Audition 23

This past Friday marked the last week of our project, 30 in 30. This past Friday, we had an audition, which we counted towards our 30 in 30, precisely because we obtained the audition within our 30 day time frame. Stephanye, a colleague of mine, actor and executive producer of Nombril Productions, played the game and brought Kevin, Matt, and myself in for a "general." It was great. She gave us each feedback and notes. It was a wonderful audition experience. Later that evening, I also filmed a short vignette with Matt Cody and Darin Quan who auditioned me on Tuesday....dialogue was improvised but it was great practice and it's already edited and posted! Very cool! Friday marked my 15th audition! I am proud to say that I reached my goal of 15 auditions in 30 days! It's been a HUGE learning experience. I want to thank each and every person who helped me to reach this goal, to Kevin my partner, and for all of those who supported us and followed our progress on this blog.

Project Title: Audition 23

Location: Nombril Productions

Date: Friday, October 23, 2009

Time: 2pm

Submitted by: Self

Role: n/a

Medium: Theater/Film

People in

Audition Room: Stephanye Dussud & Jeremy

20, 21, 22

Friday morning I had an audition for a short student film at the New York Institute of Technology. Frankly, I didn't even realize that the NYIT had a film program. Or that there was a NYIT.

Anyway, the format was cold readings and the part I was reading for was an Irish priest so I had to pull my Iish dialect out of my a**.

The interesting thing about this particular audition was that the auditioners were nervous. I'm sure that it was because they were students and this may well have been the first audition that they were conducting on their own, but it was strangely comforting. Because of their nerves they became human and not figures to decide my fate. As a result, I was able to walk away from the audition that I felt ambivalent about and do just that--walk away.

On to the next....

Lara was kind enough to set up auditions for us with a friend of hers who has a production company that produces both film and theater.And Stephanye and her partner Jeremy were kind enough to carve a bit of time to see us. I did the Insomnia monologue for them and they gave me some interesting direction which I've started to incorporate into the piece.

Today I had a class at one on one that was designed to brush up on screen skills. The class was taught by an old friend named Suzy Savoy. She's never seen me perform and I'd never been in a class that she's taught, so there's that moment where your deeply hoping that you/they don't suck. Luckily, Suzy rocks as a teacher and I did a bang up job with the monologue.

Check it out!
one on one on camera monologue

Suzy is kind enough to agreed to sit down with me and allow me to pick her brain. It's my impression that she wants to take me under her wing. Which is pretty awesome!

Project Title: Audition 20

Location: NYIT

Date: October 23, 2009

Time: 10am

Submitted by: Self

Role: Priest

Medium: Film

People in

Audition Room: Charlie Sincinito, et al

Project Title: Audition 21

Location: Nombril Productions

Date: October 23, 2009

Time: 2pm

Submitted by: Lara

Role: n/a

Medium: various

People in

Audition Room: Stephanye Dussud & Jeremy

Project Title: Audition 22

Location: one on one productions

Date: October 24, 2009

Time: 2pm

Submitted by: Self

Role: n/a

Medium: Video

People in

Audition Room: Suzy Savoy and students

Auditions 18 & 19

So we met with Janice at Ripley-Grier and had her record our auditions on video! It was great to see Kevin's work. His work was so concentrated and specific, really lovely. As always, it was great to meet with Janice who has been such a source of inspiration for me.

Project Title: Audition 18

Location: Ripley-Grier

Date: October 19, 2009

Time: 3pm

Submitted by: Self

Role: n/a

Medium: Video

People in

Audition Room:Janice & Kevin

Yesterday, I auditioned for Darin Quan, a filmmaker. It was fantastic. I auditioned with two of my monologues. He gave me a few adjustments on each piece and all of his notes were not only helpful, but brought up so many new and creative choices for me. I really enjoyed the collaborative experience and look forward to the possibility of working with him in the near future!

Project Title: Audition 19

Location: Champion Studios

Date: October 20, 2009

Time: 3pm

Submitted by: Matt Cody

Role: n/a

Medium: Film

People in

Audition Room: Darin Quan

Auditions 15, 16, & 17. Woot!

