July 20, 2008

• And Now the Wait

  I did the callback at Media for Higgins yesterday. It was interesting and as enjoyable as these highly charged environments can be I suppose. There were only a few Higgins' and more Elizas. In addition were Pickerings and Doolittles. They also auditioned the chorus people. Looked to be a long day for the director and company. I did my scene with Eliza, sang my song, and then was asked to stay and read with the other characters. The other Higgins' were dismissed. While one might think this was positive, I have been around too long to draw any conclusions based on flimsy evidence. It is just as likely that they just needed one person to read and the director said "tell John to stay" because John was the only name he remembered. Or it could be he wanted to see more of me and now regrets it. I have stopped trying to read director's minds. They are dark places and resist my powers. Nevertheless, I am pleased with my performance and I believe I acquitted myself well. Whether or not this meets Mr. Cline's desires is unknown until he makes the call. There was a screw-up by the accompanist when I did "Accustomed to her face." Instead of stopping the music during the speaking part of "Marry Freddy, what an infantile idea...," he continued playing the song resulting in his being about two pages in front of me and me therefore needing to speak everything from that part on so as not to have it sound jarring. I made a quick decision not to stop him but to charge on (as I would do in performance) and hope the director realized the error. All in all I am pleased I was called back. There were some very talented people in whose company I was privileged to be. Whether I win the prize or not, to make the finals was an honor.

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