Worried that I'm not good enough

mom4bwayboy
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:39:54 +0000

@cactus3 - sorry if I missed something, but can you tell us a little about your training? What year are you in HS? You say you have been rejected from productions you “prepared for like crazy” - what does that mean exactly? Are you taking private voice? Acting lessons/classes outside of school? Do you study an instrument? What kinds of dance classes have you tried? For many people dance is difficult until they’ve worked through MANY hours of practice/class work (you just don’t see them until they’ve overcome the “two left feet” stage, which can last a LONG time). If you are “older”, you will need to do dance more than one class a week. Are any of these things accessible to you in both scheduling/transportation and funding? If not, there may be some creative options available to you. From what you wrote, it sounds like you have only tried to get into school theater classes and have auditioned for “tons” of productions and have “lately” been rejected. I am just curious what else you have tried. Many kids who want to pursue MT/Acting/Singing are spending many hours a week in studios/lessons/classes for at least 1-2 years, and some much more. “Natural talent” only gets a person so far, the rest is accomplished through hard work. Are you already doing this? Is it possible for you to do that in the future? You are getting terrific advice from the posters above if you are a rising senior and have already put forth the work I’m suggesting - or the best that has been available to you and your circumstances. If you are younger than that and have relied only on what you can get from school classes you might want to explore other avenues for training before you judge yourself “not talented enough to succeed”. And yes, there are many people who did not find their strides in theater until they were in college - whether on stage/in front of the camera, or elsewhere on the theater/film team.