So, I'm behind the stick at The Brooklyn Inn last Wednesday and one of my regulars, Paul Kelly, is done for the evening.

"Send me off with some Shakespeare," he says as he pulls on his coat.

I take a second to consider, decide I'm going to go for it and then launch into Hamlet's speech to the players. I do the speech directly to him. I could see in his eyes that he was a bit taken aback that I took the challenge (for challenge it was) and furthermore, that he was going to get it full on. He was rapt. When I finished, he was silent for a moment then smiled, shook my hand and thanked me. When I saw him next, he thanked me again.

This whole audition thing is getting easier. Sure, there's a certain flutter of nerves before I begin, but once the words begin, once I'm in the character, I'm having fun. Yes, auditioning is the job. I'm beginning to enjoy the job.

Yesterday, Lara and I met with Janice to check in and record our pieces. For me, one of the exciting things about the experience was wanting, actually wanting, to go first in the taping. Again, I'm enjoying the doing. I'm confident in what I have to present--to give as an actor.

Below are links to both of our pieces:

Kevin's monologue.

Lara's monologue.

Later that same day, I had the pleasure of hanging out with my friend, Jess Cohen, a really talented actress. We hadn't seen each other in a while and spent a lot of time catching up and my recent successes with auditioning came up.

If you haven't been to Bar 13, they have a rooftop deck. We went up for a smoke and she was asking about my pieces so I decided to just do them for her. Which I did. And again, the lack of fear was what struck me. I just loved doing the pieces!

I'll tell you, if there's nothing else I take from this project, it'll be that: the love of the doing.

Project Title: Audition 15

Location: The Brooklyn Inn

Date: Wdnesday, October 14, 2009

Time: Around 9pm

Submitted by: Self

Medium: n/a

Role: n/a

People in Audition

Room: Paul Kelly and others

Project Title: Audition 16

Location: Ripley-Grier Studios

Date: Monday, October 19, 2009

Time: 3:40pm

Submitted by: Self

Medium: Video

Role: n/a

People in Audition

Room: Janice Hoffmann & Lara Silva

Project Title: Audition 17

Location: Rooftop Deck of Bar 13

Date: Monday, October 19, 2009

Time: Around 7pm

Submitted by: Self

Medium: n/a

Role: n/a

People in Audition

Room: Jess Cohen

Auditions 13 & 14

Having recently reached out with a mass email to all my friends and family about possible auditions, two remarkable people offered themselves up as guinea pigs and/or auditors. These two remarkable people happen to be my siblings (I'm only slightly biased in my opinion of them.) My brother Ronnie lives 3,000 miles away in California and currently freelances as PA on commercial and film productions in LA and my sister is an ever busy PhD candidate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx in bio-medical research. Now, given the distance and their crazy schedules we bring in technology and voila! Today I auditioned for each of them separately over video chat!

It was a very interesting experience, I had never video chatted before and performing via video...it was great! It was exciting to share my work with two wonderful people whom I love and deeply respect.

Project Title: Audition 13

Location(s): My home in Queens & my childhood home in Santa Cruz, CA

Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Time: 2:13pm EST/ 11:13am PST

Submitted by: Self

Medium: Video

Role: n/a

People in Audition

Room: Ronnie Silva

Project Title: Audition 14

Location(s): My home in Queens & my sister's apartment in the Bronx

Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2009

Time: 8:00pm EST

Submitted by: Self

Medium: Video

Role: n/a

People in Audition

Room: Andrea Silva

Audition 11 & 12

Auditon 11

I was visiting a friend on the UWS whose neighbor, John McNally, is a filmmaker. She knocked on his door and asked him if he could spare a few minutes for my project. He said, "sure," and I briefly explained the project and then performed a monologue from Face Divided by Edward Allan Baker. Afterwards, his response was, "I didn't expect it to be that good," and my friend said she got chills. It is a very powerful piece. I like it very much.

