I want to share the stage with.....

So last week, I wrote a blog listing the people I would love to share the stage with, and hope to one day either see me perform or perform with them.

I also said that I would write something up, telling everyone why. I don't know why I've decided to do this, but I feel that I need to identify these things, both for myself, and for people that I tell these things to and they go "who's that?", or "why them?".

I need to start by saying that this is in no specific order:

1) Terrence Mann- Okay, I saw him perform in Beauty and the Beast when I was 10 years old, and loved it, and him! That show made me want to perform at all, and absolutely inspired me. He, himself is a wonderful, wonderful actor. I've seen him in other, more serious roles, such as Javert, and Bob on "The Dresden Files", and I love just watching his process, you can tell each word is thought about, and caluclated, even though someone else wrote it-he thinks each word through before he delivers it, and I love it. His stamp of approval of my performance would mean the world to me.

2) Nathan Lane-This guy is amazing on another level entirely! He's another wonderful actor I admire greatly. He's funny, he's right on the mark with his timing and he's great. I don't remember the first time I saw or heard Nathan Lane, I just know he was always someone I really really loved as a performer. I finally had the chance to see him twice. Once in "November", and twice (and soon to be three times), in "The Addams Family", and he is absolutely everything I thought he would be onstage and more.

3) Harvey Fierstein- There aren't enough words in the vocabulary to describe my love for this man as a performer, and as a writer. Harvey is one of my biggest influences, and one of my main reasons for being in this industry at all. I saw him when I was a kid in "Mrs. Doubtfire", and have been hooked on him ever since. His movie/show "Torch Song Trilogy" was wonderfully written and beautifully executed.I even used one of those monologues for my oral interpretation class in college. He has the power to make me laugh, and cry, in the same sentence. I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing him in "A Catered Affair", which he wrote, and will be seeing him again in "La Cage Aux Folles", which he also wrote. I would love to have my work evaluated by him as well, or to perform with him.

4) Adam Pascal- This. Man. Is. A. Machine! He's just a machine, and in the best way possible. I know other people share my opinion of this, but he IS Roger Davis, and there isn't another one in my mind. Not because he was the first and blah blah blah. But, because I feel that his Roger has a bit more of an edge than I've seen with other people who have tried to play the role. He's a passionate performer when he's doing his own work, and I can see in his performances, that he truely connects with his words, and his audiences. At the same time, he's not afraid to be silly and poke fun of himself occasionally. This is why I'd love to share the stage with this man.

5) Anthony Rapp- I've never seen a performer bare his soul like Anthony does. Between his book, and his one man show, and everything in between, when Anthony is onstage he lets himself just fall right into the character he's playing-even if that character is himself. He's a genuine person, and really is a wonderful performer.

6) Larry Edoff- Larry's cool. He plays the piano for Adam in his show, and in my mind is just as talented. His voice is wonderful, and I have had the pleasure to meet him and speak to him at length several times. He's always nothing but wonderful, and a really nice guy.

While this is just a short list, these are the main people and reasons why I do what I do, and who inspires me, whom I'd love to share the stage with, and whom one day would love to perform for and get their opinion of said performance.

What the....?

What happens when you don't nail an AUDITION????

Recently I took a leap of faith and submitted my resume and headshot to a singer showcase in NYC at the suggestion of my college roommate.

However, unlike her..I haven't heard from them yet. I may not hear from them at all. So how do you deal with it when you don't even land the audition? Don't even get seen.

No...seriously? How do you deal with it? The rational part of my head keeps saying 'this is ONE audition, don't put so much stress on yourself-it's going to happen, so just work for it, let it, move onto the next role or the next audition..."

On the other hand, the part of my brain that houses the actor in me goes "HOLY JEEBUS!! They didn't even want to HEAR from me?! What did they see on my resume they didn't like? Is my headshot not good?! I need answers, damnit!"

So, again, what does this do to the psyche? For starters: I haven't slept right, I've noticed as I take more and more leaps of faith, and more and more auditions come around, I get less and less sleep. When I do sleep,the dreams that I have are weird and vivid, or they're nightmares that I need to differenciate from reality when I wake up.

It also has me craving approval-I need to hear someone tell me I'm good! I need to. I need to know that I'm not doing all of this for nothing, and I need to know that there are people out there that realize that this is serious to me, and I don't take it lightly.

I realize I won't get every part I go out for...but to not even land an audition? What's that say? That is the question I'll ask myself about this failed "audition" over and over again.

