Those who know about my childhood know that I spent a lot of it trying to be invisible. Then I spent most of my adulthood trying to remain unseen. With therapy, time, and healing, I have broken out of my shell a lot in the past year. Now the girl who wanted to be invisible wants to be seen!
I auditioned for a part in A Christmas Carol with the Glendale Centre Theatre last night. My friend April gave me the info, so I called and booked a time. When I got there and saw all the women - most younger and WAY prettier - lining the hallway, I thought, "Why did I think I could do this?" and almost walked out. But then the monitor told me to take a seat in a backroom where it was air conditioned, gave me a choice of parts to read, and bumped my reading up so I didn't have to wait very long.
The part was a cockney charwoman (a woman hired to do cleaning and menial work), and I had a lot of fun with it. The accent was the easy part as I like to talk in funny accents all the time (thank goodness for BBC), but I was nervous. The director said it was very nice, and as I was walking out, I heard one of the readers say, "That was a really fun one," so maybe! There were a lot of people auditioning for this show, and I wanted to read for Mrs. Cratchit, but things will work out the way they will, and I'm just glad I did it. Plus it was a good challenge to read.
Call backs are tomorrow, so I hope to find out today. Fingers crossed!
2 comments:
Good thing you didn't walk out, because then I'd be pissed and you'd have to answer to ME! :) Glad it went well, keeping my toes & fingers crossed for you!
HAHA! Yeah, I saw it through. Didn't get a callback, but it was still fun. Looking forward to seeing you next week!
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