What Is Your Reputation?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 4:10am

Are you seen as difficult to work with or as a complete professional?

I'm seen as a bizarre humanoid who can't work technology.

[musicman_17082]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 3:10am

What a... er... interesting... question...

Clarify: What do you mean? In what scenario? At school? At the theater? With friends?

I'll answer all three:

school: over achieving school-club-addict artsy kid

theater: pretty easy to work with altho many see me as arrogant... something i find completely stupid... anyone successful in my town is considered arrogant... its called CONFIDENCE people!

with friends: the voice of reason... people never come to me with emotional issues because they claim i posess no emotion... but they are always asking my opinion on anything else!

[cait]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 5:37pm

My acting coach always calls me a "smart actor," which I think is a huge compliment. So I guess I would say I'm easy to work with. Both on and off stage.

[MerMaggieGalinda]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 6:19pm

My choir director told me that even when the attention isn't on me in a number or any show, people will always look at me because I'm always full of energy on stage and spice and pizazz. I thought that was a great compliment!

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 8/23/07 at 2:43pm

I feel like I'm a joy to work with because I am very open to direction and I am a personable and very funny individual off-stage.

As far as with my competition, I hope that they see me as a force to be reckoned with, because I will try my best to beat you out for a part. But I would never get nasty or mean about it. I just plan on kicking ass in the callbacks.

Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:18pm

I am good to work with because I feel as though I am open to direction and will work with direction, in my own time, to bring something unique and pliable to each rehearsal so that when it comes time for performance, I have taken everything I can from the part.

I, as well, am a force to be reckoned with when it comes to auditioning. I will do anything I can to get a particular part, always in the best spirits though. I know people who will just make catty comments right before you go into the audition room like "Your last note was a little flat" referring to my warmup before I go in, just to wreck my confidence. I would never do that, and I feel as though that helps me in the long run.

[Boq101]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 7:31pm

I'm seen as a revelation. I give horrible auditions but I'm amazing after I get cast. I don't know why, since I feel I'm doing the same thing...

If not that then as the mediator between the director and the cast, I'm always considered part of both.

[nate2]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 11:33pm

I'm VERY easy to work with. I always respect whoever is in a scene with me and treat everyone kindly. I'm also a total goofball during rehearsals. When it's time to be serious i'm serious and I work my ass off. But I always find some way to make things funny at some point.
Updated On: 10/23/07 at 11:33 PM

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 10/23/07 at 11:50pm

i'm easy to work with once i get to know who i am working with. usually i am kinda shy at first. ha ha. my directors usually tell me that i am very professional, which of course is always good. i work hard & care about my role no matter how big or small.

[AngActing]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 12:59pm

>> As far as with my competition, I hope that they see me as a
>> force to be reckoned with . . .

Interesting thought . . .
I don't see other actor/singer people as 'competition'. We are each individuals with are own unique talents and ways of showing them. Yes, we may be up for the same show and/or same roles, at times; and I am a force to be reckoned with [that is a given] as "I know I am a Broadway star who is closer and closer everyday to her Broadway debut". Nevertheless, there's room for everyone and when it is the right show and the right time, the role will be mine.

>> because I will try my best to beat you out for a part.

Perhaps because I am older . . . I don't have to "beat out" anyone for the part. I am talented, I will be great in the role and I work on my craft each and everyday and my auditions are always great, fun and top-notch. The casting directors see this, too [I know this and believe it] -- and when it is time, be it now, tomorrow or the next show; I am and will be cast.

>> I just plan on kicking ass in the callbacks.

I also believe, when I am not cast . . . that the one cast is also wonderful, unique and will do the role beautifully. Perhaps different than me . . . as we are different people . . . but great! It was just their time for that production and not mine, yet.

And due to this, my reputation is wonderful. In fact, there have been times I've been cast without an audition! I have a strong work ethnic, a team-playing/accepting attitude [since a cast is a team] and gave up jealously and competitive thoughts years ago.

Yes, not to say I don't hone my skills (with voice lessons, acting classes and even teaching the craft), continually, I do . . .and share this wonderful journey and love of theatre, acting, singing, the arts with my fellow devotees.