They could surprise me though, they could e-mail me Monday (audition is on Thursday), and let me know they DO want to see me. But, as it stands right now, that's not going to happen.

*sigh* This is the business I chose, and I knew what was going to happen going into it. Doesn't mean that it doesn't play with the mind every so often.

We'll see what happens....oh, and I may have an announcement here sooner rather than later...I'll let you all know :)

Taking a leap of faith

A leeeeeeaaaapppp o-o-of...faaaiittthh!!!

Sorry, had to do it! Thinking about Jonathan Larson tonight. Anyway!

On with the show!

So tonight my college roommate called me and she told me that she was accepted into the Bound for Broadway singers showcase in the West Village..WHAT?!! Amazingness!

What's even more amazing, is that the ad was still on playbill.com. Where I found it like she did, and sent them my own resume/headshot and cover letter.

Now, I'm waiting to see if I get an audition like she did. We're looking to do this together, because really, it's not fun doing it by yourself, and it just adds that extra element to the audition if you're doing it with a real friend.

This is HUGE for me. The last time I went to a NY audition was for some showbiz expo thing, that really didn't have much there. And the 2 auditions I did, took all of a half an hour. This, if this happens...could have the potential to be absolutely freaking AMAZING!!!!

Again though, I'm playing the waiting game and I really hope to hear from them soon since my friend's audition is on Feb 3rd. I need to prep if I'm going into this thing :).

I may have an announcement by the end of the week....we'll see :)

Until then....

Dreams and Bucket List

Sorry I've been gone for a few days. Hurt my back while using the Wii Fit on Wednesday, and it still hurts :(. I think I pulled something.

Anyway, on with the show...

So, every actor has that thought, that fleeting dream in the back of their minds, and a sentence that sounds like this "One day, I want to share the stage with...." and then their person's name there.

For some people, like myself, there are many, many names that could go in that space. And I put them all on a piece of paper, and I carry it with me in my purse, almost like a reminder to put fire under my butt and do this thing before it's too late (for them, or for me).

I had written a note on facebook a while back about my "bucket list", now unlike most bucket lists-I'm not dying, these aren't things I'm looking to do before I kick said bucket, these are things I want to do, people I want to perform with, before I feel I've gotten too old to have this sort of notion.

Some of the names, my readers will know, some, maybe not so much. My reasons for wanting to perform with them are mine, and maybe sometime this coming week I'll put up a blog about who inspires me and why, and who I'd like to share the stage with.

For now, I can, and will tell you who'd I'd love to share the stage with one day: Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Larry Edoff (subsequently enough, they're all doing a tour together right now), Harvey Fierstein (the whole reason I'm in theatre in the first place), Terrence Mann (another reason why I'm in theatre), and Nathan Lane (yet, one more reason).

Did you see that list? You know how much ass I have to haul to get to perform with some of these people?

Hopefully, I've picked up a project that will take me through almost the first week of June. But, as soon as that project is over, I'm going to start this list, and come hell or high water, I will share the stage with/perform for, these people.

I mean, hell, without dreams like this, Disney as the way we know it wouldn't exist...and look how much HE got accomplished, just from a WILD notion like this...

The waiting game SUCKS

As you all know, I had an audition over the weekend, and before you get all excited-NO, I haven't heard about the part yet.

That, I believe is the hardest part of this industry. That's the thing that keeps us actors up at night for weeks on end while we audition our hearts out-The WAITING Game!

It's not hard to get the audition, its not hard to prepare, or to travel to the audition, and even though the audition is nerve wracking, and you will always be thinking "OH! I could've done that better, give me one more shot!", the thing that is the hardest part about this-is the waiting.

Right now, as we speak, I am anxiously awaiting an e-mail, a call, a text, or a facebook message from my director, letting me know whether I've gotten the role or not.

What has this done to me? What does the waiting do? I've lost sleep! I haven't slept right since the audition. I spoke to an actor on facebook last night-someone I speak to sometimes, when he's on, if I have to congratulate him for something. I don't claim to know him, or that I hang out with him, or anything like that. Its just someone I speak to ONLINE every so often. And in my weird, whacked out dream last night, I was talking to him on the PHONE as if we'd been friends for years!

As you can see, it causes strange, unpredictable dreams too, this, waiting game. It plays with you while you're awake too. Every phone call, your heart drops to your stomach. The words "You've Got Mail!" take on new meaning, is the new mail from them? Am I in? Or, am I stalking out that next audition, praying to pick up a project?

