HAPPY PRE-TURKEY DAY...
some interesting questions....
*I'm an aspiring actress, and the one thing that I have trouble with is auditions. How do you deal with them? I always have trouble being myself :-p
This is everyones problem and it's a BIG problem because auditions are the name of the game. It's like the lottery - "ya gotta be in it to win it" or "no auditions, no jobs!"
So - my secret is to not care about them. I know that sound funny and this is not to say that I don't prepare for them. But, instead of worrying about getting the job (which I have little control over) I do auditions for ME!! I concentrate on doing the utmost with the material I have, whether I chose it or they gave it to me(which is more often the case for me now...) I enjoy it to it's fullest because this may be my only chance to perform it - and then I forget about that audition and start preparing for the next one. Making sure you have as many auditions as possible is always good. Not only does it increase your chances of getting a job (the more lottery tix you buy...) but it decreases the time you have to be worried about the last one. It's a paradox to be sure - but what in life isn't? Another paradox? The less you "seem to care" the more relaxed and confident you seem to be and therefore the more attractive a hire you become. Funny, huh?
*Fredi, is there any chance that the OBCers who aren't reprising their roles will be involved somehow? I would love to see everyone make an appearence.
Me too... write in - make them use us!!! (I wonder if that would work?
*Ok, Fredi, some random thanksgiving-related questionsm and some other totally random ones
1. What is your favorite part of thanksgiving dinner
cooking it...
2. Your least favorite part?
shopping for it...
3. If you could live any place for a year, where would you live?
I've been blessed to live everywhere I've ever wanted to including: Paris, San Francisco and, of course, NYC. I'd love to see Africa and Japan before I leave this earth and now the only place I really want to live is back in Barbados when my husband and I have fulfilled our career ambitions here in the states.
*now to my questions: What was your Rent audition like?
Like any other - you go - you sing your song (I sang 3 Dog Nites' "Joy to The World") - you go to the callback - you sing something they give you (for me "Seasons" and "we're Okay") - sometimes there's a second callback (in this case not)- your agents haggle over which role you get...(they wanted me for Gwen - my agents insisted on JoAnne).. you sign and start rehersal
*and what was the rehersel processes like?
professional and without drama - (that didn't start till Jonathan died...) for me - that's the best kind of rehersal process..
This might sound a little harsh and for that I apologize ... but you need to know that it's not this "family" thing the way it is in High school and regional - yes, you make friends but this is a job now in the real world... people have families at home to go to.... you go to work in this biz like any other. I really don't mean to burst any bubbles --- put professional theatre is just that... work!!! In a very serious way. Most people are struggling to pay bills their ENTIRE career - Broadway does not pay what you might think... and people are not really as "buddy-buddy" as you might expect. on RENT we were an exception - even before tragedy brought us even closer together - but this is not the norm nor can it be an expectation. When you get a gig - you go to WORK. You show up on time - learn your blocking and music, don't suck up too much to the creative team, go home and do your homework so that you don't hold up rehersals the next day. If you are fortunate enough to be a part of a cast that becomes a "family" count your blessings. I tell you guys these things because you need to know the truth of the biz so that you are not so terribly dissapointed when you get there (as I'm sure you all will
) and realize that it's not like in the movies....
*On opening night before the show and after the show what did you all say to eachother, could you say anything or where just totally overhelmed by what had just happened on stage?
There is no way I can remember that... it was SOOOOO intense and most of it is a blur - I have flashes of moments that are crystal clear but the rest of those first 4 months is a fog...
*Also have you read any plays by Federico Garica Lorca ( blood wedding, yerma, dona rosita the spinster)?
I'm sorry to say I have not... I'll add them to my list
I'm glad to see you guys asking about auditions and stuff - i teach a class in this and normally people pay to pick my brain... think of it as a holiday gift and get it while it last....!!
*Fredi, dogs or cats?
Both - it depends on where I'm living as to what kind of pet I'll have - right now - we have a bird (a peach-faced love bird)
"Stupidity should be PAINFUL!" - Cam
"Yeah - painful for the STUPID not the rest of us!"
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