AUDITION TIPS FOR A MUSICAL<\/a>.
\n.<\/p>\nI Hate To Audition
\nby Suzann McLamb<\/p>\n
I hate to audition and I’ll tell you why …<\/p>\n
My throat seizes up and I feel like I’ll die.<\/p>\n
My stomach performs a gymnastics routine.<\/p>\n
Performance is flight, my auditions turn green.<\/p>\n
The trembling begins in the sole of my foot<\/p>\n
And shakes its way out of my head at the roots.<\/p>\n
My vision gets wavy; my tunnel ears ring.<\/p>\n
I open my mouth expecting to sing.<\/p>\n
Instead of a lovely melody sound,<\/p>\n
Comes the gravelly howl of a dog in the pound.<\/p>\n
So, that didn’t go well. I’m crazy for staying!<\/p>\n
It’s monologue time; Should’ve spent more time praying!<\/p>\n
What was my first line and what is the next?<\/p>\n
They’re knitting their eyebrows and looking perperplexed.<\/p>\n
I speak but don’t hear words or know what I’m saying<\/p>\n
Is it Shakespearean English or rambled delaying?<\/p>\n
Help me! Help now! Help me get off the stage.<\/p>\n
I feel like a mouse in the rock python’s cage.<\/p>\n
My body’s constricting and I’m turning blue.<\/p>\n
How I got up here, I haven’t a clue,<\/p>\n
I’ll laugh when it comes ’round to cast party time<\/p>\n
And I’ve danced in the limelight and aced all my lines.<\/p>\n
But now I’m still here and they want a dry read.<\/p>\n
It’s murder! It’s hopeless! I’ll never succeed!<\/p>\n
The room spins again, I can’t see the fine text.<\/p>\n
Please, oh please won’t you just holler out, “Next!”<\/p>\n
A call back? You’re kidding! That’s such a surprise!<\/p>\n
Past evil auditions … shy thespians thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I thought this was a great capture of the audition experience. As an adult I haven’t had to audition too many times, usually I’m on the other side of the desk. But some of the auditions I’ve had were gut wrenching. I’ll have to post some day about my audition with Cirque Du Soleil. YIKES! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-cM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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