I just auditioned for another musical.
Aug. 23rd, 2008 02:26 pmThe theater company here is holding auditions for the musical Chicago. Because I apparently wasn't doing ENOUGH stuff in November (five upper-level university courses, a job of some kind, and National Novel Writing Month).
Everybody who is auditioning has to do both a voice and a dance audition. The latter was a LOT of work, we had to spend an hour learning approximately one minute of dance choreography. It was fairly intense and had us down on the floor and popping back up and all sorts of stuff. The rehearsal/audition space is still largely unfinished, so it was dusty as hell - I'm just about to go hop in the shower, because there's nothing like being both dusty AND sweaty. I'm eager to get my makeup off, too. (I figured that I should make SOME effort to look the part. I wore high heels, too. What can I say? I tend to feel a character from the shoes up.)
The voice one was pretty easy, though - I learned the song over the past couple of days, so the worst part was being awake and functional and semi vocally warmed-up at 10 in the morning. I think it went over well, too, since they immediately asked me if I happened to know the song that "Big Mamma" sings. I said that I didn't, but that I'd be happy to learn it (since I AM pretty much vying for her role). They told me outright that they were going to call me and get me to come in some time next week to sing it, so I take this as being a GOOD sign.
I didn't really go into this thinking that I had ALL that much of a chance, and if I don't get a role I'll be able to work back stage on the production and get credit for it at school, which would be awesome. But getting the part would be awesome, too. It's a win/win situation! Though I am still going to be out-of-my-mind busy either way. That's probably not a bad thing, especially in light of my COMPLETE USELESSNESS over the past few weeks that I've been home. I'm really looking forward to school starting again so I have some focus for my life.
Everybody who is auditioning has to do both a voice and a dance audition. The latter was a LOT of work, we had to spend an hour learning approximately one minute of dance choreography. It was fairly intense and had us down on the floor and popping back up and all sorts of stuff. The rehearsal/audition space is still largely unfinished, so it was dusty as hell - I'm just about to go hop in the shower, because there's nothing like being both dusty AND sweaty. I'm eager to get my makeup off, too. (I figured that I should make SOME effort to look the part. I wore high heels, too. What can I say? I tend to feel a character from the shoes up.)
The voice one was pretty easy, though - I learned the song over the past couple of days, so the worst part was being awake and functional and semi vocally warmed-up at 10 in the morning. I think it went over well, too, since they immediately asked me if I happened to know the song that "Big Mamma" sings. I said that I didn't, but that I'd be happy to learn it (since I AM pretty much vying for her role). They told me outright that they were going to call me and get me to come in some time next week to sing it, so I take this as being a GOOD sign.
I didn't really go into this thinking that I had ALL that much of a chance, and if I don't get a role I'll be able to work back stage on the production and get credit for it at school, which would be awesome. But getting the part would be awesome, too. It's a win/win situation! Though I am still going to be out-of-my-mind busy either way. That's probably not a bad thing, especially in light of my COMPLETE USELESSNESS over the past few weeks that I've been home. I'm really looking forward to school starting again so I have some focus for my life.