Project Title: Audition 11

Location: UWS apartment

Date: Monday, October 12, 2009

Time: 5:50pm

Submitted by: a friend

Medium: n/a

Role: n/a

People in

Audition Room: John McNally, my friend

Audition 12

Right after leaving that audition, I checked my phone, and had a message from Actor, Director, and Vocal Coach Joanne Pattavina, whom I have studied with and who I deeply respect as an artist. I had left her a voicemail and asked if she'd be available for an "audition opportunity." She had 15 minutes to spare and luckily was in the same neighborhood. Now, I did the same monologue, but somehow, perhaps because of our history, because I wanted to do well, I felt I was watching myself, I also felt outside of myself and I knew it wasn't going as good as I would have liked it to go. Joanne was great, because unlike most of my auditions she could give me feedback, and really useful feedback. She picked up on exactly what I felt was going on. She said I was telegraphing, that there was distance between "me", Lara and the "character". I was also playing around with a bit of an accent because the monologue is about a poor/working class couple from Providence Rhode Island. It was a great note, either really work on the accent OR drop it. Great advice. Really grateful for both the auditions, really great experiences.

Project Title: Audition 12

Location : UWS apartment

Date: Monday, October 12, 2009

Time: 6:20pm

Submitted by: Self

Medium: n/a

Role: n/a

People in

Audition Room: Joanne Pattavina

Audition 10

Sunday night. It was another open call, this time for Looking Glass Theater's festival of short plays. Matt Cody met up with me there and we were seen in the first group. 1 minute brief contemporary monologues. 8 down 7 more to go!

Project Title: Winter 2009/Director Forum

Location: Looking Glass Theater, 422 W. 57 Street, NYC

Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009

Time: 6:15pm

Submitted by: Self

Role: Various roles in short plays

People in Audition Room: 10 or so women, names were not provided

Audition 9

Just a quick post:

Got a call from a submission that I did on Backstage early yesterday afternoon. It was for an NYU short and the director wanted to see me in the early evening. Luckily, I'd had enough coffee to field the call. Also, luckily I didn't have to be at work until 10pm.

Go luck!

I think I'm really getting the hang of this. No nerves and had a great time. I could get used to this!

Project Title: Baby
Location: 35 West 4th Street
Date: Saturday, October 10
Time: 7:20pm
Submitted by: Me
Medium: Film
Role: Principal Role
People in the Audition Room: Tine Thomasenn, Allison (didn't get her last name - we auditioned together)

Audition 8

Today at 12:30pm I went to Judy Henderson Casting to audition with commercial copy for a Wal-Mart commercial en espanol. We did 2 rehearsals with the copy and 3 times on tape. I realize that my pronunciation and the accent I use when speaking Spanish could be improved. At one point she said, "Great attitude, now with the better Spanish, I can hear some American in there." Funny, but all in all a great experience. I would love to be going out for commercials all the time. This is audition 7 out of 15! Almost half-way there!

Project Title: Wal Mart Commercial

Location: Judy Henderson Casting 330 W. 89th Street

Date: October 9, 2009

Time: 12:30pm

Submitted by: Avanti Talent

Medium: Commercial

Role: Young Mom

People in Audition Room: Judy Henderson

Audition 7

Yesterday I woke up around 5 am to make the line outside the Equity building by 7:55 am for an EPA for Ground-Up Productions. They were looking for actors for a reading series. I was #5 on the non-union list. As I sat there, Meagan Barno walks in. We met at the Ward Studio and had performed together in I Wish You A Boat 3 years ago. Which was great. We got to wait on line together! Then, my friend Stephanye, an Equity member, said the list was looking good for us to get seen, at that point, they only had people signed up until 10:10am.

While in line, I get this call from a manager who hasn't called me in over a year, for a commercial for Wal-Mart in Spanish at Judy Henderson Casting for tomorrow!!!

Lunch hits, we haven't been seen.

