This is going off-topic, but the audition process has been pretty tarnished for me by some members of my immediate family, who have the attitude of "not cast=not enough talent." There are things I'd love to try for, but I can't really shake those thoughts, nor do I want to hear the riot act if I do show up and don't get cast: "Stop wasting your time," etc.
Therefore, until I'm living more independently, I've had to literally make my own opportunities (like with my Manhattan cabaret appearances). The good thing about that, though, is that it has enabled me to focus on writing and then sometimes be able to act in my own work. Nobody can say a thing when I do this.
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