Worried that I'm not good enough

MTVT2015
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:37:18 +0000

Okay. I was you. I kind of still am. I do NOT have natural singing or dancing OR acting talent the way a lot of my friends do. There is hope, I promise you. Voice lessons can be a miracle worker if you have the right teacher. Dance classes as well. But with college auditions, SO much of what they want to see is that they can teach you and that you’re interesting and passionate, which it sounds like you are! If you’re really committed to auditioning for college, get a coach and take a gap year just to work on skills. I didn’t really start dancing until high school, and I would place myself in the middle of the pack at most college auditions—just a year of ballet can make a huge difference. You can go so, so far with training. And a LOT of auditioning is your attitude! Be confident in yourself! I actually told an auditor “I know I’m not ready to work professionally and that’s why I’m 200% committed to training.” And as for being rejected from local shows, I’ve been there as well! High school casting can be based on your age, parental involvement, whether you fit the costumes they already have…as my voice teacher says, “never walk into an audition thinking it is fair.” I went to a dance class with Clay Thomson last summer and he said he was never cast in his high school musicals and was told that he would never succeed in MT, so his motivation was always to prove those people wrong. And not only did he get into Penn State, he left to be in a Broadway show! I think of all my rejections from local shows as gifts, because they prepared me for college rejections incredibly well