Deliverable

Well, things sure do move fast here in the big city. I just got a callback for the show(s) I auditioned for this evening. It’ll be on Thursday evening.

They seem to move pretty quickly at this place (the auditions were very well run… I was in and out in an hour). I may send an email to the place that I auditioned on Monday just to get a sense of when they’re deciding who to cast. Would be good to talk to T.M. on Thursday afternoon as well to get an idea of how to deal with multiple offers in case it comes up.

And I still have to audition tomorrow afternoon.

Oi!

I had an audition way out in Brooklyn this evening. It was a bit of a test getting myself out there, to be honest. My day got started late and I was very tempted to just say the hell with it. I made my way out there though, and I’m glad I did. I thought the monologue went pretty well, and every time I’m up on my feet in front of an audience I realize more and more how much I love performing. I love the energy of the room and being up in front of people. I had a pretty big rush after finishing tonight… almost giddy. It reminds of the feeling I had when I did “The Show” those couple of times. It’s something that I definitely want to pursue and do more and more of.

It was a big audition panel tonight… Probably about 10 or more directors and such in the room, maybe more. They seemed to enjoy the monologue, and I’m learning where I can use the energy of the room if it’s there in the piece. I didn’t finish the whole thing as they were making a point to everyone that they were cutting folks off after one minute, but fortunately my piece has a nice breaking point. (I have enough time to get the sock puppet on my hand… It’s been getting consistant laughs the last couple of times.) I was even able to get through some of the rant tonight before they cut me off. They seemed to like the piece.

It’s also very interesting to me all of the mind games I was going through as I was trekking way the hell out to Brooklyn. The brain was going “Ah, this is probably just community theatre…”, and also “Would I really want to make the hour-plus trip all those nights for rehearsals and the show?”, or “Can I afford to miss the two club dates to do this show?”. It’s amazing how easy it is to sabotage ourselves before we even have a chance to shine. It’s something that I need to constantly be on guard for.

Anyway it’s out my hands now. Onward to my next open call which is tomorrow afternoon. We’ll see how it goes!

I had a callback tonight for the thing I auditioned for last Monday. The biggest thing that I’m getting used to is the variables in the audition room. Each time I’ve auditioned it’s been different. Tonight there were bright stagelights in the theatre, and the person I was reading with was in the front row of the audience. Perhaps it’s not uncommon to have the person you’re reading with not be on stage with you…. This is the second time it’s happened. The first time it happened my scene partner was downstage right (basically offstage). I could barely see her, which made it very difficult to connect with her. At least this time she was in the front of the audience, though with the lights in my eyes it was still difficult to see her. For the second scene I read tonight my partner was ontage with me, which was alot easier.

It also seems like once you get onstage the added stimuli makes it challenging to make the same choices for the character that you’d planned while working on the scene. I’m thinking that this is an area where I just need more and more experience taking auditions. The more I get used to doing this the better I’ll be.

We’ll see what happens. I’m practicing taking a very “laissez faire” approach to these auditions once they’re through. I keep reminding myself that once it’s over, I’ve done all that I can do and that it’s out of my hands. I have no way of knowing why I may not get any particular audition, so there’s really no use in speculation.

Two packets mailed and two packets emailed this evening. I also found open calls for this coming Tuesday and the first Thursday in May.

Got called back to read for the show I auditioned for this past Monday. Looking forward to it!

Humorous tidbit I plan to include in my first interview:

My first monologue involved a sock puppet and included the term “Ass-Monkey”.

Ok… I think it’s funny.

Busy last 3 days…

Auditioned for a film on Saturday (sides).
Auditioned for a play on Sunday (monologue).
Auditioned for a one act play festival this evening (monologue).

Sent out 3 emails and 5 hard copies this evening for both stage and film. (Took me about 2 hours or so. The process felt much more streamlined this time…). Also found another audition that I may do on Sunday afternoon.

Mo’ Audition Karma.

Took the B4Bfast audition this evening. (Play… cold read.)

Mo’ audition karma!

Wanted to give myself credit for getting out to that audition this afternoon. Each time is a learning experience, that’s for sure. I’m just sending the energy out there, and want to remind myself that at this point it’s all about showing up and doing the auditions. I’ll get the show/film/whatever that I need to get when I need to get it and when it’s right for me.

I did stop by the Drama Bookshop on the way home and picked up a new monologue book (as well as Ross Reports). There were a couple of pieces I liked and plan to work up.