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So auditions were overall a positive experience today. I was greeted at the front desk by HELLO, DOLLY!'s Horace (real name Les) and his wife Liz, who was our stage manager and is BIG RIVER's producer. They were both happy to see me and friendly. Then Becky the director remembered me and was happy to see me too. Mom blanked on my name but guessed it right, and she was really pulling for me, as I was the only person she asked to do the scale beyond my chest voice and up into head voice. But um, that may have backfired because she told me I had a big break between the two, which I know...but at least I went up to an A. I dunno, there's confusion as to how high Huck actually goes in the score, on the soundtrack I think he actually goes up to a - yikes - B. But the audition info sheet says he only goes to an E! And I KNOW he goes to at least an A. So ya. I wish I had a chance to try again because I think I could have eeked out a better A or maybe even a Bb or something but that hesitation creeped in and made me hesitant about straining and/or breaking, and when that hesitation is there you just are NOT going to hit the note. I wanted to do it again with more confidence, but, well...they know it's an AUDITION. Anyway.
I just hope I get called back and get a chance to sing Huck's music, cuz then the technical notes and ranges don't matter so much as what you can do with the music. I won't know until like MONDAY though, which is the day OF the callbacks, hahaha. I have a good shot at being at callbacks tho, seeing as I was the ONLY boy in the Huck age-range there today. There were only 10 people! Kinda sad, but good for competition's sake. Anyway even if tomorrow's turn-out is better, hopefully there will only be one or two more Huck contenders. There was a mysterious "person" they auditioned ahead of time who could not make these auditions, so we started today's numbers at #2...and ya, I think that person was Tony, who apparently is telling people he was asked to actually BE Huck. That wouldn't be right because they said the show is NOT precast and all roles are open. So in reality they probably just asked him to come in for a special audition. So I dunno, if they already want him to BE Huck, hopefully I was good enough to make them even have a callback for Huck. That would be silly not to, I think. I actually look forward to the challenge of callbacks and going up against whoever might be there. But I am definitely kinda freaking. I dunno, Tony is a GREAT singer, but I think I fit the description of Huck more. But we all know how important it is what I THINK should happen when it comes to casting, hahaha...
But ya, Becky seemed to enjoy watching me dance and I think she likes me and is the kind of person who would root for me and pull for me and try to see me as the character I want to help give me a chance. So I'm pretty confident she'll call me back, even if she has another person in mind for Huck, to at least give me the shot of seeing what I can do. Now for the waiting game though...UG. The worst part of theatre. At least I have a show to distract me. Actually two, hahaha. Oi vez.
I just hope I get called back and get a chance to sing Huck's music, cuz then the technical notes and ranges don't matter so much as what you can do with the music. I won't know until like MONDAY though, which is the day OF the callbacks, hahaha. I have a good shot at being at callbacks tho, seeing as I was the ONLY boy in the Huck age-range there today. There were only 10 people! Kinda sad, but good for competition's sake. Anyway even if tomorrow's turn-out is better, hopefully there will only be one or two more Huck contenders. There was a mysterious "person" they auditioned ahead of time who could not make these auditions, so we started today's numbers at #2...and ya, I think that person was Tony, who apparently is telling people he was asked to actually BE Huck. That wouldn't be right because they said the show is NOT precast and all roles are open. So in reality they probably just asked him to come in for a special audition. So I dunno, if they already want him to BE Huck, hopefully I was good enough to make them even have a callback for Huck. That would be silly not to, I think. I actually look forward to the challenge of callbacks and going up against whoever might be there. But I am definitely kinda freaking. I dunno, Tony is a GREAT singer, but I think I fit the description of Huck more. But we all know how important it is what I THINK should happen when it comes to casting, hahaha...
But ya, Becky seemed to enjoy watching me dance and I think she likes me and is the kind of person who would root for me and pull for me and try to see me as the character I want to help give me a chance. So I'm pretty confident she'll call me back, even if she has another person in mind for Huck, to at least give me the shot of seeing what I can do. Now for the waiting game though...UG. The worst part of theatre. At least I have a show to distract me. Actually two, hahaha. Oi vez.