I feel awful...just had a bad audition

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I just auditioned for a play festival at my school that almost everyone gets into, since there’s so many plays. However, I feel like I completely tanked the audition. I felt contrived and restricted, and the director was very hard on me…she said “you were taking your time and were very grounded, but I want you to start again and make it younger and show how special this moment you’re talking about is”. I started again, thinking I had ahold of this concept, but then she stopped me and said “you’re used to rehearsing a certain way, so you’re stuck. Do it while you’re playing hop scotch.” I did, and then she let me go. (Keep in mind there was about 30 student directors, each planning out the casts for their one-act plays, watching me also). </p>

<p>Now that I write about it the audition doesn’t sound so bad, but I feel awful. I’m afraid I’ll be the only one not to get into the plays festival. Any words?</p>

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<p>Don’t think about it. Whatever happens… happens. Don’t get too stressed out, because you’ve finished it and you can’t go back in time and do things differently. Though that would be nice…</p>

<p>I understand though… it’s hard to deal with when you think you’ve done badly. Maybe the director knows some of the stuff that you’ve done in the past (such as previous plays) and might base some of his/her decision on that.</p>

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<p>I hope so. Some of the student directors have been in performances with me, too, so…I don’t know. I’ll try not to think about it.</p>

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<p>I just had a horrible audition for the School District Concert Band. I’m a tuba, and since there aren’t many tubs in the first place, most who try-out get in. I on the other hand, am pretty sure I didn’t. I couldn’t even play my scalle correctly… The girl who played before (albeit, a friend a of mine) did AMAZING, and I had to follow her auditon.</p>

<p>I DID practice… just not enough I guess.</p>

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<p>Umbrellas—I’m sorry! I’m sure that you did better than you think you did…
:>)</p>

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<p>Thanks to everyone who posted. I feel a lot better about my audition now that I’ve gotten what was bugging me off my chest.</p>

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<p>I just had a horrible audition for a theatre scholarship at one of my top choice schools. I’ve mostly done shakespeare and found out the theatre professor hated shakespeare. he had my parents stay in the room during the interview, and he didn’t say anything after I did my audition…
it was pretty bad.</p>

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<p>I know it’s easier said than done, but you just have to let it go. Worrying about it will not help you.</p>

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<p>Talk to other people who auditioned. Almost everyone gets in…maybe they were being told to improve their style as well.</p>

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<p>yeah… some directors will do that just to see how you take direction.</p>