Auditions, Callbacks And The Wait

So, I love to do plays and musicals but I HATE to audition! It is so scary!!! I had decided awhile ago that I was going to audition for Annie Get Your Gun at Rodgers Memorial Theater. In hopes that it would help, I chose a song over a month before the auditions. I chose Windy City from Calamity Jane. I got the music ordered and they said it would take a week or two for it to come in. Well two weeks came and I hadn't heard from them. I called and they said it was "in transit". "OK" I thought "I can wait a few more days". A week later and still nothing. I go into the store and got someone that would actually help me instead of telling me something to get me to wait longer. She called the vendor and it turned out that they didn't even have any evidence of my order. They priority shipped it to the store but it was a weekend so I had to wait several more days till I got it. At this point it's only about a week and a half from my audition. So much for my being prepared way in advanced. I would have got it online or somewhere else but nowhere local had it and online it was way expensive! I knew that this was the perfect song for the audition for i'm glad I was able to get it. My bishop's sweet wife helped me practice and prepare my song.

I knew I was in trouble a couple of day's before my audition because I was way nervous! I prayed and prayed and prayed that I would be calm enough to do my best. I was still nervous until it was my turn to sing. After the first few words I was able to ditch the nerves and do my best. They asked me to stay around for the dance part of the audition. Then I got nervous again because I have worked with this choreographer and knew she can be intense. Most of the past dance auditions I have had with her have slaughtered me. Well I guess this was the exception because it was pretty easy.

After I went to work because it was Conference weekend and I knew it would be busy. It was! When I went to leave I noticed I had a message. I MADE CALLBACKS! I was so happy! That next Tue I had the Callbacks. It went really well I thought. I learned a section of two different songs. One we sang as a group and the other I sang with another girl. Then the dance callbacks. I lucked out again! We relearned the same dance from the audition. How lucky can I get? I think I did well. They said in a week or so they would let people know if they made it. The time came and then went. I didn't make it : ( or did I.

I got a call a couple weeks later saying that they had had some casting issues and asked if I still would be interest in being in the show. Heck Yes!!! Right now I am practicing for the show. I am in the ensemble of the Tue/Thur/Sat cast. The show runs June 17th-July 17th. If you can come do. It's a fun show... and I'm in it : )