Ok, so get ready for another long one....will try to keep it short.
I got a call today and I am in the ensemble of the show. I knew that was going to happen and the person who I suspected was going to get the part I wanted got the part. What made it tougher for me to get the part was they renegotiated how many equity contracts they could have and since I am non...I was booted off the list. Of course, there is no telling how close I was to getting the part, but who cares. Out of 60 people (40 from Tampa, 20 from NY) I was lucky to be cast. It;ll be fun and I look forward to learning a lot.
I went to the Florida West Coast Theatre Alliance auditions tonight. It was hell trying to even get there. I tried to get my headshot copied this morning at kinko;s...came out bad, they wanted it on disk, so I run home, put the files on a cd, bring it back, I forget to include the resume portion, but that is ok because i Wa streated rudely and told ot just do it myself at the computer, so I left. KINKO'S SUCKS ASS!!!!! So I was already running late. I run to school to teach my class but only keep them for 30 minutes because I Was underprepared. I run home, put the resume on the cd and go to Pro-Copy. NIce people. Cheaper. I go to my class. Bored out of my mind. Get out at four. Go to Pro-Copy. NIce People...Sucky Ass quality of printing. NO choice, so I grab em and go home. Change. Forget to shave. I am running late. I thought my audition time was at 7 with a call at 6....no no no, it was 6 with a call at 5. I left home at 10 to 5. He he he....so I am on the road and the trafiic was a PAIN IN MY ASS!!!! The rain did not help matters. I get to downtown St Pete and cannot find the damn theatre. FInally do.. It is 6:10. Obviously I missed my time so they add me to the list at the end.
It was good seeing people there that I knew. So I get called and I go into this room. I say hi and wave hello...no response. I give my music to the piano player and the nightmare begins. It is an electric piano with a metal single wire stand. My music is four pages long and the fourth page is falling off because the A/C is blowing on it. NOT A GOOD THING> I should have placed the whole thing on cardboard or in a folder. A bad fauz pas and sign of professionalism in theatre, but I thought it was going to be a real piano. Anyway, I sing my son. Could not hear the piano at all, but I kept on going. I end....nothing. I nailed the song tho, could have done a little more with my expressions.
I get to my monologue and they are in stitches. I was not sure if I shoudl have paused because we had a two-minute time limit and they stop you. So I took very short pauses. I was done and they were laughing, so I ended on a high note and did not wait for them to stop. I said thank you and left. So it wasn;t that bad. I am getting better at it. I did not feel nervous at all. However, I was not too appreciative of the woman knitting in the top right corner. I have no clue....
Went to dinner with some friends and then to the theatre unification party. Met some nice people. Offered some opportunities by others. Lauded for my audition. So I felt good, but I know I could have done better. All things I can use in August for the Florida Professional Theatre Auditions. So there ya go.... Now back to the real world.
I got a call today and I am in the ensemble of the show. I knew that was going to happen and the person who I suspected was going to get the part I wanted got the part. What made it tougher for me to get the part was they renegotiated how many equity contracts they could have and since I am non...I was booted off the list. Of course, there is no telling how close I was to getting the part, but who cares. Out of 60 people (40 from Tampa, 20 from NY) I was lucky to be cast. It;ll be fun and I look forward to learning a lot.
I went to the Florida West Coast Theatre Alliance auditions tonight. It was hell trying to even get there. I tried to get my headshot copied this morning at kinko;s...came out bad, they wanted it on disk, so I run home, put the files on a cd, bring it back, I forget to include the resume portion, but that is ok because i Wa streated rudely and told ot just do it myself at the computer, so I left. KINKO'S SUCKS ASS!!!!! So I was already running late. I run to school to teach my class but only keep them for 30 minutes because I Was underprepared. I run home, put the resume on the cd and go to Pro-Copy. NIce people. Cheaper. I go to my class. Bored out of my mind. Get out at four. Go to Pro-Copy. NIce People...Sucky Ass quality of printing. NO choice, so I grab em and go home. Change. Forget to shave. I am running late. I thought my audition time was at 7 with a call at 6....no no no, it was 6 with a call at 5. I left home at 10 to 5. He he he....so I am on the road and the trafiic was a PAIN IN MY ASS!!!! The rain did not help matters. I get to downtown St Pete and cannot find the damn theatre. FInally do.. It is 6:10. Obviously I missed my time so they add me to the list at the end.
It was good seeing people there that I knew. So I get called and I go into this room. I say hi and wave hello...no response. I give my music to the piano player and the nightmare begins. It is an electric piano with a metal single wire stand. My music is four pages long and the fourth page is falling off because the A/C is blowing on it. NOT A GOOD THING> I should have placed the whole thing on cardboard or in a folder. A bad fauz pas and sign of professionalism in theatre, but I thought it was going to be a real piano. Anyway, I sing my son. Could not hear the piano at all, but I kept on going. I end....nothing. I nailed the song tho, could have done a little more with my expressions.
I get to my monologue and they are in stitches. I was not sure if I shoudl have paused because we had a two-minute time limit and they stop you. So I took very short pauses. I was done and they were laughing, so I ended on a high note and did not wait for them to stop. I said thank you and left. So it wasn;t that bad. I am getting better at it. I did not feel nervous at all. However, I was not too appreciative of the woman knitting in the top right corner. I have no clue....
Went to dinner with some friends and then to the theatre unification party. Met some nice people. Offered some opportunities by others. Lauded for my audition. So I felt good, but I know I could have done better. All things I can use in August for the Florida Professional Theatre Auditions. So there ya go.... Now back to the real world.
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