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noun
Tryout  n.  
1.
A test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.
2.
(Theater) One or more performances of a play prior to the official opening, held at a location outside of the city where it is to be formally presented, conducted for the purpose of determining audience response or ascertaining weaknesses needing correction.





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"Tryout" Quotes from Famous Books



... of all managers' and agents' offices where he was denied recognition, he was finally given an opportunity, through an acquaintance who heard him play in a 26th St. theatrical boarding house, to demonstrate his ability in a tryout for the most popular star on Broadway at the time, May Irwin. She immediately recognized his ability and gave him an engagement at $25.00 per week, to introduce ragtime to Broadway. (He was receiving $125.00 per week when he first came ...
— The Art of Stage Dancing - The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession • Ned Wayburn


Words linked to "Tryout" :   run, alpha test, try out, trial balloon, trial run, trial, beta test, field trial, road test, audition, screen test, experiment, experimentation, test


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