Now it's 3:45pm. None of us had been seen and no updates. Then Katia Hoerning and Matt Cody arrive at the building at about the same time. It's a bit of a reunion. Matt has EMC points, goes into the lounge and speaks the monitor who tells him she's not going to get to any of us. So we leave, a bit saddened and disappointed.

Luckily, all is not lost. Matt told us about an open call for The Milk Can Theater Company at Ripley-Grier. We get there early and are seen in the first 1/2 hour. Audition 7 for our 30 and Audition 6 of my 15...I want to break the halfway mark this week!!! Thanks to Meagan for spending an entire day with me and Matt for the heads up on the audition... and also to the lovely girls who were waiting on line with us.

Project Title: The River- a play
Location: Ripley-Grier Studios-520 Eighth Avenue, 10th floor
Date: Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Time: 6-9pm
Submitted by: SELF
Medium: Theater
Role: Jennifer
People in the Audition Room: Lorraine Cink, Bethany Larsen,

1 other woman whose name I couldn't find out

Audition 5

Sorry, but I am posting Audition 5 after 6. Just got my new computer yesterday!

I just worked a very productive 4 day trip. Averaged 8 hours of flying each day, 14 hour days. I wanted to get at least 1 audition in and the wonderful flight attendants I was working with were game to be auditioned for. On the 3rd day of our trip, in the galley in the back of the plane, after service, I auditioned for Patricia and Juana. It was a monologue cut from Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, which I love, the character of Conchita. Despite the noise of the engine and the chance of interruptions, I concentrated myself, and went for it. When I finished, they both had tears in the eyes and Patricia came over and hugged me. It was an incredible experience and I am grateful to both of them for being so generous.

Project Title: A Plane Audition
Location: JetBlue Airways Airbus A320/Flight# 315 OAK to IAD/in aft galley
Date: Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Time: 12pm EST
Submitted by: SELF
Medium: Theater
Role: None
People in the Audition Room: Patricia Hill & Juana Espinal

Audition 6 and the Definition of Success

At first, the universe seemed to be conspiring against me.

I woke up late because I had set my alarm to 9pm as opposed to 9am. I discovered that my wife got the stapler in the divorce. The trains were crawling.

I got to 23rd Street at 11:45am. My appointment was at noon, four blocks north, and I was still sans stapler. Oh, by the way, they want you to be there 10 to 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork.

I kept my head, ducked into a CVS along the way to pick up a stapler and managed not to strangle the clerk at the counter (clerk counting out my change: One. Two. Three. ARRGGHHH!!!!!!), and got there at 11:55. I checked in, filled out the paperwork, stapled the resume to the headshot, and waited. Luckily they were running a little behind.

As I waited, to quell any nerves, I did my yoga breathing and reviewed my pieces (Walter from the film Insomnia and Man from Chirstopher Durang's Laughing Wild). In the lobby of One on One (http://www.oneononenyc.com/)they have a monitor where they show off their success stories. I really hadn't been looking at it, but at one point I looked over my shoulder at the screen and there was my friend Matt Cody's smiling face. I took it as a good sign.

I was feeling good - excited to strut my stuff - when my auditioner, Michael Goldfried (www.michaelgoldfried.com), invited me into the room. Completely centered, I knocked both pieces out of the park, then sat down to receive his comments.

"That was really good," he said.

He proceeded to compliment both my choice of pieces and me as actor. I believe his words were something along the lines of, "You're a very good actor."

(Insert MASSIVE s**t eating grin here)

We chatted a bit more about my goals, etc. I thanked him and went to gather my things and let myself out. As I was about to open the door he says, "Oh, let me ask you a question."

I stop and turn around.

He says, "I teach a directing class at SVA and we sometimes hire actors to participate. Would you have any interest in something like that?"

(OH, HELL YEAH!!)

"Sure," I say.

He gives me his card and asks me to keep in touch. I float out of the room and down to Union Square to meet Lara.

I would say that that was an unqualified success. Which brings me to:

The Definition of Success.