You prepare for both scenerios. On one hand, if I get the part, I know what that'll mean. It'll mean long days, longer nights, dunkin donuts coffee, barely seeing my family as I rush off to rehearsal every night, memorizing lines, blocking, costume fittings, and everything else in between that comes along with picking up a project. I prepare to clear my schedule, and know that a night off will be a blessing.

On the other hand: I don't get the part, and I start stalking Actors' Access, or Backstage, or even nj.com for the next audition. I prepare another monologue so that I'm prepared at a moment's notice, I schedule head shot time, and I know...it could be awhile before I step foot on a stage. A good, long while. And that's the part that keeps me and every actor awake at night: which hand will it be?

Only time will tell...Until then...I continue to wait....

Weight loss=more acting gigs?

Let's start this by saying: I'm NOT a video game person, the only system I can truely call mine in this house is my SuperNintendo system, and I love the thing. That and my DSi, which I play Mario on anyway-you get my point!

My brother, on the other hand, has every system that has ever been around. Which, he either still has, or it has at least taken residence in my house for a period of time. Including the Nintendo Wii system.

Now, like I said, usually I don't look at the system, I don't know the system, it doesn't know me-we just don't get along. But, while my brother was home from winter break, he suggested the game Wii Fit to me-a game that will actually help me lose weight.

Hmm...skepticisim. I'm the type of person you need to trick into working out. I don't do the gym, I find it boring. I can't do the same stuff at home, because again-boring. If I'm going to work out, please, for the love of cake-trick me into doing it!

So, we go down to the local GameStop where he works while he's at home, and I purchased a pre-owned Wii Fit, and board. $60 something dollars later, I'm now the semi-proud owner of this device that practically promises results, as long as you use it for at least a half an hour a day everyday.

So, there it sits, for almost a week, without me having touched it. My brother and mom have both used it, and it looks like a lot of fun-but I don't excersise with people around, I just, don't. I never have, and never will. I get self concious-I'm not performing, damnit, I'm working out, don't look at me!

I finally have a night where nobody is around, so I plugged the game in, and worked out for a half an hour-this was last week. And I loved it! I turned the game off after the half hour and haven't touched it since, since there were always people around-mainly my family.

Then yesterday, mom and I were talking about the game, since I had a 7 day grace period to return it and get my money back-which my brother kept insisting I could do, since nobody had SEEN me use the device. I told them no, I bought it, it's mine, I'm keeping it. I'm going to actually give this a try.

As my brother kept babbling on about something, my mom looked at me, and asked if I were going to use it to lose weight. I said yes, and then she said something to the effect of "good, overweight actresses are hardly successful."

Now, in one part of my brain-I was jumping up and down screaming things like "WHAATT!!!? pick a direction-do you consider me an actress or not?!", the other half of my brain went "wait a tick....that may explain a lot."

So here's my question- doesmy weight loss equal more roles for me? I think it might. Considering most actors (going with female now, the word actress was actually denonced about a year ago-now you're an actor reguardless of gender), are tiny to fit into costumes, be lifted up by men, and all that goes in between-it actually does make sense.

Today is day #2 with this thing (remember I used it last week, too), and I'm going to track my results in the form of this blog, as well as continuing with the other stuff that I've BEEN writing about.

But, this is a big part of being an actor-taking care of yourself. I'll admit, I haven't taken the BEST care of myself (I once went through a whole summer eating almost nothing but Taco Bell for lunch), but I take better care of myself now than I ever did. And if this thing helps me to do what I would do at a gym, without the unfortunate side affects of you know, paying for a membership, working out in public, and then having to make the effort to get there and back, then I'll do it and see what happens.

For now, the Wii Fit calls, and I must go try this thing for at least a half hour. And just because everyone's curious-no, I haven't heard about the audition I just had quite yet. The director said it'd be by the end of the week.

Will keep you posted :)

Can I read that part, too?

So I went to my audition today, and I think that it went pretty decently well. There weren't too too many peeople there, which was a great thing to see for me, to be able to see my competition, and see who else was there for the part I was going out for.Here's the thing though: When you go to an audition, there's always a line that reads something to the effect of: "what role are you auditioning for?". Now, the smart auditionee will write: "Any". This means, you aren't limited to the role you are going out for. Makes you a lot more castable.

However, that logic backfired on me today at the audition. I filled out the form as I was supposed to, and when prompted to answer that question, I answered "any". Oh boy....