In short, I'm doing it for love and I cannot imagine doing anything else with my life. I am happy and grateful to share this love with you on stage or at auditions! So, we all shine brightly! In short, I cheer you on, even if we're up for the same show and same role!!!

[AKDPerformer]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 9:26pm

I've been told i'm "impressive" and I "always deliver, because I do my work well."

:)

[roseaddams]

Posted: 10/31/07 at 3:59am

I'm very personable and friendly, and I can kick back and have a good time at rehearsals if the occasion calls for it. But when work needs to be done, I've done it. Lines memorized, blocking remembered, character established. My high school drama teacher saw me mainly as a character actor, and as such I had a few good juicy five-minute parts in most of our shows. So I'm dependable in that respect.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/5/07 at 12:00pm

lol- I'm seen as knowing my stuff better than anyone else in my city region, but by quitting one show due to serious production disputes, I am now for whatever reason, seen as irresponsible. A reputation I wholely see as undeserved.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 9:28pm

Have any of you gotten a fight on set or onstage?

[jeff_thedancer]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 10:41pm

i threatened to leave Once Upon a Mattress because i was sharing my dressing room with chorus. me(king) and dave(dauntless) got it. all it took was a diva fit.

hahaha not common but i aint sharing my make up and space with local chorus kids who dont take the show seriously. thats the problem with most community theater its fun,but you have to take some pride and man up.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/08 at 11:02pm

That was a bit of an asshole thing to do. Sorry, mate, but it's the truth.

[jeff_thedancer]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 1:00am

u obviously have never worked in guelph,ontario.

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 4:01pm

depends who you ask. You'll get one of these:

The crazy, brave, kind of stupid yet funny one and is obsessed with musical theatre

The spaztic, crazy one that always seems drunk and is really sarcastic and is obsessed with musical theatre

The awkward, neurotic one who can sing operas and is obsessed with musical theatre

[springrentawakened]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 4:06pm

Ooh, fun :)
School - Spazzy, energetic, OCD, club-obsessed, crazy girl who is ALWAYS singing RENT in the hallways
Theatre - ALWAYS in character, good singer, kind of cocky, a bit of a diva, socially awkward, funny, improviser, horrible at learning lines (very very bad, I improv a lot), bad dancer
Friends - Shoulder to cry on. Always there for them. Advice-giver.

[PookieBear]

Posted: 7/21/08 at 10:47pm

at school - the girl who is obsessed with musicals, is every music teacher's pet and when bored, sings queen of the night from the magic flute in the changing rooms (HAHA!)

with friends - the funny girl who always has her dumb blonde moments and constantly tries to get her friends interested in musical theater!

theater - fun to hang out with, always breaks character, doesn't handle rejection well (COUGH! NOT TRUE!), the girl who always gets the leads, good singer and dancer but never serious in acting, a bit cocky

TADA!

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 7/22/08 at 2:37pm

Depends on who you ask.

[SarahBeth]

Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:36pm

The drunk.

Just kidding.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:27pm

Wow. I'm glad I don't know any of you in real life.

I keeeed. I keeeed.

My reputation is essentially the same: Incredibly strange, lots of eccentricities, deep monotone grate of a voice, full of ideas, will call you up at 3 AM and make you do an impression of something. I'm always calling people. Always.

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 1:16am

Incredibly strange, lots of eccentricities, deep monotone grate of a voice, full of ideas, will call you up at 3 AM and make you do an impression of something. I'm always calling people. Always.

aw, that's so cool. I wish someone would call me and do impressions. Hell, I wish someone would call me at all. I'm awkward during phone calls. I can text, IM, and have an in-person conversation, no problem though. Wow, that was off topic. Meh.

[sleepyguy1717]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 5:10pm

I'm the perfectionist. At my school, no one really cares about doing the musical. But they insist on auditioning anyways. And I have incredibly high standards for myself and the show, so I'm always bitching about someone not doing their best. Off stage I'm the clown, but onstage, I'm really nit picky.

Updated On: 7/24/08 at 05:10 PM