Alexa asked me awhile ago how you get to be on stage in plays. I told her by taking classes and going to auditions. So she decided to quit dance and take acting classes. I figured I would track down an open audition (usually they for union only.) Unfortuanetly, he wrote back and said all audition slots were booked. Which was fine, we weren't quite ready, I just wanted her to see what it was like and go to her first one.
Then I got an email that said this:
Hi Niki,
I know it may be last-minute, but we would LOVE to see your daughter for auditions tonight. You may come down anytime between 6:30pm & 10pm. Feel free to call me to confirm. My cellphone is 816-XXX-XXXX. Auditions are at the address below. Let me know! Thanks!
Chad Gerlt
Musical Theater Heritage
Marketing Director / Associate Producer
www.MTHKC.com
So I called him and he said for us to bring 2 different style songs for her to sing. I said, "Oh we just started looking into auditioning and I can't say that she has any songs prepared." He said not to worry about it and to just bring her in.
Once Alexa got home from school, I called her and told her about the audtion. She was super excited and asked a million questions (trademark for Alexa.) I just tried to explain that she was just going to go and see what it's like.
Lucky for us, she had piano that night prior to the audition. He also is a voice teacher, so Alexa mentioned she was auditioning for a play and what songs she knew from her acting class. He actually had the music and a practice cd of her song. (Dites-Moi from South Pacific) I came to pick her up and she ran through the song and it sounded great. I was surprised she knew it that well.
We signed up for her audition time once we got there. We had a couple of people infront of us, so we had sometime to talk. She said she was getting nervous, but excited at the same time. Then right before she was to audition, she said "Mom, I forgot the sound on one of the parts of the song." I told her it was no big deal and as soon as the piano started playing she would know exactly the sound she forgot. I've been through it a million times. It never fails that as soon as you are about to perform (dance in my case), you try to go through it in your head and you always forget something! I knew she was going through the same thing and once in there, she would do fine. They called her name and she went through the doors.
I sat there waiting for her while she performed. Once done, she came out and seemed excited. She said that they said she did quite well and that she did the song in French and then in English.
No matter what I am pretty impressed. Boy does this girl have confidence! Not many kids her age can walk in a room and belt out a song without being scared to death. She's always been a natural infront of audiences.
Now we have to wait a couple of weeks to see if she gets a call back. However, this was a great experience to know exactly what is needed in an audition. The next one won't be so scary.
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