So the only other girl that was there was also my age, and must have put a character name in, because that's the ONLY role the director had her read.*sigh* I wanted to read that role, too. But, unfortunately, I wasn't asked to read the role as she had. I was asked to read 2 other roles. One of which being a much, much older character than I am (and by that I mean, the character has at least a 20 year old daughter).

That's the luck of the draw though when you go into the audition, but at the same time, I wish she had asked me to read for that other part. It's what I really wanted, but usually, when at an audition, the director likes to hear the same type of people read the same parts. But, this time, the other girl read only that one part, and I was asked to read 2 other parts instead.

Otherwise, the audition went wonderfully. I don't know if I'll get a role....but it makes me think that I might be finally getting a project for the next few months. I should know within the week, since the policy of the theatre is to let all auditionees know whether or not they got a role.

Will keep you all posted as to what's going on as I find out.

Stay tuned!

Audition tomorrow!

Well, the internal countdown is over, and my audition is tomorrow at 1pm. Right now, it's 2:30am and I'm up instead of sleeping like I should be doing.

I spoke with a friend tonight, and told her I was nervous-not about the audition itself, but about who else might be auditioning.

See, that's the paranoia. That's the thing that'll eat away at me until after the audition is over. The thing that'll keep me from eating anything in the morning, and the feeling that'll bring me to Dunkin Donuts for a coffee before I go so that I don't pass out.

**I do try to eat at least eggos or something before I leave for an audition like this, though. The coffee helps calm the nerves somewhat**

Then there's that nagging question of "do they already have people in mind for these roles?". If they do, you walk into a losing battle already. If a director has a show pre-cast in their minds, unless you give an absolute, TONY/OSCAR winning performance-there's no way you're getting that role. In that case, the director is just waiting for the people they've pegged in their head to come in and audition for them.

Whatever the case may be- I'm prepared in every other way. I know the part I'm going out for, I've memorized the monologue, which I'll film and try to put on here for interested parties to see, and my resume has been printed. Everything is all set.

Now if I could just shake that thought out of my mind, I'll be okay.

I have my suspicions based on who I know at the theatre I'm at, and I know pretty much where everyone is talent wise. But then there's always that one person who shows up outta the blue and BAM! throws me the hell off. Because they'll get up onstage and just knock it out of the park.

I know that's the nature of the game, and I know any theatre always has that ace in the hole-this actor/actress can play any role at a *snap's* notice. I know that, and I'm always prepared for that. I just need to re-learn how to go with the curveballs that auditions throw at me. I got so accostmed to seeing the same people audition over and over again in college, that there really were no curveballs. You talked, you asked around, you HELPED each other prepare! There was no real competition-we were going in there together, even if only one of us got a part.

But here, I can feel the comeptition, and it's a weird feeling for me, even though I'm trained to do it. I didn't get every role I auditioned for in college, and I won't get every role I audition for post-college. It's that damn WILD card though, that gets me nervous before each one. And while I can sit here, freezing in my kitchen, with my eyes half closed, and my body telling me I should be done for the day, I know that I need to be on my toes tomorrow, because it could be a ROOM full of wild cards-not just one. And I need to stand my ground tomorrow, and go in there and do what I'M TRAINED TO DO!

Well, as it says in "A Chorus Line", this is what I'm doing for love. Let's see if it'll love me back tomorrow.... I'll keep you all posted.

Audition this weekend!!!

Going to an audition for me is almost like Christmas-except there's no guaranteed gift of a role, or a project when the audition is done-the excitement is the same though!!

This audition is this coming Sunday for a show called "The Heiress", now, while I don't know too too much about this show, the company I am auditioning for, Center Players, my home since I graduated college, was nice enough to put a small description on the facebook event page:

"The Heiress" is set in NYC in the 1850s. This period classic tells of a shy and socially naive young woman, who falls desperately in love with a charming young man. Her critical father, a successful and wealthy doctor does not approve of the marriage and threatens to disinherit her if she proceeds with the wedding plans. This beautifully written drama explores the social and economic structure of the times, while continuing to illuminate relationships of fathers, daughters, lovers, and close family members that are still relevant in today's world.

Sounds pretty cool, right? I bought the play and need to read it asap before this audition.

So..what exactly do I do for audition prep? Here's "my process", and I've found every actor has a different one:

1)I'm making sure my face is as clear as it can be by washing it two times a day (instead of the once at night that I normally can get away with)

2) I purchased the play and intend to read it cover to cover before going into the audition room.I need to know my character before I try to play with her.

