The Auditions Benefit

The audition process is not glorious at all. A lot of signing up, standing in lines, and sheer waiting for hrs. To have the right frame of mind for it, you have to think of it as your job for the day. For instance, I can get up as early as 5am to get ready for an audition at 10 am in NYC, might not even get seen til after 12pm and get back home or just in philly by 4,5pm.

Now the only thing that these auditions give everyone, is the gift of time, time with with like minded people. And usually you go with your friends, or just see people from other shows you were in. There's even a whole lot of new relationships being developed from just seeing the same people over and over again.(you can see in the picture how everyone just gets comfortable on the floor) Being in the performing arts you see more regularly how small the world is.

Well, after the wedding singer audition, and running into my fantastic friend Kim, we went out to lunch and caught up and decided that we should all try out for HAIRSPRAY together. So we called our friend Jimmi, who did Aida with us as well, had him come down as well, and we all auditioned together. It was great! I ended up running into 3 other Penn Staters, and met someone else who performed with another friend of mine from PS, fantastic new friends and relational building.

The audition was fun, the dance was really fast and full of energy. None of us got past so we all left and decided to enjoy each others company. It was great to hangout, made a new friend that Kim brought along from her other show. I love Jimmi and Kim, they're both very talented and great hearted people. (remember Kim is in the first national tour of THE WEDDING SINGER!!!)have fun lookin at the photo's!!