I'm not sure if we'll be able to meet our goal. I'm not even convinced that that is really the most important thing about this project. I have gleaned so much so far:

• The importance of communication
• The importance of self-confidence
• The self sabotage of not seeing the forest for the trees
• And by extension, the importance of the baby step.

I would say that ANY lesson learned from this process is a success.

All of which is not to say I'm not going to do my damnedest to achieve our goal.

I'm on fire right now. I am a good actor. I believe in myself.

This is who I am.

Project Title: One on One
Location: 34 West 27th Street, 11th Fl.
Date: Wednesday, October 7
Time: 12pm
Submitted by: N/A
Medium: Networking
Role: General
People in the Audition Room: Michael Goldfried

Monday updates

Just some quick updates from today:

• I'm auditioning for One on One Wednesday at noon.
• I've joined Backstage.com, got my headshots and resume onto the site and submitted myself for a bunch of stuff.
• Fingers are crossed!

Hopefully more to report soon!

Last Weekend

Last weekend, Kean University Theatre Department produced a retrospective going back to it's first incarnation as a drama club in the early 20th century. This is the event for which I've been working on Hamlet's speech to the players.

The weekend was amazing.

It started Friday, when I picked up my headshots. They look fantastic. I'm so pleased! (Thank you, Scott!)

I then hopped a train out to Jersey for a rehearsal. The train station in Union is butt up against the Kean Campus. I was already keyed up by the prospect of seeing people that I've not seen in years and being in spaces where the ghosts of performances past still linger, but I was completely unprepared for the physical changes that had taken place. New facilities and buildings seemed to have sprouted, fully formed from the empty places in my memories.

In my adrenaline fueled, hopped up state, I made my way to the main theatre on campus, taking in all the change, quietly reciting the monologue by-rote, and welcoming the flood of memories filling my head and my heart. Arriving at the theatre, I crossed the lobby and entered the theatre where the memories threatened to overwhelm me. It was here that I started my Kean theatrical career, playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. 

Peggy Dunn, a professor emerita who directed me as Toby Belch in Twelfth Night many years ago was my coach on the piece. We were able to find an empty classroom in the building and rehearsed for an hour or so. I was nervous at first. I've been operating in my safe, comfort zone for so long, that working with someone new - even someone who I have worked with before but separated by years - was outside that zone. But that's what this whole process is about. Getting out of the comfort zone. So, I threw myself out there and we had an extremely successful rehearsal. The piece took off.

On Saturday evening, after an extremely long and emotional day of rehearsal, we did the show. I knocked the speech out of the park.

So, energized by the weekend, pictures in hand, I'm ready to make the best of the time remaining in the project.

Up next: Today I'm going to set up an audition with One on One.

Project Title: Encore! A Theatre Retrospective
Location:Wilkins Theatre, Kean University, Union, NJ
Date: Saturday, October 3
Time: 7pm
Submitted by: N/A
Medium: Theatre
Role: General
People in the Audition Room: Holly Rhoades Logue, Michele Mossay-Cuevas, Susan Speidel, etc.

Audition 4

Yesterday, thanks to my wonderful friend Joel, I auditioned for Leslie Zaslower, Director of Talent and Casting for Nickelodeon. (Danielle, who also casts for Nickelodeon was also in the room.) It was a "general," so I auditioned for them, but not for a role that they are casting. It was more of a meet and greet. For my audition, I was given copy ahead of time for the role of "HOST" for a show where I'd be talking to parents about doing activities with their preschoolers. It was actually really great to work on the copy and I'd like to thank Matt Cody for giving me absolutely wonderful feedback on my read..I'd also like to an extend a thank you to Kevin who lent me his camera so I could work on my own.

Leslie and Danielle were great. Leslie thought the idea for the project was wonderful and suggested that I definitely get on Twitter to publicize. They gave me great feedback, had some wonderful suggestions and answered all my questions! All in all, a great experience.

