Noun
a test of the suitability of a performer
Source: WordNetOur generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues? Margaret Atwood
My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day. Mo Rocca
What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre-Broadway to cities like Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Washington - has sort of been replaced with the amount of workshops we do. Patti LuPone
After the 2017 season, Big Red looked for his big break in the NFL with a tryout with the Detroit Lions. Source: Internet
As a result, in 1949, at the age of fifteen, Aaron had his first tryout with an MLB franchise, the Brooklyn Dodgers ; however, he did not make the team. Source: Internet
Fonda and Teichmann 1981, p. 74. When Stewart came to New York at the end of the summer stock season, which had included the Broadway tryout of Goodbye Again, he shared an apartment with Fonda, who had by then finalized his divorce from Sullavan. Source: Internet