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My Blackfryars Auditions..
Hey kids!! How are you all doing? Here is how my day went Sunday! I just had to tell someone!
OK so I had decided Thursday to audition for the Ren Faire just for shits and giggles. My friend who was going to audition needed a ride and I though what the heck since I was there I wanted to see what it was like. So I had to work all day Friday, and Sat, and ended up memorizing my monologue in the shower Sunday morning(no really)! I hung the thing up on a shower ring and while washing my hair, recited the lines.
The audition time was at 1:35. I had to sing as well (eek)! and I had no idea as to what I was going to deafen the judges with until I got there!
I did my monologue, and then they were like "OK, so you wanna go ahead and sing for us." I was like, Umm OK! So under shaky legs I belted the only song that I knew right then and there only cuz it was stuck in my head, "Tell Me Ma," and old Celtic folk song. It actually didn't sound too bad. I effed up the 2nd line but kept on going. After, I kept apologizing and I told them that I only sang in like the shower and the artistic director was like "Don't apologize for being a great singer" I almost hit the floor! I told him "I heart you so much more for that! Thank you!" And then John, one of the Pro actors was like "OK, other then being a songbird, can you do anything else?" I almost peed myself then. I knew they were just being nice. But it felt good.
There were like 5 people in the room some were Pro actors and some art/cast peoples. "I'm great at being sarcastic!" I responded to John. I had them rolling and then I told them that "I am great with animals, but that wouldn't help me here." And they were like do you work with horses? I was like "Horses, dogs, cats, I am a certified pet care tech." And they asked if I rode and yeah, I rode (past tense its been ages since on the back of a horse consistentlybut i still get on occasionaly when I have the time.) so they were thrilled that I had horsey experience.
Then they asked me if I could stay for callbacks. I had nothing better to do, so I said Yeah! Really not expecting to be called back but I had time to kill and my friend who went before me, needed to stay anyway to find out if she got called back or not..
I sat there for like over an hour, and then this guy came out and called off this list of names for the callback for Blackfryars, and mine was called! I was like, "Can you repeat that in my hopeful ear?" So we went in (my friend and I and about 10+ other people), and did a bunch of group improves. I heart improve!
So that was over and John the one actor/judge, said that if we got anything, we should hear back from him in like 2 weeks or so and all that crap. And then the one judge lady was like "OK if I call you name please stay, everyone else you can leave." So I heard my name. I didn't know what to do! My friend's name wasn't called! I was like a deer in headlights! So this lil thing came in, her name I think was Jane Ellen. I have seen her for years at faire performing and she just has a stunning voice. I knew she was made the music director this past year, and she was like "OK, I want to hear you all sing" I had cotton mouth and nothing to drink and I was still all confused and couldn't still figure out why they wanted me to sing again! I thought once was enough torture...for them!
And so Jane had us all get up on the stage and as a group sing "Amazing Grace" She said that one person start it, and everyone else join in. So one girl was like OK who's starting it, and I donno what came over me, but I was like "I'll start if yall want me to." It was an unanimous "OK" I figured that no one wanted to make an ass out of themselves if they effed it up and I really didn't think about it till after we all sang and sat down and I realized what I had done. I rocked the start of the song though. and we all sounded great together. There was like 9 of us girls and a guy. And then she was like OK I love you all and wanted to end it there but then she was like OK, I want to hear your songs individually. I was like Oh man!
The 1st girl got up and started to do the "Star Spangled Banner" . I really liked her voice. Then I went 2nd. I though that since I messed up that line the 1st time singing, it REALLY matters this time, I had damn sight get them right.
So I started singing and the 2nd line that I messed up, I nailed and I felt great! I just kept singing my little song and I heard this lil squeal and puttering and when I looked down Jane (who was standing in the center of the room) was jumping up and down and had a huge smile on her face and giving the thumbs up and this one other girl was all happy too. She had worked at faire this past year as a Bonny Sot i think. I just loved the tone of her voice and the song she sang was beautiful, and was trying out again and they both looked really pleased. And as soon as I stopped singing, Jane let out this "YESSSS I LOVE THAT SONG" I was like "Sweet life!" Everyone else did like Happy Birthday and one girl did a song from Les Mis. My friend Lauren did the same song for one of her college performances and killed it and I LOVED that song !
And then they let us all go, and some of us stayed behind to ask questions, and chit chat and get pointers, and I was talking to the one lady and I asked her the diff between the part time "Blackfryers" and the pro cast, and so on..
Everyone is equal between Pro and Blackfryers, its just that Pro is there 6 days a week and they get paid, and Blackfryers is Part time (Only there to rehearse on Weds and Sats till faire starts) and doesn't get paid.
I didn't think that I wanted to do it before going in to audition but then as the day went on, I get bit by the bug as they say and now I really want it.
I ended up being the only one left in the room, and they were all talking to me like OK you should learn this song, or that.
My family always told me not to sing or more so never encouraged me when I did. They just didn't care, so I only kept singing in the shower or the car (that's my fav place) and it felt really nice to have a handful of people, whom I respected and admired on so many levels, be that pleased by what I did. I was honestly waiting on the 1st go-round an American Idol-esqu thing where they tell me "That was absolutely dreadful!" But they were all smiles and encouragement and it was the greatest feeling in the world!
I won't be too upset if I don't get anything, I'll still rock out in the Chocolate Shop. Of that I am guaranteed. I'm stoked just about that. I just hope, that if they do call me back and give me a something, they will be OK with me missing that weekend in October. If not, like I said I'm good at the shop. They already know what's up. I just don't want John and the other judges to be mad.
I'l put an update on all this tomorrow..