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Greatest Audition ever! Greatest Audition Ever!

I auditioned for MC's Summer Dinner Theatre that i didn't make last year. It's hard to get in - there are a lot of great people in for one part. Alright, so my dancing sucked. There were two parts - a jazzy part and a ballet part. Lets just say I was bad at both, but worse at the ballet. My biggest problem was not being able to remember the parts (more so the ballet - it was all the same to me!) So we moved on to the singing, i got some water before hand, felt unprepared, but was pretty chill about it. There was 5 peope, not really that much time to get a panic attack. I was somewhat warmed up, I'd say, but not extensively, though I really think that dancing beforehand really helped! Anway, so I get up there with "Your Daddy's Son' (Ragtime) prepared. I know it....kinda...sorta...not really. And I've sucked majorly on the high notes. Knowing all this, I get up there and sing. The tempo was kinda (sorta) offbeat, and the second set of lyrics died, but the end with the "I buried my heart in the ground, when I buried you in the in ground." I get down on my knees, and then with " daddy played piano , bet he's playing 'still mama can't forgive him, don't suppose I will. God wants no exuses, I have only one. You had your daddy's hands. You were your daddy's son" I end up with my head near my knees, almost in a praying position. THe first time i heard the song done at Theatrefest this year, i saw the girl(who was very good) do it similarly to that. I just did that impromptu. Afterwards, the judges called me to them, and ask me if I was the girl that sang "Poor Wandering One" last year. They tell me it was so much better, and it was beautiful, and start asking about my taking vocal lessons. Then with the monologues, I went to a bathroom, and started really dramatizing the monologues, not trying to read them as I usually did, but actually tried to picture people that i knew that would fit the description. They gave me two monologues, (one from each show, both older people). The one from I think Annie get your gun, was supposed to be overdramatized - I had this line at the end that said, " beat me, violate me, ravish me. I'm ready." I said that like in a cocky sexual manner, and they laughed when they heard it.
Okay, so i feel really good about this audition. I think I have a very good chance at the ensemble, and i think i even have a chance at a lead!

WWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

:: Alina 8:14 PM Comments: Post a Comment