My sad story

[FOCI]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:00pm

ok here is my sad story:
cast lists came up today at my school for the 2 plays we are doing and i didn't ace my audition but i didn't completely fu*k it up the way some people did( letting us know when they forgot lines etc.)...
i got the most throwaway part in the whole play! i have 5 or so lines in the first act, i am not in any of the second and then i have one line in the third about "look the flag is there on the pole" i am devastated. I wanted a part i could work really hard on and focus on character and it is hard to do that with something along the lines of maid#1. i am the ONE person at my school who has done professional theater and yet i get the worst part in the whole goddman play! I know this sounds ungrateful and I am grateful that i get to be in the play. i know i know there are no small parts only small actors. but honestly it sucks. ok thought i would share my story and see if anyone could cheer me up. thanks for listening
FOCI

[Blonde]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:02pm

i'm sorry that you're so upset. but sometimes the smallest parts can be the most memorable ones...if you make them that way.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:02pm

How about this!! Getting rejected from 3 shows in a row!

I hate when people gripe about it. You GOT into the play, enjoy that.

[shesings]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:03pm

sorry babe! that totally sucks. I remember my freshman year in high school I was told I was guarenteed the lead in our musical. Well all I got was chorus, and a totally crappy girl got the lead (another freshman). The teachers later told me they were teaching me a lesson for missing a test. However it all worked out in the end and I came out on top. People will recognise you for your talent! Don't worry about that. It all works out eventually. Unfortunatly it can be painful in the meantime. Keep your head up and go out there and to the best d*mn job with your crappy part. Everyone will see how wonderful you are... and how stupid the directors are for that matter!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:04pm

Oh, FOCI. I know how that feels. My junior year we were doing a one act play that we were going to take to competition. Well, I knew I was going to get the lead because, and not to brag, I was the best. As it turns out our drama teacher (bitch) gave the part to a senior because he was leaving that year. (Great way to cast, huh?)

Well, I wasn't even cast in the play and was furious! So I just complained non stop and worked on my own stuff for the competition. Anyways, flash forward to that day. They did their one act and the guy who got the part I wanted fell and broke his leg after 2 minutes on stage. It was fabulous. They cancelled the show and were disqualified. And me? Well, I was chosen best of the best for my event.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:07pm

Many high school directors are terrible directors, but even worse at casting.

It is mainly type-casting and political (ie. seniority crap)

Fortunately for me, type-casting usually falls in my favor, but I still think type-casting sucks.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:09pm

Dont worry...I tried out for all three of the shows at my college last week---and I didn't make a single one!

But I have another audition this week for Assassins...pray for me!

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:12pm

I was the second smallest part in my camp show (it was a drama)and I got the only laugh! It was so REWARDING. See if there's anyhting in the lines you can make funny, or cute or sweet. (I was Laura in "Young and Fair" If it matters). Be glad you got in and you can still get the stage high because you WILL be onstage which IS awesome.

[FOCI]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:20pm

thanks everyone. i stil feel like sh*t but i am really trying to make the best of it and get over myself. and it' s not a great accomplishment to get into the play because everyone gets in...oh well. i guess i am almost sort of embarrassed to tell people about the play and i don't want them to see me in it because the last thing they saw me n was a huge role in a really great theater.ahhhh! i feel so weird. thanks for all the stories too, i appreciate them and any more you know like that i appreciate also.

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 08:20 PM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:22pm

Just tell people the play is no good and as an actor, you just can't see yourself being in it. =)

[FOCI]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:23pm

:)

[megannn33]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:28pm

aww sweetie i am sorry. you should try to make your lines funny if you can. are you an understudy for anyone? i remember it was my first year in drama at middleschool and i was an understudy for this girl. i was like ohhh mann but everyone else in my grade got small parts. but it turned out that the girl never showed up for rehersal so i got to do the part. it was quite big. i was so happy. maybe something like that will happen for you. just try your hardest and keep your hopes up =]

[JC14]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:51pm

As a wise person once said, "there are no small parts, only small actors." Make the most of it and hang in there :)

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:52pm

Well, yeah, there *are* small parts

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:52pm

Priest, it's not the size of the ship...

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 8:54pm

Let me rephrase that.


Well, yeah, there *are* small roles.

[EyEs In The SpotLight]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:19pm

Sometimes Defeat is the best thing to Built you as a person. I know your probably going to be mad about that but I'm serious. In Kansas Freshman year is in junior high. Well as A freshman I had all the Lead roles..*Granted it was junior high* My sophmore year came around and I was finally in high school. And I got diddly squat. I worked on crew and I didn't understand why. The director was always saying what an awesome actress I was. He was a Jerk. SO I switched schools and My junior year I got leading roles galore not to mention I started doing community theatre like crazy and each role I got was better than The next. I audition for sound of music on the 20th and Feel confident. The reason being is that I have worked my tail off to get better and every defeat I get makes me work 10 times harder for my dream. Just because your not in the spot light that much doesn't mean your not important. Keep working and Every Let down just smile and remember that one day you will show everyone who said no to you!
I Hope you don't think I'm being rude. Just honest

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:24pm

i'm sorry to hear that. i know how that feels. i hope that you try to have fun though. i hope you feel better as well.

[timote316]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:38pm

I know how you feel, believe me. As a senior last year, I tried out for my high school's Fiddler. I assumed that I would be getting a singing part, as I'm one of my music teacher's favs and I was a senior. I did fine in the audition (messed up a few words while singing the Papa's part in 'Tradition', but nothing too major), and my best friend (who ended up playing Tevye), who sat in on all the auditions, told me he would cast me as Lazar. Anyway, I went into school the next week to find I was playing... the Constable. I was upset, but didn't say anything.

The show turned out great, altho our Lazar could have been better . (He actually could of. The kid that got the part is one of those people who are always depressed... We had a very boring and depressed Lazar)

My advice: keep your head up, and make them pay for not giving you a better part with your acting. That's what I did, and in my next play I was the 3rd lead! Good luck!

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:41pm

Make them pay? If I was ever not cast in my school show I would at least try to help out backstage or assist the director or something so that my face is there and I'm around the director so he or she might know me better for future shows.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:44pm

I'm sorry you got a small part! But think of it this way: Quality, not quantity. If you make your 5 or 6 lines incredible, compared to someone who has 100 lines who makes them all dull, who is the better actor?

Have fun in the show, even though you do have a small part. But just think that you're in the show!! Just having a few lines is better than not being in it!

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 9:49pm

Make your part good! I remember in my school play, we had a stupid director. It was my first year auditioning and everyone said I was amazing and that I was ure to get a lead. (The show was Seussical) The cast list was posted and I was a Who. I was really upset and I quit. Now I regret quitting. I found out I didn't get a lead because I was in 7th grade and it was my first year auditioning. Maybe he won't be as insane this year.