Proof audition
So as some people know, I went on an audition last night for "Proof". I was nervous, since as again some people know, I have very little faith in my actual acting abilities because of my lack of roles at Roanoke and because of certain comments "made" about my said lack of ability by one associate professor.
Very quickly the outline of Proof, for those of you who don't know the play, it is about a young woman whose father has recently died. She was his sole care giver as her sister was living in NY and they were in Chicago. Herself and her father are mathematicians and one of his students is looking through his notebooks trying to find a "proff" that he may have written in his illness. The play centers around this girl who is sorta crazy, the student, her sister and her fathers ghost. and in the end the student finds a proof, but it was the girl who wrote it, not her father, which is a huge deal.
OK, now on to how my audition went which is the point of this long boring entry that no one cares about. I went into my audition with my crappy head shot that was essentially just a blown up passport photo and my tiny resume, it did nothing to my nerves when the director started tellin gme about their reputation in the community and how much experience they have. I performed my monologue for them. It was an excerpt from Salome by Charles Mee. The woman is talking about luring young girls into a car so that her boyfriend can fuck them. Its intense, but I like it.
After that I read with another actor for the part of Catherine, which is the crazy daughter. I wasn't happy with my reading and I was even less happy with my reading for the part of claire (the sister). I love Claire, i think shes more interesting and more fun then Catherine or at least as a character. The actress I read with was kind of annoying and gave me nothing and refused to make eye contact, which pissed me off. Anyways, as I was leaving the director walked out with me while the girl behind me was preparing her monologue for his stage manager. At the door, he told me "We were very impressed with you and would like you to come to callbacks. We'll be giving you a call in teh next day or so." I was shocked but thrilled. My step dad, who was waiting for me took me out to the bar for a couple drinks around the corner. I was drunk.
When I got home I called a few people and told them what he said. As I was hanging up with Sloan, the stage manager/ director's wife called me and offered me the role of Claire. She said that they were impressed wiht my work and thought that I was sophisticated enough to pull off the role.
I am so excited. This was my first real audition (sorry Roanoke, don't really consider the auditions I did there as too scary). And from what the director said, they have jumpstarted a lot of careers and they liked me. I never thought that I could act professionally...those who can't act cast, right? Well, I dunno maybe I could do both. The impression I was initially given was that I will be getting paid, which would be awesome, but even if not, this opportunity is more then enough.
The production will be in November they said and I will keep every one posted on that, I would love for whoever wants to make the trip to make it, but if not again, I will understand.
Now the second part fo the story, in one of the conversations I had last night, I can't remember who it was but it was one of the boys. They told me that I was going to end up sleeping wiht one of my castmates. I tried to dispute this, I asked what proof they had that such an event would take place? Their response was to list my actions from this year and the fact I have very little self control around people with talent. Whether it is music, acting, or wrting. Particularly actors, I have a weakness for them. Bah. Here's to will power and proving people wrong