It really does feel like I am being teased sometimes, especially in the last month. At least, I feel like I'm making progress.
It all began by me auditioning for the national tour of "Beauty and the Beast" and getting a callback for TWO parts, Maurice and Cogsworth. Then came "Rock of Ages" and I got called back for the musical's villain, Herr Hertz. Next was "Spamalot"...and I got called back for King Arthur. Just last week was "My Fair Lady" and the part this time was for Eliza's father, who sings that wonderful song, "Get Me to the Church on Time."
With all those shows, I am an unknown and many good people were at every callback. Getting cast takes a LOT of luck. Am I going to be lucky? I will know some time in the next couple of months as the process can be incredibly sloooooooooow! As for the Disney show, people have waited up to a YEAR before finally joining the production.
One GREAT project is that I filmed a national commercial last week! It will be shown every hour for the next month, starting in the second week of May. The spot is for Kioti tractors and I play a farmer. It's on a national cable program, "The Weather Channel." I also heard that my other commercial has been playing for a week now, also in markets across the U.S. That one is for Cox Communications.
Just today (and the reason for the "headline") I heard I am going to be auditioning for a part in the Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock movie, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" as they need an actor/magician between the ages of 50 and 60. I absolutely SWEAR I didn't write the advert for the part...but I sure could have. If I had, I would have added a part about needing to also speak Dutch, LOL!
The audition is tomorrow! Prayers will be greatly appreciated!
