Audition (not the Takashi Miike film)
I just got back from general auditions from 5 local professional theater companies. This is one of those deals where you show up with 5 headshots and resumes, and you perform 1 or 2 monologues in less than 3 minutes. And THAT'S IT. That's all you get. No cold readings of any scripts with anybody else. Just a scant 3 minutes of your time.
So it's pretty daunting. Especially since these auditions are for the entire season starting in September, 2010 and ending in August, 2011. These 5 theaters (and all professional theaters, as far as I know) herd everyone together at one time to give them the once-over and then pick and choose who to call back for each individual show. They could call me up 6 months from now to read for a show they're doing in February. Until then, I wait.
I'm not just gonna sit around, though. If I don't hear from any of these places, I'll audition for community theater in the area. Not gonna sit by the phone, y'all. It would be cool if I got into something professional though, cuz I'd get paid, which would be a first for me.
Anyway, the audition went well. I performed a comedic monologue from a play I'd never heard of called Love Song by John Kolvenbach. (They have these great books called Best Men's Stage Monologues 2009 etc., which is where I found that little baby.) I read it for a few people before the audition and didn't get much of a reaction. When I did it for the casting folks today, I got quite a bit of laughter, which was unexpectedly awesome.
The actual auditioning experience was really nice. I would consider my audition a success, actually. Yeah. It went well. All the preparation leading up to it was extremely stressful, though, so I'm glad it's over.
We'll see what happens with the callbacks. I'll keep you all posted.
So it's pretty daunting. Especially since these auditions are for the entire season starting in September, 2010 and ending in August, 2011. These 5 theaters (and all professional theaters, as far as I know) herd everyone together at one time to give them the once-over and then pick and choose who to call back for each individual show. They could call me up 6 months from now to read for a show they're doing in February. Until then, I wait.
I'm not just gonna sit around, though. If I don't hear from any of these places, I'll audition for community theater in the area. Not gonna sit by the phone, y'all. It would be cool if I got into something professional though, cuz I'd get paid, which would be a first for me.
Anyway, the audition went well. I performed a comedic monologue from a play I'd never heard of called Love Song by John Kolvenbach. (They have these great books called Best Men's Stage Monologues 2009 etc., which is where I found that little baby.) I read it for a few people before the audition and didn't get much of a reaction. When I did it for the casting folks today, I got quite a bit of laughter, which was unexpectedly awesome.
The actual auditioning experience was really nice. I would consider my audition a success, actually. Yeah. It went well. All the preparation leading up to it was extremely stressful, though, so I'm glad it's over.
We'll see what happens with the callbacks. I'll keep you all posted.