Hooooraaahhh!!!
Yay, so I auditioned for Centrestage agency last weekend, from recommendation from several people (including teachers). I had a good feeling about it afterwards - I got a good vibe from the place (I was expecting it to be all YABC *shudder*), the people seemed nice, and I really thought I did well at the audition. My song turned out to be a really good choice (an overdramatic "All For You" from Seussical) and I thought I had done well with the camera stuff (considering my eye problems that won't let me look "straight down the barrel") and I was lucky that the script I had to work with was good.
So I went away all happy, and they told us that we would know yay or nay within a week. Which I took to mean that we would know by about Wednesday. It got to Friday and there had been no phone call, no letter, email, nothing. Then it got to Sunday (exactly a week) and nothing. Monday and nothing. So I sent them an email. Partly because it was killing me, and partly because they could have lost my details or something. All this stuff was going through my head. I shouldn't have been myself at the audition because I'm such a crap person, or I should have sung a serious song or done a better job at my monologue blah blah blah. Because let's face it - when it's that long after an audition and you haven't heard anything, it ain't looking good. But then, there was a nice surprise waiting in my inbox this afternoon.
Hi Shelley,
Apologies but we have gotten a little behind with contacting everyone.
We would love to represent you. You did a great audition and you obviously have a great flair for musical comedy in particular.
Which was a bit of a self-esteem boot (that I sorely needed) for me. So hey, I'm not expecting to get much (or any) work. But this has to be a step in the direction I want to go. It can't be bad (and if it is I will stop!). I'm just so glad I got in, because I would have been having serious self-doubt issues if I hadn't.
So I went away all happy, and they told us that we would know yay or nay within a week. Which I took to mean that we would know by about Wednesday. It got to Friday and there had been no phone call, no letter, email, nothing. Then it got to Sunday (exactly a week) and nothing. Monday and nothing. So I sent them an email. Partly because it was killing me, and partly because they could have lost my details or something. All this stuff was going through my head. I shouldn't have been myself at the audition because I'm such a crap person, or I should have sung a serious song or done a better job at my monologue blah blah blah. Because let's face it - when it's that long after an audition and you haven't heard anything, it ain't looking good. But then, there was a nice surprise waiting in my inbox this afternoon.
Hi Shelley,
Apologies but we have gotten a little behind with contacting everyone.
We would love to represent you. You did a great audition and you obviously have a great flair for musical comedy in particular.
Which was a bit of a self-esteem boot (that I sorely needed) for me. So hey, I'm not expecting to get much (or any) work. But this has to be a step in the direction I want to go. It can't be bad (and if it is I will stop!). I'm just so glad I got in, because I would have been having serious self-doubt issues if I hadn't.