SongSearcher

Just a thought in hindsight, a realization I had the other day:


All those other kids who beat me out for leading roles, who always got cast over me, who everybody thought they were "sooooo talented!" ? They don't do theatre anymore. They do business and nursing and education, some have gained weight, married or had kids, gone on with their lives, their interest in theatre left in the pages of the school yearbooks.


And here I am, majoring in theatre, just cast in a mainstage production this year, having worked for one of the largest theatre companies in the state (I dare even say country)...? Patience, young grasshoppers. Time has a way of weeding out the other grasshopper from the truly stubborn ones who will stick it out!

Marbleheader

austinsmom - loved that article. Again - and as SongSearcher also said - it just seems that once you are surrounded by students who really want to be there (as compared to high school kids who maybe don't want to follow theatre as they grow up), wonderful things happen! In the article, it looks like even if kids don't get what they want, they have others with them who are going thru the same thing.

And as far as that post-audition celebration they talked of, I would have skipped Taco Bell altogether and doubled up on the Ben & Jerry's.

halflokum

@songsearcher. Priceless

Marbleheader

As usual - there was no need to panic. Our high school musical was cast, and all the kids are happy with what they got, and are all looking ahead now to rehearsals.

So "lift that razor high, Sweeney" and on with the show!

Hope everyone else's experience was also smooth sailing.

jeffandann

An update. After the angst of last week, the cast list went up Friday night. My daughter, despite not getting a call back, was cast as Titania, one of the leads in A Midsummer Nights Jersey, some kind of combination of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Jersey shores.

After the list went up, a friend told her at callbacks they didn't have anyone read for her role or the role of Oberon, being played by a good friend of hers. So apparently the director knew he wanted those two cast as the Fairies based off the original audition. She is very happy, mom and dad are very relieved, and a good lesson ahs been learned by all.

Marbleheader

jeffandann - I was waiting and hoping that you would update us! So glad for your D.

Same thing happened with S. He did not get a callback at all, but nobody else got a callback for Sweeney! And when the list went up, he was cast as Sweeney Todd - he is thrilled.

So as you said, important parental lessons were learned . . . and will promptly be forgotten during the next audition cycle.

shaun0203

Congratulations to both of your kids!

It is fairly unusual when the director has callbacks, but not for the lead, so I would have been concerned too. I would rather it be that way though than have meaningless callbacks when the Director has already decided.

Times3

We just had auditions for the winter musical--mercifully rescheduled for late February (after college auditions)--my S will be the King in "The King and I." Marbleheader, I'm sure you are laughing hysterically by now, having seen my son in person...let's just say he is gonna have some exercisin' to do to change from his current football-player-with-injured-ankle shape to "Shall We Dance" condition!! But if the director wants him to shave his head for the performance, at least he won't be bald for Unifieds. :/ Congrats to all on the casting--amd here's to an increasingly challenging senior year for our kids!

theatremomma

Congrats to al!! Marbleheader- Sweeney Todd so cool! How do they do that in high school? Is there blood? I would love to see that at the high school level! Have a great show!!!

Walker1194

Freaking out a little about how fast auditions are coming at us. D got confirmation for yet another on campus audition. First one is in November. I think we are in pretty good shape with everything but I just want it over with. D is meeting with an accompanist tomorrow about recording her music. This whole 16, 32 bar and knowing the whole songs is a little crazy. Why can't all of the schools go with the same cut? And to help pay all these audition expenses I'm going to sub in a horrible middle school this week. Subbed there for two days last week. It's glorified babysitting. I don't enjoy being called rhymes with witch and worrying about getting shanked in the back all day. I'll just keep thinking of my awesome kids all day and who I'm really there for and it ain't the the thugs sitting in those desks.

Marbleheader

No, Times3, I am not laughing - I saw your S move at the BUSTI performance, and he can dance. Now, thinking of those diaper-pants, that might produce a giggle!

We are thrilled to be doing Sweeney - our high school likes to push the envelope. Recently, we've done Cabaret (lots of controversy since there are many, many Jewish students at our HS and they were cast as Natzis), Ajax (lots of blood in that one), Rent (yes, S's first stage kiss was a guy . . .), and now Sweeney. There will be NO blood involved, though, and that is only because the tech crew and director couldn't figure out how to clean everything up for the following night's performance.

"Mrs. Lovett" also went to BUSTI over the summer with S, and they are hoping that BUSTI kids in the area will come see them (kill people . . .).

halflokum

School edition version of Sweeney I assume? Congratulations to one and all.

KStheatremom

My Son was also just cast as Sweeney Todd for his senior year. He has loved this musical for years so he was VERY excited. If fact, he and Mrs Lovett were practicing here this afternoon. When you watch them truly love all they do in the theatre....how could you wish anything else for them...you know?