Project Title: A General
Location:1515 Broadway, 38th Floor
Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Time: 2pm
Submitted by: Joel Fisher
Medium: TV
Role: Host
People in the Audition Room: Leslie & Danielle

Pictures

OK. So, I got the retouched the photos yesterday and they looked great - too great. In fact, I looked pretty, something I've never been accused of. I fretted for a little while about whether I should just go with it and accept those files. Then I could have gone to get the reproductions today and have the pictures tomorrow. But, I decided to take the extra day and get them done right. I want the picture to look like me. I'm not afraid of the lines on my face nor the pock marks. I'm a character actor and they lend character to my face.

Tomorrow: Deliver files to Reproducitons
Thursday: Headshots in hand

Then hit the ground running.

Thank you, Scott, for your great work!

Audition 3

Yesterday, Friday September 25th, was my third audition. It was for legit agent Holly Vegter of Hartig Hilepo Agency, Ltd, at One on One. I auditioned with a monologue by Theresa Rebeck, from Katie and Frank, I went in a little earlier then I wanted to, (I guess they were running ahead of schedule. ) The audition was...I don't know. I feel like my ability to be fully in the here and now, to be relaxed, and to really let myself, my true humanity, come through the monologue, is still a work in progress. In class I feel great, in auditions, nerves and self-consciousness still abide. But I guess that's the purpose of the project, to begin to master the art of auditioning. I wish I would have remembered or taken a moment before my audition to think of some good questions. I would have asked Holly what she saw my age range as and what types of roles she'd think I could be cast for. Holly was a pleasure to audition for and very sweet.

Project Title: Audition for representation
Location: One on One NYC, 34 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009
Time: 6:50pm
Submitted by: Self
Medium: Legit (Film, TV, Theater)
People In the Audition Room: Holly Vegter, Agent, Hartig Hilepo Agency, Ltd.

Auditon 2

So, just this morning I completed my second audition. I was at JFK, had just finished applying for my computer loan, and had 1/2 hour to kill before my shuttle ride back home. I was in the JetBlue Inflight Crew Lounge and decided to create an audition opportunity. I gathered up three co-workers who had a few minutes to spare and were willing and able to participate: Michelle Hendrie, CindyAnn Williams and Dean Burns. We went into an open conference room, I briefly explained the project and then I performed a two-minute contemporary monologue from Katie and Frank by Theresa Rebeck. I think they had fun and I was so grateful to them for jumping on board and supporting my project. Thanks again guys! Now onto number 3!

The Beast has died

I power on my computer this morning to get to work. I plan on searching for auditions, researching and...something is wrong. The screen is all funky and not good funky either...it looks bad. Half the screen is black, half the screen has these weird static-like lines. Uh-oh. Power on, power off. Still the same. Remove battery, replace battery. No good. I'm on the phone with my friend Suzie and I'm giving her the play-by-play. This is NOT a good time for my computer to give me issues. I need to solve this problem and now.

Three weeks ago, while standing on-line for The Moth with my friend Christine, a friendly looking guy came around with flyers for his computer repair shop. I thought he looks like a good guy and kept his flyer. I turned to the flyer for joeNYC this morning and dialed. The rate, as advertised was $25 an hour...Not horrible, depending on how bad it was going to be. I explain to Terrance on the phone that the computer is a Dell (I'll never buy one again), over 3 years old, the hard drive has already been replaced once, and I had a feeling it might be croaking but was hoping it would last me just a little longer....I can't spend too much.

I bring the computer in. Terrance boots up the Beast (as I call it) and let's out a low-pitch "Oh." Not good. That sound was not instilling me with confidence. His recommendation: get a new computer, probably not worth the cost the labor and parts, but there is something good. He can save my data for me. I come back with a USB drive, he saves all my data. Checking computer out: $25, Data save:$30. I ask what I can do with the Beast, Joe (the owner, who handed it out the flyers) says the recycling options out there aren't the best, but if I wanted to donate it to them, he'd give me a discount. I walked out with all my docs, music, pictures spending only $25 and am currently applying for a loan through my credit union so I can be up and running with a new computer in a few days! "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" should have been my theme song today. Currently on a computer at JetBlue Headquarters. Back to searching for more auditions! Need computer repair? These guys were really nice: www.joenyc.com

I am my own worst enemy.

