Was great. Saw over 30 friends in the course of two and a half days. It was busy. My time was scheduled so I was going from one thing to the next. From 10 am until 1 or 2 am.
I went to the beach, two beach shows (Yea Pirate Show and Navy Show!), Qdoba, Jimmy Johns, Skinny Dipp, DW's, CPK, Panera, Cafe Moka, Williamsburg, Regent, FazBaby Room, Wawa, The Beech House, The Myers Abode, and more. :)
Awesome. And exhausting.
Click HERE to read about my first day back in the city
Second Day Back in the City
I stood in line to get rush tickets for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Stood next to a girl talking on the phone about how God had provided her with an awesome roommate in the city. After she got off the phone I started talking to her and asked to hear her story of how she ended up in the city and liked living there, etc. :) She gave me her email address so I can contact her later. Praise God for meetings like that. :)
After getting my ticket, went to the audition for Phantom to get my name on the non-equity list (I was #27 when I signed up at about 10:30). Female audition didn't start until 2, so I went to Starbucks to kill time.
My first Broadway Audition
At 1:30, the audition coordinator read through a list of Equity names. The people who were there walked up to the table, showed their equity card, and got a blank pink card with information they had to fill out. (Basic audition info...including past experience. Apparently the headshot went to the casting director, and the pink card went to the Music Director, so writing "see resume" was not allowed).
There were about 77 Equity girls auditioning. 77! I heard a group of them talking...they'd been in West Side Story or In the Heights together. It was eye-opening. Even after you've done a Broadway show or two, you still have to go to auditions and find work. Just because you have your equity card doesn't mean you stop auditioning.
I heard one girl talk about when she first moved to the city, the first audition she went to was the same type of call for Phantom. Only she was non-equity. She waited hours and didn't get seen. "And now I'm Equity and I know I'll be seen" she said.
I sat next to a girl I'd met briefly at the audition the day before. We patiently waited to see if there would be time to be seen.
Finally at 4 PM (after more than 2 hours of waiting) the audition co-ordinator read the non-equity list, and the first forty would be allowed to stay and audition. (there were more than 70 on the non-equity list) Thankfully I'd signed up earlier in the day. My name was called. I walked up, put my headshot in the pile, and started getting ready.
The Equity singers were asked to sing 16 bars. Non-Equity was asked to sing 8 bars. I picked one of the last phrases of one of my songs, and prepped to sing it. I played around with singing a higher note that wasn't written. I hummed it as I was sitting on the floor, but was unsure if I'd be able to do it in the audition.
The Actual Audition
I walked in, walked to the accompanist, gave him my music, and tempo, etc.
The auditioners said Hi, I responded in kind and then began to sing. (we weren't asked to slate, so I didn't)(so far I've gotten the impression from talking to people that unless you're asked to slate, you don't need to).
As I was singing my very short 8 bars, I was thinking "did I miss the place I was going to add the higher note? I think I did". Then before I knew it, I was hitting the note I wasn't sure I was going to sing. Ha.
The woman auditioner said "That's from the Apple Tree right?" I said yes. She said "Appropriate for a day like today when we can only hear 8 bars" Woot. I thanked them, then grabbed my music and left.
At least they got to see the real me
As I was exiting, I said to the auditioners "Hope you have a good evening!" Then I was opening the door to exit, I realized I hadn't thanked the accompanist. I had just grabbed my music and left.
So I'm opening the door as I turn and call back across the room "And Thank you....(realizing I have no idea of accompanists name or what to call him)...Mr. Accompanist Whose Name I Don't Know!" They all laughed, and I was out of there.
In Conclusion
This audition was actually the most fun audition I've done on this trip. The auditioners were great and personable :)
Did I perform my best? Pretty sure not. I know I still have areas to work on. Immediately:
Getting/Staying warm while waiting 3 hours to sing when you're not really given any place to warm up. I didn't feel I had a strong vocal start to either auditions yesterday or the day before.
And concentration! I know I shouldn't be thinking "Did I hit that note?" in the middle of the song. :)
But. Did I think at the beginning of this road-trip that I'd be auditioning for a Broadway show? Um. No! Yay Unexpected Summer!
Sorry my last couple blogs have been long-ish. If you read it all: congratulations. :)
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