The cast of Happy Hour at the 45th Street Theatre.

It's been nearly 6 months since I've posted anything here, and I feel rather guilty about it. Here's a quick recap...

Happy Hour opened and closed. I nearly got fired from work for my crazy schedule, but it was worth it. If you're wondering which one is me in the picture, I'm the one in the front of the blue guy's left shoulder, grabbing her boobs. It was so much fun.

It took me a while to audition or submit myself for anything else due to various personal reasons.

I started resubmitting myself for a number of things recently. I tried a few print ads, Law and Order: SVU, regular L&O, CSI: NY... Nothing is catching right now.

Last week I attended my first theater audition in nearly 6 months. It went well.

It was for the National Yiddish Theater, and the most educational audition I've ever had. I learned that "I've Gotta Crow" is a really fun audition song regardless of whether I remember the lyrics to the second verse, and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" in Yiddish is rather tricky.

For those wondering, it's Kop, Oxlyn, Kuhnee, un Fis. Kuhnee un Fis. Kop, Oxlyn, Kuhnee, un Fis. Kuhnee un Fix. Oygn, (undistinguishable Yiddish for ears), Nos un Moyl. Kop, Oxlyn, Kuhnee un Fis. Kuhnee un Fis!

Entertaining as always.

I'll be looking for new auditions for Thursday this coming week. If I look today, it'll give me a lot of time to prepare...

Updates

I haven't posted here in a while because, to be honest, I was bummed. Here's the story...

I went to the StrawHat Audition kinda banking on at least 1 callback. I felt confident in my abilities and knew I looked good. However, after having what I thought was a good 90 second audition, not 1 theater called me back. Nobody. Everybody else in my group got at least 1 and I had nothing. It was not a good feeling.

So I went home and bummed around.

I also started thinking about the situation. I can get film and TV parts and I've been lucky enough to be on set for various things. Film seems to come naturally and it's a better fit for me. The director is more hands off and it's not so micromanaged. I like that.

So I decided to take a break from theater to focus on film and TV.

Then I got this casting in my mailbox:

SEX, RELATIONSHIPS,AND SOMETIMES...LOVE

GINGER

LeadFemale / 19 to 40 / Am-Indian, Asian, Caucasian, East Indian, East-In, East-Ind, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Middle-East, MidEastern, Mixed, Multi-Ethnic, Native American, Pac_Islander, Pacific Islander, PacificIsland

Ginger is adorable, totally in love one minute and totally in hate the next , silly and fun


I can do that.

On a whim, I submitted myself for the role. I didn't expect to hear anything back, but I figured it was worth a go.

Imagine my surprise when they wanted to see me for an audition. I went in last Monday and read for them. The casting lady seemed very nice, but the theater seemed disorgainized. Oh well, no big deal.

They asked for a callback on the spot.

I went back in on Wednesday for this callback. They cast me on the spot.

Finally, I got cast in an Off-Off Broadway show!

My first rehearsal was yesterday and it went well. I feel like I stepped in it a bit with the guerilla-style they're going for. I like to know my lines and have some creative input. That's not gonna happen with this show. However, it seems like it'll be a rather interesting experience and I'm willing to give it a go. Plus, it'll look great on my resume.

Even though there's no pay and I very well may get fired from my full-time retail gig, I feel very lucky to have this show. It gave me a gigantic confidence boost. It told me 'you know what? You ARE castable and not this ridiculous little creature that will never get a show.' It's hopefully the beginning of the end of my retail gig.

In other updates, I wasn't seen at all for Sophistry. However, I got the book and it's something new for me to work on.

The meeting with Barbizon went amazing. They really liked me and want to take me on as a shoe model. Yay for small feet and pedicures!

The meeting with the casting agency went well too. They gave me a Nokia commercial to read and gave me direction to play with. It was fun. They liked me as well, so kudos to me for having a great day!

I also saw Billy Elliot on Broadway. It was amazing! Go see it!

Today brings rehearsal from 2-5. We'll see where this goes...