Sunday musings...
Forget about trying to be all things, do all things, what the business "wants" - for just a minute, k?
What is it about YOU that is memorable?
What do you DO?
What makes you UNIQUE?
How can you possibly find versatility if you don't know what you have first?
Tis the crazy-ness of music theatre audition season again. The frantic nature of trying to get the book together, deciding on what auditions to show up for and hope to get seen at, the hundreds at calls, the sitting all day and not getting seen...
It's exhausting. You are exhausted. With exhaustion comes panic, and we try to do too much, try to assume too much, try to become too much.
STOP.
Breathe.
Sit down.
Breathe again.
What is it about YOU that will make that other side of the table look up and take notice?
Don't give me an answer you think I want to hear - because you don't know what I am thinking. Therefore, you don't know what THEY are thinking. You don't know what they are looking for. Guessing, second-guessing, wondering, worried, does NOTHING for you. In fact, if goes against you, because now you aren't even thinking about what YOU do.
So, I ask again, what is it about you that is unique? that is genuine? that is real?
What can you show in that room that you CHOOSE to, and want to reveal?
And, then, once you decide on that, why do you choose to reveal that?
Time to get real. Time to get personal with yourself.
You cannot reveal what you wish you had, or wish you could do, or want to be able to be. You can only reveal what is there; otherwise, you stand there like the emperor with no clothes on. We all see what you simply are not.
"I really want them to see I want the job". What does that reveal? Isn't everybody that is auditioning there to try to get a job? Revealing your desperation isn't a positive thing.
"I really want them to see I want to be a belter." Are you a belter? If you aren't - then revealing you want to be, shows them you aren't.
This is deflection. This is hiding. This will not read as authentic, and just won't make them look up, get still, stop typing or put their pen down, let alone get you a callback. Even if you aren't "right" for a show or a season or a project, wouldn't it be better going in with that authenticity of what you choose to show about you so they remember you, than going in trying to be something you are not?
Fake it til you make it?
I don't think so.
How about choose to reveal what it is about YOU that is real and intriguing and true? Why fake it when you can actually DO something?
What is it about YOU that makes you memorable?
Start making a list. Start taking those thoughts in with you as you work on your craft, discover new music, new monologues, new roles; as you choose how to dress for an audition; as you choose how to walk into that room, head held high, purpose of being first and foremost in your mind.
What is it about YOU? There is a great deal. We just want to see it because you have claimed it, and have chosen to reveal it to us.
Forget about trying to be all things, do all things, what the business "wants" - for just a minute, k?
What is it about YOU that is memorable?
What do you DO?
What makes you UNIQUE?
How can you possibly find versatility if you don't know what you have first?
Tis the crazy-ness of music theatre audition season again. The frantic nature of trying to get the book together, deciding on what auditions to show up for and hope to get seen at, the hundreds at calls, the sitting all day and not getting seen...
It's exhausting. You are exhausted. With exhaustion comes panic, and we try to do too much, try to assume too much, try to become too much.
STOP.
Breathe.
Sit down.
Breathe again.
What is it about YOU that will make that other side of the table look up and take notice?
Don't give me an answer you think I want to hear - because you don't know what I am thinking. Therefore, you don't know what THEY are thinking. You don't know what they are looking for. Guessing, second-guessing, wondering, worried, does NOTHING for you. In fact, if goes against you, because now you aren't even thinking about what YOU do.
So, I ask again, what is it about you that is unique? that is genuine? that is real?
What can you show in that room that you CHOOSE to, and want to reveal?
And, then, once you decide on that, why do you choose to reveal that?
Time to get real. Time to get personal with yourself.
You cannot reveal what you wish you had, or wish you could do, or want to be able to be. You can only reveal what is there; otherwise, you stand there like the emperor with no clothes on. We all see what you simply are not.
"I really want them to see I want the job". What does that reveal? Isn't everybody that is auditioning there to try to get a job? Revealing your desperation isn't a positive thing.
"I really want them to see I want to be a belter." Are you a belter? If you aren't - then revealing you want to be, shows them you aren't.
This is deflection. This is hiding. This will not read as authentic, and just won't make them look up, get still, stop typing or put their pen down, let alone get you a callback. Even if you aren't "right" for a show or a season or a project, wouldn't it be better going in with that authenticity of what you choose to show about you so they remember you, than going in trying to be something you are not?
Fake it til you make it?
I don't think so.
How about choose to reveal what it is about YOU that is real and intriguing and true? Why fake it when you can actually DO something?
What is it about YOU that makes you memorable?
Start making a list. Start taking those thoughts in with you as you work on your craft, discover new music, new monologues, new roles; as you choose how to dress for an audition; as you choose how to walk into that room, head held high, purpose of being first and foremost in your mind.
What is it about YOU? There is a great deal. We just want to see it because you have claimed it, and have chosen to reveal it to us.