specialty.)

1. Here You Come Again-Dolly Parton

2. Gorgeous-The Apple Tree

3. Sing, But Don’t Tell- Island Song

4. This Is All Very New to Me-Plain and Fancy

Jillian Carucci 2019-2020
 5. Domino-Jesse J

What 5 roles could you understudy in current running shows on Broadway or

Off-Broadway TODAY? ​(For this exercise, you may also include shows that
ran/closed in the past 5 years).

1. Anna-Frozen

2. Karen-Mean Girls

3. Ado Annie-Oklahoma!

4. Anastasia-Anastasia

5. Philoclea-Head Over Heels

Name one or two 16-32 bar cuts you might use to audition for each of the
above roles:

1. Happy Working Song-Enchanted

2. Backwards Barbie- Dolly Parton

3. Mr. Hopalong Heartbreak-Urban Cowboy

4. Only Hope-A Walk to Remember

5. This Time I Know Is For Real-Donna Summer

Imagine that you are the inspiration for a character in a new musical (can be
traditional or contemporary!). Write the character breakdown including
characteristic traits of ​you​.
-Phoebe (young 20s)-a larger than life girl and the comedic relief of this
traditional musical. She has a quirky and upbeat personality, and marches to
the beat of her own drum. She always is bouncing off the walls with her gleeful

Jillian Carucci 2019-2020

energy she possesses. She is constantly trying to fix other people’s problems
because she cares so much about the people she loves. She is very enthusiastic
about life and is always in a mood to have fun.

Do you have any career “Dopplegangers”? Whose careers do you aspire to in

some way (​understanding of course that you are your own person and will pave
your own unique career/ journey!​ ):

Kerry Butler
Annaleigh Ashford
Alice Ripley
Laura Osnes
Cassie Levy
Krysta Rodriguez
Laura Benanti

Other roles in Musical Theatre (​not listed above in “current running shows”​) you
feel you can play NOW.
1. Dawn-Waitress

2. Fantine-Les Miserables

3. Jo-Little Women

4. Ado Annie-Oklahoma!

5. Logainne Schwartzandgrubbeniere- The 25th Annual Putnam County

Spelling Bee

Jillian Carucci 2019-2020

How would you rate the readiness of your audition book on a scale of 1-5 (with
5 being “very ready”)? If your rating is less than 5, where are your “gaps” ?

I’d say 4, mostly because I need to take out some songs and condense my book.

Special skills? Instruments you play well?

Violinist (17 years), piano (beginner), guitar (beginner), gymnast & tumbler
(cartwheels, the worm, round-offs, front walkovers, back bends, handstands, splits,
back handsprings on trampoline), loud tongue clicks, great with kids, laundry, hair
stylist (specifically braids), makeup, baking, cooking, fitness fanatic, runner (can run a
10k), beginner Mandarin speaker, intermediate Spanish speaker, and sight reading &
harmonizing

Is there anything else you would like me to know?

No ma’am! :)

Jillian Carucci 2019-2020