The Play Audition...

Over the last few weeks, I've been getting back in the habit of submitting myself for projects. It's been slow going, but at least it's becoming a habit, right? I haven't been getting an overwhelming response, but I'm remaining steadfast in my commitment to getting my face out there.

Well, last week I was asked to audition for a play.

I love the stage. It's such a wonderful and rewarding experience, but I'm going to take a moment to be really honest. I wasn't really interested in doing a play. It's a huge time commitment...hours of time for rehearsals and the run itself. That winds up being two and half months of nights and weekends...especially since this play consisted of a cast of three people. I will also admit that outside of professional productions [ie the Taper, SCR, etc], I'm often underwhelmed by the stage shows out there. I should probably go to some more shows, just so I can get a better cross section of the theatre offerings, but it's daunting especially when I've had to sit through some really uncomfortably bad shows.

But I had to put that all aside...at least those folks are putting it out there. They're offering up their talents to a very jaded audience. If I thought I could do better I needed to get my ass up and audition, right? So I confirmed my time, showed up with sides in hand and when I was called to perform, I gave it all I had. I felt pretty good about it. I did what I could in the limited time I had with the script and afterward I had no regrets. I did, however, still feel ambivalent about doing a stage show. I felt good about the audition and that was reward enough. If I got a callback, that would be icing on the cake.

I figured since callbacks were that weekend I would definitely hear from the producer by Thursday if I had a callback for the show. Nope. Nothing. Which is totally fine. And although I say I didn't want to do a play, why do I feel ever so slightly disappointed they didn't call me back?