I am sure some of you are anxious to hear what happened at the audition today. While those who don’t care, well, they don’t even come to the site I am sure!

I can’t honestly say how I think it went. It’s kind of like in high school when I would come home after some big test I had actually studied for and my parents said “How did you do?” and I would say “I don’t know”. They would get frustrated with me and huff and insist I must know something but in all seriousness, I didn’t.

I never want to say I did well and have it turned out I bombed.  And I don’t want to say I bombed and look like a drama queen.  Instead, I just don’t know. Indecision is my friend in these situations. But, I can still tell you what happened.

I got there and the desk was unmanned. There were two other guys there filling out forms.  I picked up a form and did so as well. This was an open audition for their 2008 theatre season and all the plays looked great, so I circled them all. I attached my head shot and resume to the form and went pee (I have to pee when I am nervous).  I did my vocal exercises and stretches when I got back and went quickly through my monologues to make sure I remembered the lines. I did. That’s a good thing.  So I guess I can say I did good on the memorization part.

The audition people got back from their break. I was the first on the list. After a few more minutes of waiting the fella who ticked my name called me. Thank God I had a drink of water before or my throat would have been like the desert.

I walked through the doors and I could feel my heart thumping and my hands shaking. If someone needed a drink shaken and not stirred, I was the one to do it.  There was a man and a woman there on the stage. I walked up and they introduced themselves and were very pleasant. They asked me the basic questions, where I was from, what I would be doing for them today, blah, blah, blah and told me to start.

This was odd to me because after years of dealing with the crap at the Hobbs Community Playhouse, I had no idea what a professional audition was like.

I did my first monologue. The dramatic one. I can’t tell you how it went. I didn’t see them  react and I couldn’t hear them, even though they were just a few feet away. The man said “nice speech” and they looked at me and I asked if they were ready for my second one and they nodded.  I did it. It was a comic piece and they did laugh. Hopefully that is a good sign. When I was finished the man asked me again who the playwright was for my second monologue. I told him. They thanked me and I was excused.

The whole process took about five minutes and I was out.  I shook for about thirty minutes after. I won’t know anything for a few weeks. But we’ll just have to wait and see.