I Had A Dream

So Gypsy callbacks. I thought they went really well. I nailed pretty much everything except "Little Lamb" because I haven't been working on my soprano at all. I was definitely the youngest one called back for a stripper by far, and an odd duck sort of Louise. I danced the shit out of the dance numbers. I felt really good, like I thought I could be one of the Hollywood Blondes if I wasn't one of the others. I knew that there were better people for the individual roles though, and I'm at an odd age for this production. I'm too young to be a stripper, but too adult for most of Louise's stuff. Still...

I got two phone calls today. In the first, she was really nice, and she said really amazing things about my audition, but she can't find a place for me. They went with quirkier (older) strippers and a dark haired tall Louise. And must have decided to use Baby Hollywood Blondes. She felt bad that it was my favorite show, and so was trying to figure out ways that I could be involved in it. None of them sounded really appealing, so I'm getting ready to change all my plans. I can put in a bid to be a dresser for Jersey instead of Tommy and then audition for stuff in the summer. After all, now that I've had a really good set of auditions, I think I could do more.

Then I get the second phone call. After being teary and trying to change plans, Director says she forgot about a role. There's one ensemble female role that plays a bunch of really small bit parts, most with no lines, but would I like to do it. Hells yes! I may get to be dance captain, if they need one. At this point, I don't care, it'll be nice to be onstage in front of a real audience in a real musical after five years. It's nothing I'm going to make everyone come see, but then we'll see what happens next year. Maybe next year there'll be something I'm right for, or there'll be other productions I can do.

Alright, now I just got to breathe.