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so, i didnt get cast in into the woods either. im thinking of giving up theatre. i mean i take a break to have a child, when i come back noone wants to cast me???? its gonna take a show that i want to odo SOOOO bad to get me to come back and audition. its just hard to keep getting shot down!!!!

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[anonymous]

Just some random thoughts about these blogs. They can be very hurtful. Neither the people at RSP nor the peole at DMTC are bad people. They are both trying to do the best they can. They both have good reputations. I am sorry if some of the comments posted here represent SARTA's views though. That is unfortunate -- Both for SARTA and the companies.

These are public journals. People read them. People get hurt. The comment about DMTC casting because of money is incredibly hurtful. The woman to whom that comment was directed lost her mother recently. She loves theatre is is just trying to help DMTC financially from her mother's loss. She believes that this is what her mother would want and she believes in children's theatre and wants to keep this alive in her community. This is an incredibly and tremendously giving and honorable act. She did not do this to get into shows. To the contrary, she does not get cast in many shows she auditions. She is very sensitive to public perception and folks who just do not understand the circumstance.

Additionally, the comments I read about another performer (who was cast instead of you) were incredibly rude and ignorant. She, like yourself, is also a very sweet and talented person. Not deserving of the mean spirited and hurtful comments.

Auditions are difficult, and we are all sorry you were not cast in those shows. It must hurt. The nature of an audition is to put oneself out there and take a chance. When that does not pan out, it really hurts. However, I am sure both DMTC and RSP try very hard to make casting decisions that are best for the show and the company. Comments that they both make terrible casting decisions or make decisions for nonartistic reasons are insulting and hurtful to both companies and to the others who were cast. None of this is deserving.

There is a Buddhist philosophy about acceptance, growth, and learning. There is nothing bad about this stuff. It just is. Accept it, grow from it, and learn.

There is another philosophy that our thoughts become words, our words cause action, and that action creates the reality within which we live our lives. Keep positive thoughts and get rid of this anger and virtiolic crap. (I don't always suceed in my own personal effort for this peace, but it is really worth the effort.) This angry blog stuff just creates more and more really bad stuff.

You are a wonderful performer and a wonderful person.

Enjoy. Relax. Live healthy.

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once again people posting anonymous....

first of all, i cant control what people write on my live journal account as a comment. if you have a propblem with what they wrote....tell them NOT me.
second, i never posten AYTHING rude about the casting at DMTC i think it will be a good show and one of my best friends is in there so, what did i ever say rude or negitive about DMTC? you tell me because in your post you sure had alot to tell me about how i wronged the DMTC family... i never did that and it bothers me you say i did. lioke i said before if you have a problem with the posting tell the person who wrote it NOT me.
third... what i wrote about RSP had been worked out between me and the director. i LOVE rsp and it is my favorite theatre company to work with so, you should prob. learn a little bit about the situation before telling me things you THINK you know.
forth... THIS BLOG WAS NOT ANGRY!!!! i said i didnt get cast... im tired of getting shot down and its gonna take a show i want to do bad to get me back out there... where is the anger?
fith and final... i didnt even know about the money situation untill people who i will keep there names to myself started emailing me about it telling me not to worry about auditions because of that... i NEVER brought it up myself because i happen to LOVE the woman who gave the nice donation. so, once again if you have a problem with something that was a comment on my journal take it up with that person!!!!!!!!

[anonymous]

I am Amber's mom..and my name is Sally. I am not a live journal member and never even read it, probably in part, for situations just like this. Amber called me tonight while I was visiting my sister in the hospital and she was very upset about all of this. When I came home and read what someone anonymously posted to her about another post she didn't even write I had to respond. Do you honestly think it's fair to criticize Amber for what someone else wrote? Your post was every bit as hurtful and rude, and targeted Amber, who didn't write the comments you took offense to. I read what Amber wrote about DMTC and she didn't say one single negative thing. I know how much Amber loves Steve and Jan because I drove her back and forth to rehearsals for many many months. She was sad that she wasn't cast in the show, especially since it was the first in the new theater, but her post was about disappointment and her own very personal self doubt. I think you need to read her post again, and your own. When I was a little kid my Aunt Lucille was a Girl Scout leader, and whenever she would get mad at one of the girls in the troop she would take off her shoe and hit her own daughter in the head with it. Her daughter wasn't who she was angry at, but she was an easy target, and it was her way of letting the other girls know how mean she could be. I guess Amber was an easy target, but it also shows how mean (whoever you are) can be.

And a note to you Amber I hope this doesn't upset you that I wrote in your journal.

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nope... thanks mom... at least someone is on my side :)

Not directed at you

[anonymous]

You're right - you can't control what other people say, so I don't think that most of the discussion about the unfair/harsh/etc. comments where being directed at you, but at those making the comments - for example, I was rather shocked by the rather vicious attack on DMTC, saying that roles were being bought when that is patently not true. I know that it was not you that said it so any response to that should not be directed at you. We are each responsible for for our own comments!