The Boards, Wednesday Evening - Auditions!

Sep 25, 2013 08:30

It seemed like damn near forever since Jonothon had held one of these. That was, yes, in part because the Boards hadn't done anything through the summer. It was also because, with Glacia moving at double Fandom's pace, summer had been a long ordeal that had involve a good portion of winter, too ( Read more... )

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Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 11:32:17 UTC
It's easy. Just get up onto the stage, introduce yourself, and then perform your monologue and your song.

Remember, the more you act it up, the more Jono has to work with while casting you! Be descriptive thorough expressive!

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 11:48:49 UTC
Water gone, Karina hopped up onto the stage confidently.

"Hi," she said, grinning a bit. "I'm Karina Lyle," which she hoped he knew this time around, "and I've got Neva's monologue from Another Paradise."

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 11:57:24 UTC
"Hello, Karina," Jono greeted, smiling faintly. "Good to see you here again."

And prepared! With a monologue all picked out! That made his job easier, which he always appreciated.

"You can get started whenever you're ready, luv."

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 12:05:22 UTC
Of course she was prepared! Like she wouldn't be.

Karina nodded, took a breath, holding it for a few seconds, and then let it out, drawing up her shoulders and carrying herself like she was a Lady with a capital 'L'.

When she spoke, it was with a very fine genteel Southern accent, which was pretty far off from how she usually spoke.

"You see, Ma, it wasn't that I didn't love you. Daddy, too. But I wanted us to be acceptable, Ma." She reached her hands out, like she was talking to her mother and pleading for her to listen, her face open and earnest. "And we weren't." She sighed, turning away and looking down, clasping her hands at her front. "I wanted us to be middle class. Educated. I wasn't ever going to be laughed at again ( ... )

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 12:38:33 UTC
There was always something about the way Karina auditioned, like she'd been born to be set on a stage, that gave Jono a moment's pause whenever she finished a monologue. He was a performer himself, though not technically an actor, and so he knew and could properly appreciate stage presence when he saw it.

"Very well done," he told her, clapping a few times before leaning back in his seat. He'd leaned forward a little while she had been speaking, engrossed in her performance. "You emoted convincingly, which is something a lot of people have trouble with, I've found, while performing their monologue. And your accent, if I may, was impeccable."

Jono had been with the X-Men. It was difficult not to know your way around a Southern American accent, among that lot.

... Especially around Paige.

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 12:46:13 UTC
She shook her head, then grinned at him.

"Practice," Karina admitted in her normal voice. "And tutors. Accents are one of those things that, no matter how good an actor you are, if you're terrible at them, everyone is going to talk about it. Usually over how good you can actually act."

Tossing her hair over one shoulder, Karina shrugged. "I like the monologue but, honestly, it wasn't my first choice. I'm glad it came out well though."

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 13:39:04 UTC
"You had a first choice that you passed up?" Jono raised an eyebrow at that. "Honestly, now you've got me curious what it was, and why you'd go with your second pick instead."

Because Jono was just nosy like that.

"Though I'm sure you had good reason to choose another one."

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 13:47:21 UTC
“I wasn’t sure if was appropriate,” Karina confessed. “It wasn’t that I couldn’t do it, because I can, but it’s got some pretty touchy subject matter that might upset people, you know? And that’s not really a nice thing to just drop on a casual watcher or someone else who wanted to audition, if they showed up early. It was Nell’s monologue from Like Dreaming, Backwards…?”

She had no idea if he knew it or not.

“Anyway, since I wasn’t sure, I figured I’d go with something less upsetting, just in case.”

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 14:02:13 UTC
"I've come across it while looking for monologues to pass around on audition dates before," Jono noted, nodding. "And... I appreciate your discretion. I opted not to use that one for the same reason."

It was... intense. And heartbreaking. And it hit a very personal note with him, as well.

"I'm curious to see how you'd perform that one, though. Perhaps another time, without an audience, you can show me your interpretation." A beat. "Have you prepared a song?"

Did he have to ask?

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 16:10:21 UTC
He really didn’t.

“I’d like that sometime,” she said, smiling slightly. “And, yeah, I’ve got a song. Did you want the music for it or should I do without?”

Karina was fine either way.

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 16:36:04 UTC
"Whatever's easiest for you, luv," Jono replied, giving a dismissive wave of his hand. "I'll never turn up the opportunity to play along, though, if you've brought music for guitar."

Because... guitar.

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 16:48:13 UTC
“I’ve got music for the guitar,” she said, grinning and hopping off the stage to grab her bag. “I know you know I can do pop, so I went with country this time.”

Because what better time to show off her than an audition?

Pulling out the music, she paged through it, then offered the guitar part to Jono. “Do you need a few minutes to go over it?”

Hopefully you didn’t mind Faith Hill’s Wild One, Jono. Because Karina was going to sing that.

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 16:52:57 UTC
Jono... would get over it, anyhow. He wasn't a huge country fan, but he'd been handed worse to play in his lifetime.

He gave his shoulders a shrug.

"Just a minute to give it a looking-over," he replied, reaching for his guitar. "It looks straightforward enough, at any rate."

Really, he could probably just play it cold, but he didn't want to risk it when it was somebody else's audition on the line. He looked at the music, noodled about on his guitar for a short while, and then nodded to Karina.

"Ready whenever you are, luv."

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 21:44:59 UTC
While he’d noodled around, she’d hopped back up on stage and paced a bit, going over the lyrics once last time. (It never hurt to be over prepared.)

Besides, the song was so her. He could cope.

“Alright,” she said, as soon as he gave the go ahead. “Let’s go.”

She bounced a bit during the introductory measures and then, her voice an octave lower than she usually sung, because it sounded better, began to sing:

“They said change your clothes, she said no I won't. They said comb your hair, she said some kids don't. And her parents' dreams went up in smoke!” So sue her, she was getting into it, dancing, her voice as sassy as the lyrics.

Be a stubborn teenager? She could absolutely be one-especially while singing. The best part was, the song worked super well with tons of sass.

"They said you can't leave, she said yes I will. They said don't see him, she said his name is Bill!" Which was, of course, the only answer to that. "She's on a roll and it's all uphill."

"Ooooooooh she's a wild one! With an angel's face, she's a woman- ( ... )

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Re: Audition! apocalipped September 25 2013, 21:55:20 UTC
Of course he would. Jono didn't applaud, this time. He simply sat there, somewhat awed, and then gave a low whistle.

"Good lord," he breathed. "Can I just cast you for all of the roles?"

... Granted, she was the first to audition, and there was no telling who else would show up for this thing, but wow.

... Wow.

"I wasn't expecting the dancing, too," he admitted. "You're one hell of a performer, Karina. You'll definitely be getting a role."

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Re: Audition! notacokeperson September 25 2013, 22:10:25 UTC
She bowed, because what else could she do in the face of that (well-earned) praise?

Karina was many things: modest was not one of them.

"I'd be willing to try doing all the roles," Karina said brightly, once she'd straightened. "But I think that might be a challenge even for me."

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