Hello readers-
I swear I haven't abandoned poor Kristi. Its been a whirlwind of activity in my life, and I'm seeing a slowdown here just in a bit (I go on vacation!!!! HOORAY!) where hopefully, you'll hear much more from the Eastern-end of the Midwestern pair.
The Farm Animal themed audition package went well. I think the pieces were strong (they might end up in the final 50)...but my nerves, alack, alack, alack...were not. As my supervisor says, "Pieces are more effective when there is focused energy, not sideways."
Let me tell you: I felt sideways, backways, upways, downways, allways during that audition. Ah well. There are 3 shows, three separate callbacks. As of now, I'm 0 for 1. We'll see about the others.
I wasn't planning on many more auditions until this spring, but I'm going to spread out a bit- see what I can find in the way of smaller theatres, maybe some things at the university near me. I LOVE a good independent project, and I can't wait to see what my city is hiding.
My next attempt will be looking at what I've missed-the good man's monologue that can be transformed, the monologue from the plays we all studied in school but were too afraid to (over)use, monologues made from chunks of a conversation, heck, monologues within the pages of a newspaper. I've also been listening to quite a few books on CD while driving too and from work, and I just recently finished "The Penelopiad" by Margaret Atwood. Boy, if she can't write a wonderfully decent 1st person story, I don't know who can. And her stories are good. Darn, good.
Have a wonderful holiday weekend everyone, and enjoy the fall weather...atleast for today. :)
All Best-
Whitney