3) Do a brief character breakdown/backstory so I can really get in touch with who this person is

4) make sure my resume is printed

5) part of any audition could always be to prepare a 1-2 minute monologue-from memory. So therefore, I'm preparing my memorized monologue as well (which is a WHOLE different ball game in of itself!)

6) do the laundry-I know this seems trivial, and something that we all do anyway. But for an audition, I like to plan my outfits ahead- If I can avoid it, I never wear white to an audition. No, this isnt a supersition, if you wear white onstage without the right lighting you get completely lost up there and nobody will be able to see you!

7) Do a sketch of my makeup for audition day in my mind. You never want to wear too too much makeup. Let's not doll ourselves up like cheap whores, okay? Leave that for when you're in Cabaret or something like that!

8) I'm also in the process of finding out WHO else is auditioning. Now, I've gotten lucky for this audition because it's my the playhouse where I feel most comfortable. I know what skill sets the people coming out for this have, and I know the director as I've worked with her before, so I know what to expect.

But in a few weeks I'll have another audition, for Hairspray, and I'm a stranger at that theater.I don't know them, they don't know me, and I won't personally know anyone auditioning. So I'll need to do as much research as I can (knowing the show before I walk into an audition helps me with this. If I can do a better character than anyone else based on what I know-I go with that!)

And when I do get to NY, forget it! Whole new ball game and I might not even know the show-the wits'll kick in at that point and I'll just prepare for everything in the previous steps.

Now, I also have a proces on the day OF the actual audition:

1) Get up before 11am. Again, trivial-but I LOOOOVE my sleep, like every actor who keeps an irratic schedule. Go to bed late, wake up late! But I will blast my ass out of bed at 10 am to get ready for a 1pm audition.

2) Wash my face early. I wash it as soon as I get up, in most cases before I eat anything. I do this because my skin on my face is sensetive, and sometimes it will get red, blotchy and itchy right after being washed. I wash it early enough and my skin has a chance to calm down before I have to put make up on it.

3) EAT! The nerves will be there one way or another, and I never know HOW long I'll be at an audition, so I always make sure to shove SOMETHING in me if I can help it. If it's an afternoon audition, I go with something like a sandwhich, or a salad-something light. For morning auditions, it's eggs, or eggos, and one 1/2 glass of 1% milk.

4) brush my hair, brush my teeth (even if I've already done it for the day), put my audition make up on.

5) Print my resume and make sure its up to date. This is usually the last thing I do before I walk out the door, and I really should break myself of this habit, because I sometimes forget to add that last project I just got out of! So I really should know better..but we're not all perfect.

6) Make sure I look put together- Nothing worse than going to an audition looking like a freakin hot mess! I always make sure I look put together, confident, and ready.

NEVER WALK INTO AN AUDITION COMPLETELY UNPREPARED-YOU WILL GET TRAMPLED!

With the audition being Sunday (with the option of going Monday isntead), I have a LOT of work to do, with little time to do it! All of these steps need to get done before I walk into t he theatre to do my thing.

Let's get shit together and go kick this audition's ass on Sunday afternoon! :)

Review of Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp Concert

I have been a Renthead now for six years, and in those six years I have had the honor and privlege of seeing both Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp on several different occasions and each time have enjoyed being in their company and/or watching them perform.

This past Monday (1/10/11), however, history was made and I was able to see these two wonderful performers together onstage-not in their iconic Roger Davis and Mark Cohen characters, but simply-as Adam and Anthony.

The concert started at 8:02 (not bad for theatre, which has a 5-10 minute grace period for last minute seaters and those who had to run to the bathroom-actors included), and Adam was the first one onstage, along with his sidekick, and just as much part of the show as himself, piano player Larry Edoff. This concert was different from the others I had seen though, because along with Larry, Adam also had a drummer at this concert named Gary.

For the Adam Pascal fans out there, they know his normal set includes Broadway hits, and his own music that him and Larry have written together. This concert proved no different than any other he would have done. Starting out the set, he performed his now requested rendition of "I dont care much/Rocketman" from Kander and Ebb's Cabaret and Elton John respectively. His set also included songs from his album Blinding Light, such as "Fade Out", "Love will Always Come back" (a song Larry wrote, and dedicated to his now very pregnant wife. He mentioned she was due in 3 weeks-and it's a GIRL!). "Single Drop of You", and "Turn the Lights On" rounded out the selections from his album. Adam also thrilled the audience by performing the song "Red Hill Mining Town" by U2, a song he used fifteen years ago to audition for the ground breaking musical Rent. He also expressed his deep sorrow over the loss of Black Sabbath member Ronnie James Dios, and told the audience that he was one of his biggest ispirations, and how hard he tried to sing like his hero. As a memorial, he sang the man's material.