No really. I truly am. I know I'm not alone in this, but I've got to find a way to address this issue.

One of the major issues that's held me back over the years has been self-sabotage. Why do I set myself up for failure? Because then I won't be found out for a fraud somewhere down the line. I have control over my own downfall.

Case in point:  I won't be making The Flea auditions. Why? Because I took so freaking long to decide on headshots. And why did I take so freaking long to decide on headshots? Because then I wouldn't have to audition and could fail by my own terms.

Now I will give myself some credit. I am getting better at this. I do believe in my work. I do believe that I can succeed at this acting thing. I have now identified the pattern and I can now start to break that pattern. That's one of the most important things to me about embarking on this adventure: breaking the old destructive patterns.

I can't linger on this misstep. I can only move forward.

What have I done?

Headshots chosen. Should be ready for duplication on Friday.
Scene memorized. Rehearsing with Lara this afternoon. Gonna rock it.
2 new classical monologues memorized.
Allowing myself the failure so that I can learn and move on.

Moving on...

AUDITION 1

So, today was my first audition! 1 down 14 more to go! I auditioned for The Flea Theater's non-union resident company, The Bats. Luckily, I was able to cajole my wonderful friend and incredible actor Katia Hoerning into auditioning and waiting on line with me. We readied ourselves at her place and got on line at about 3:00pm. While waiting on line, I was greeted by a wonderful surprise, my phenomenal acting teacher Larry Singer strolled by after teaching his Tuesday class (if you want a great acting teacher check out: http://thelarrysingerstudios.com).

Katia and I signed in at 5:00pm and got our audition slots. Before I went in, I had a great sense of love for everyone auditioning that day. We both wished everyone to "break their legs". I performed Helena from All's Well That Ends Well. I went in fairly relaxed and present. My nerves did come into play during the audition and I felt my performance was a bit uneven...BUT the goal was to audition, not to be perfect. I did receive a "nice" from the artistic director Jim Simpson. Katia rocked her audition as well, she did fabulous, I could hear it through the door! Thanks Katia for being my audition buddy!

Project Title: The Bats - The Flea Theater

Location: The Flea Theater, 41 White Street, New York, NY 10013

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Time: Got on line @ 3:00pm / audition slot 6:45pm

Submitted by: Self

Medium: Theater

Role: To be a "Bat" (a non-union company member)

People in
the Audition
Room: Jim Simpson-Artistic Director & Sherri Kronfeld-Assistant Director

The Launch: Part Deux by Kevin

I am so excited to be working with Lara, an actress whose work I have admired for some time, on this exciting project. Currently we're working on a scene from "Closer", so that we'll be able to audition together. I've just had new headshots taken and I'm waiting for the retouching and delivery of the electronic files. I hope to get to the open auditions at The Flea, as well. I'm also working on getting my audition pieces in solid shape.

Meanwhile, Kean University, where I went to school will be having a retrospective/reunion/fundraiser on 10/2 in which I'll be performing. For the retrospective, I was initially working on Jaques's "All the world's a stage..." speech from "As You Like It". After some discussion with Peggy Dunn, the amazing woman who'll be coaching me, it was decided that the piece was a little dark in contrast to the whole show. We decided to work on Hamlet's speech to the players instead. I'd already done a fair amount of work on the Jaques piece. So, the silver lining? Two contrasting classical monologues for the price of one!!

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THE LAUNCH by Lara

I'm very excited to announce that today, September 21st, 2009, is THE launch date for our Audition project! Kevin and I have 30 auditions to do in 30 days, while both working our full time jobs. It's a stretch, a challenge, we are both currently unrepresented and non-union but it's a challenge I am excited to take on! Today, I'm flying the friendly skies, but strategizing my auditions for this week. If all goes well with getting a spot in line tomorrow, I will be auditioning for The Flea Theater's non-union resident company The Bats, AND be able to check off my first audition for the project. Thanks for joining us here! Your support and feedback is appreciated!

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