Summertime...And the Auditioning is Slow

Summer is notoriously and laboriously slow for auditioning especially when you are non-eq. I wish I could jump on the I'm-in-a-show-no-need-to-audition, but I think that is a little bit of career suicide. It keeps my chops up and keeps me being seen.

Since the last post not much has happened. I got a call from New Perspectives Theatre about Everyday Somewhere Here. I guess they are trying to make it happen over the summer, which would be great as I would definitely love to be a part of the project.

But I am not sure how that will work with Show Choir, though I am not sure how my role will progress. I spend much of the time offstage and don't really get to sing. Not gonna lie...it sucks as a musical theatre person. But the creative team are uber nice and the cast members I have spoken to seem very congenial. It's nice that Yolanda is in it and Jeffrey is MD'ing the show.

I attended a second seminar at A/C with a CD and an agent, Duncan Stewart and Joel Carlton, respectively. It was really informative and I learned a lot from them. The Q&A went well and then we each took turns doing our pieces. It was a little awkward but I got some great feedback from the two of them, they gave me some notes and a girl to sing one of my songs to (which helped a lot). I had hoped to do better than I did...but...what actor does not sing that. Watching other people and hearing the feedback really helped as well. It really confirms that everything behind that table is subjective and out of your hands and you can only go in their with good material and rock it out. I really hope to work with both of them, representation would be even better, in the future.

This week I have a seminar with a woman who has made a career out of proofreading. It's free so I'm gonna get some tips and had her my resume. I do enjoy the process, as odd as it may seem to some people, but I find it a pleasurable challenge.

And then the big day is the 18th when I audition for TheatreWorks. Third time is a charm...God, I hope. I REALLY want to land this job and this tour. I just think it would be a lot of fun, I would get out of the city and see the country, and get paid for it. Oh yeah, AND get my card. Hello!?!!?

I have to remind myself daily that I need to be patient and not to let myself get down over something I have not given enough time to. Yes, I am adjusting down from being spoiled back home. I am adjusting from just recently finding a rabid passion for this which just pushes me even more to set higher expectations. I can't really complain because I knew this was not going to be easy.