Adam also enjoys telling stories and jokes during his set, but as he told the audience, that due to something he wrote on facebook he was "nicely advised to keep his comments to himself. However! In true Adam fashion, he said that he had to say one thing, and told the audience that "I never said I wanted Julie Taymore arrested for assault...I think she should be murdered for arson!" for that, he got a HUGE laugh and cheering! We KNEW he was kidding!!!!

He also told his now famous story of a time in Del Ray, Florida where he was practically boo'd offstage, then had to go to a meet and greet with the same people that boo'd him. I personally LOVE hearing that story, because he does such a funny old man/woman impression!

INTERMISSION

After intermission was over, Anthony took to the stage. He started his set with a song from his album 'Look Around', playing the title track. He also played a song entitled "Visits to You", that he shared he had written for his mother in the wake of her illness and his gut wrenching travel between New York, where he was cast in Rent to his home in Joliet, Illinois.

He also treated the audience to his audition song as Adam had. His song is now famous to his fans-R.E.M's "losing my Religion", and I think I actually prefer his version over the original (though I knew the song LONG before I knew this was the song he had performed for the audition).

Anthony then joked to the audience that he loved 80s music, because he was a child of the 80s...so he was going to sing a song from the 80s. The song? "Video Killed the Radio Star"!!! Which the crowd loved and went wild for during and after the song!

Like Adam, Anthony has had a very prolific career on Broadway, being seen in musicals such as You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Little Shop of Horrors, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His next song, was from Hedwig. Now, I beg your forgiveness as I'm not all that familiar with hedwig, so I'm not sure what song it was that was actually performed. But, he did tell the audience to image him in 5" heels and a big, blonde wig.

He then went into the song "Chasing Cars", and rounded out his set with the Rent ballad Without You, which he dedicated to both Jonathan Larson (composer of Rent) and his mother.

When he was done, he announced that the next song in the set would be the last, and beginning chords of What You Own, a song made famous to Rentheads by Adam and Anthony began. Adam returned to the stage for his part to thunderous applause from the audience, who was more than thrilled to hear this iconic song, done by the two people who made it famous.

After bows with Anthony's band, Albinokid, they exited the stage. The audience was on its feet, cheering and clapping in appreciation-but we all knew the show wasn't over yet.

As if in a movie, there was a slight lull, followed by more thunderous applause as Adam made his way back out with Larry to perform their rendition of One Song Glory, Adam's crowning moment in his set- another song he made iconic from Larson's musical. Anthony then joined him back onstage with his band, where they really concluded their set with Seasons of Love.

When the final cord was played, the audience rose to its feet, giving them and their band more thunderous, appreciative applause as they all took their bows, thanking the audience (Anthony giving his usual claps to Jonathan as he does at the end of each perfomance he does), and exiting the stage.

I have seen Adam in concert six times, and I saw Anthony's one man show, based on his book Wthout You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical RENT, but the powerhouse performance of these two performers and friends was probably the most amazing thing I have seen in a long, long time.

Why I decided to blog

I've tried to do this in the past, and every time I do, I find I really don't have anything interesting or important enough to say for people to want to READ the damn thing.

But, yesterday I went to the Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp show at Town Hall in NYC, and a friend of mine suggested I start one. When I asked, "what would I write about", her response was "theatre. Isn't that what you're passionate about?" and I said "yeah! But, would people actually read it?" And the response I got was an overwhelming YES! So..here I am.

So basically-here's what this blog is about: I'm an actress, have been for 15 years or so..give or take a few years in high school where I focused more on chorus than acting. My goal and dream is to be on Broadway..and I'm slowly working my way there..problem is: I live at HOME!

And where is home? Home is Holmdel, NJ. Never heard of it? Okay..PNC Bank (Garden State) Arts Center...yeah, the same town THAT'S in! Now, that wouldn't be such a problem..if I didn't also live AT HOME! I'm 24 years old, and live at home because I can't support myself in an apartment (because I know that's where peoples' minds go as SOON as I say that).

So basically..this blog is to chronicle said Broadway journey, give people reading it insights into what auditions are like and if I DO land a show (go me!) I will absolutely write about those experiences as well. I'll also review shows I've seen/heard of as well.

So..Curtain up..here we go :)