There's something I love about rehearsing... You meet new people, work hard together and after a few weeks, you've put together a show! Well, we only have ten days to rehearse "Keepers" and after only two days, we have the two hardest songs pretty well "down," the opening and the closing songs!
As it turns out, I have two monologues to present, no solo songs, but given the short time involved, I don't really mind! I will rehearse my monologues tomorrow for the first time and I am pretty close to having them memorized but without any blocking (movement) which helps me memorize. This blocking will be a big help in really "anchoring" the words into my memory.
It's all very exciting, especially after we toured "Studio 54," a huge theater with a massive balcony. I took a photo on my phone and now that is my "wallpaper." It truly is a Broadway theater so after this show on November 1 at "Studio 54," I can actually say I performed on Broadway, LOL! Tickets are only $95. Anybody wanna come?
The next scene from "Death of a Salesman" at Columbia went pretty well. As a dream sequence, it was actually a nightmare for Willy's wife. I got to meet four new actors and in three rehearsals, we put together a 15-minute piece...that was supposed to only be about seven minutes long. Again, I am really working on my memorization skills, my weakest area, by far.
I auditioned for the "Actor's Project of New York," with only one of seven actors getting through. Well, using my comic monologue, I got through. This group develops original humorous pieces and plays. They charge a membership fee for the first year and then it's free forever. I'm still trying to decide what to do about it but am strongly leaning toward doing it as I LOVE doing original material, especially if I am writing it, too.
I did the last class for a five-week "Musical Auditioning" class, led by Dale Brown of Tara Rubin Casting. It went OK and I've ended up with a pretty strong song added to my "book," as musical performers call it. Overall, the feedback from the five agents who attended the final "performance" was luke warm. I listened to what I recorded of me singing that night and I was too careful. I just need to "go for it" and need songs that let me do that.
Another problem with my singing is this New York air, which I expected. My recorded voice sounds "thin" to me, but I'm also trying to flow through the acting part at the same time and the vocals are suffering. I'll get there.
Tomorrow, I hope to be auditioning for "Catch Me If You Can." I tried to get in there today but they were running late and then I had to go to rehearsal. I also have rehearsal tomorrow but the auditions "should" still be going on afterwards, if the poor agent hasn't lost his patience. There were absolute idiots there today, wasting his time. It shows the desperation of some performers...but they are keeping others from getting a chance.
At the same casting office, I hope to also audition for "Wicked," a show that is second on my list of ones I REALLY want to be in!!! The other is "Memphis!" by the way.
I also auditioned for and got a callback from the "Chamber Theater Productions" company that puts out shows to tour the entire U.S. It pays OK but I don't know if I should do that. I did a pretty crummy German accent during my second audition so maybe I blew it already. I don't know...
I think I may have already written this VERY true adage in my blog, "An actor's job is to audition." As long as these other projects don't get in the way of the other musical I will be doing, "Perp!" then that will be fine. Both "Catch" and "Wicked" wouldn't start until 2011, I think. Still, it is a very tough thing to get a part in either show, like one out of a thousand odds, I would guess. However, I will keep trying! Why shouldn't I?
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