I tried out for my first play in several years. In prior years, I told myself I was too busy to take on another show, and let audition opportunities pass me by. To this day, that is my biggest regret of high school: not auditioning for everything.
I forgot how nice it felt just to do acting warm ups and start to learn sides immediately. I forgot about how much less pressure there is for me when auditioning for plays, because singing and dancing are not components of the audition. Don't get me wrong, I love musicals and musical theatre in general, and love the spontaneous outbreak in song and dance, but straight plays delve down to the core of an actor, taking away the glitter and glam of an average musical. I soaked in every second of my audition process. The stress of seeing a big chunk of monologue in a side with many big words you don't understand, or auditioning for a show that may or may not be using an accent of some sorts. I got to remember all of the things I had been taught in several acting classes, and research online and use my peers to learn those big words. I got to experience trying one side with a certain character and scene partner, and then receiving a completely new character, scene and partner.Videos