Well, We Are Up To Audition 21

I don't remember a lot between auditions 16-20, so I cannot give you much info. They all felt like they went really well, but I did not get a callback or anything, so who knows!

Tonite was #21. I was invited to audition for the Village Players of Oak Park. I have auditioned for them 2x before, sent them my resume and headshot and they asked me to schedule a time to come out there. So I did and spent the last week and a half hunting for a dramatic monologue that I liked. It is so much easier for me to find comedic ones I like. I have a backlog of ones I want to work on! Anyway, I finally found one from THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER. It was different from my comedic and I liked it so....

Well, I spent today learning it, breaking it down, finding actions and emotions, memorizing it and just trying to get it on its feet. I feel like I have a lot more work to do on this one, but it felt like I had a strong start today.

I got there almost 55 minutes early, in part because I thought I had a 7:15 when it was actually a 7:45. I used the ladies, put on fresh lipstick and ran through my monologue. Then I went into the room. I did my comedic first and did not get one laugh. That is always a depressing feeling! Next was my dramatic. I thought the comedic was my strongest, so I opened with that. But I got more chuckles in my dramatic than in my comedic. Not sure how to read that one.... But, it is one that I have room to go with, and that is a good thing, right?

I noticed that the director(s) were taking a look at my resume. Is that a good thing or par for the course? Anyone know?? They seemed to take a looong look at it. I don't know. I'm just at the point where I want something positive to come my way.

Last night was #20 at Oakton CC. I did my COMPANY monologue, but angled to the side and trying to keep one point of focus (a change). I really don't know what to think. They asked me to stay and read a side, but it seemed like they did that with everyone. I looked it over, it was for a mom(! I don't feel that old, but whatev...). Read through it a couple of times and went back onstage. I talked it over with the director and her mentor to get an idea of the action and the feeling the character had and then performed it! Who knows what they thought about what I did....

So, now I sit and wait. I have an audition on Saturday that is a cold reading, an audition on Sunday that I have to prepare "Oom Pah Pah" from OLIVER and an audition on Monday for MAME, where my song might be too high for the character I am auditioning for. Busy weekend, maybe something will come out of this. I just have to keep plugging along and trying! Oh, and I also have to look into getting an agent...busy times ahead!