The Early Girl
So I got an email yesterday. I have been offered a role in The Early Girl at Tampa Fringe! It a shared role, but nonetheless, I am on stage again! It feels so good to get back into the world of theatre. FINALLY!!!! I feel like jumping up and down. The downside is that the final performance of The Early Girl is the first show date of Wait Until Dark. I am hoping that our performance of The Early Girl is scheduled in the morning, so I can still accept a role for Wait Until Dark if it is offered to me. I will be up front with my conflicts, of course, and explain the situation, but I am still auditioning. Worst that can happen is I can't accept the role (which would be a major bummer, since I have wanted to play Susy since I first saw the play.)
I purchased the play before I even auditioned. I try to maintain a habit of buying the play of every audition notice I see, and also buying a copy of plays that I see showing locally. I feel this helps me build my library with works that are being done. I have many plays on my shelf that are not regularly performed, and they are nice to have, to read, to pull monologues from, but keeping plays on my shelf that are regularly produced is a good habit. I think it helps me familiarize myself with works that are popular in community theatres. It also helps me keep an awareness of what the local demographic looks for in shows - I try to keep an eye out for what shows have the highest reviews, which theatres have sold out shows, and which shows those theatres select to put on.
You can never read too many plays. Scripts too. A friend of mine shared with me a few film scrips that she found that had been released to the public. It's interesting to read scripts from major films, or academy award winning films and see how the writing differs from the scripts that I have in my filing cabinet from my previous auditions and shoots (I keep everything, so I always have material to go back to and practice with.) I especially enjoy keeping scripts with bad writing. It's a challenge and something I use to test myself. I like to see how my choices change and how I approach writing that isn't ideal and make it organic and bring it to life.
I purchased the play before I even auditioned. I try to maintain a habit of buying the play of every audition notice I see, and also buying a copy of plays that I see showing locally. I feel this helps me build my library with works that are being done. I have many plays on my shelf that are not regularly performed, and they are nice to have, to read, to pull monologues from, but keeping plays on my shelf that are regularly produced is a good habit. I think it helps me familiarize myself with works that are popular in community theatres. It also helps me keep an awareness of what the local demographic looks for in shows - I try to keep an eye out for what shows have the highest reviews, which theatres have sold out shows, and which shows those theatres select to put on.
You can never read too many plays. Scripts too. A friend of mine shared with me a few film scrips that she found that had been released to the public. It's interesting to read scripts from major films, or academy award winning films and see how the writing differs from the scripts that I have in my filing cabinet from my previous auditions and shoots (I keep everything, so I always have material to go back to and practice with.) I especially enjoy keeping scripts with bad writing. It's a challenge and something I use to test myself. I like to see how my choices change and how I approach writing that isn't ideal and make it organic and bring it to life.
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