Hello Readers!
So I've decided that I'm not going to beat myself up for not doing this blog as much as I originally wanted. Life is busy and I don't want to bore you every other day with what new frozen yogurt flavor I tried that day. (Though so far, my favorite is Dreamy Dark Chocolate at Utopit in Baldwin Park. AHH-mazing!)
Well, it looks like it won't be happening with the Mouse again, and I think I'm just going to take a break from auditioning. It's great to hear all this wonderful feedback and support, but when there are no tangible results, you start to wonder and it gets a little old. Not giving up completely, but just stepping back.
And that's okay right now. I'm pretty much booked until January, if not March, so I'm doing pretty well. The Heiress is wrapping up this weekend and the family, plus Leannis and Erin, are coming to see it! It has been an excellent pleasure getting to work with this amazing cast, however, I will not miss the two hours of sitting backstage. ;) This means Pippi starts shortly, actually 7 days! So excited to be doing this fun children's musical! And while on the topic of the Rep, didn't get to do my House at Pooh Corner call back since it conflicted with Pippi, however, I have another Rep callback this Thursday for James and the Giant Peach, so yay! And while on the topic of callbacks, I had one for Grinchmas at Universal for the Narrator and it went well, so fingers still crossed on that one. Plus, Humor Mill is picking up with a brand new cast, plus one old me, and I'm very excited about the new and wonderful things we will be doing, including, hopefully starting regular shows at the Crowne Plaza Hotel!
Now the really big, fun audition I recently went to was for Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey's Circus's ringmaster! It was amazingly cool. Their whole artistic team was there, with lights and video cameras; I even got a little mention in the Orlando Sentinel. Pretty sweet. It was so weird because I didn't have much time to prepare (found out about the audition at
10 the night before. but proves you should always be familiar with your monologues and song book!) but they seemed to like me, so we will see. There were only 10 of us there, but they were also auditioning in New York and Las Vegas so I'm not holding my breath, but it would definitely be super awesome. So I should know in a few days. Plus, now a very large entertainment company has my information for future projects, so yay networking! I also had Mad Cow theatre season auditions and they went well. Will find out soon what (if any) callbacks I'll be getting. I'm really looking for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, Rashomon, and The Understudy (though I was also told to look at Legacy of Light by the amazing Peg O'Keefe, so I did.)Otherwise, not much going on. I'm taking any opportunity I can to network with the Orlando entertainment industry and am meeting more and more valuable people (with much help to my new beau. :) ) And like it's often said in this business, and any business really, it's a lot about who you know! So know people!
So TypeCast wants to know: Was there an audition or job that was just fun to go for, even if there wasn't the slightest chance of getting it?
