It has been a crazy couple weeks but I'm back and I have some thoughts on auditioning. Auditioning is tough. It makes you nervous. I get it. The key is to not think about it in that way. Most of us love acting, we love the chance to get to be someone else for a living. Auditioning is just another way of getting to do that. Auditioning is you getting to do what you love for a short period in front of a small group of people.
Also, go into an audition with confidence. You know your merits and you know what makes you you. Show the people in that room. Show them. Convince them that they would be making a huge mistake if they did not cast you in the role you auditioned for. Also, don NOT go into the room and be a diva. Your reputation stays in that room and with those people for a long time after you audition. Casting directors, directors, and producers have notoriously good memories when it comes to diva behavior. One more thing, don't expect that you will always get a leading role. A couple years ago, my friend was directing Cinderella. She had held auditions, done callbacks, posted the final cast list and was all ready to start rehearsals. On the first day of rehearsal, one of the girls dropped out because she didn't get a lead role. That is the epitome of diva behavior and people will not want to work with you if you behave in that manner.
That aside, guess who gets to see "Macbeth" this Thursday...oh yeah, it's me.
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