Classes are starting

I have two auditions for classes on Tuesday.

The old version of the monologue that I found a few days ago actually works pretty well for me.  By the end, I cry like a baby.  The prep doesn’t take very long.  The length feels just right.  It ends naturally.  I’m cautiously elated.

If I can perform this monologue in the auditions the way I have been, then I feel fairly confident about getting into at least one of the classes.  Then again, I’m not sure if I’ll be asked to perform the monologue at one of the auditions.  I only know for certain that we’ll be doing monologues at one audition.

We’ll see.  I’m feeling nervous but also confident.  I know I have the potential to deliver, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to overcome my nerves in order to actually deliver.

I’ve put the other monologues on the back burner for the moment, so that I could focus on honing my technique by reading acting books and by practicing the Sooze monologue.  My goal is to take an acting class here.  I know that there’s a good chance I won’t be accepted, since so many people audition and they take very few.  But I think that I have a good chance.

Anyway, that’s it for now.  I should know my fate by Wednesday.  And on Thursday, I can interview to try to get into the Voice class.  So if I don’t get into either acting class, then hopefully I can talk my way into the Voice class.

Quick update – stateside!

Ahhhh, I’m back in the states!

It’s not as weird as I thought it’d be (I’d been abroad for almost a year).  Everyone around me speaks English!

Anyway, I’m back to working on monologues, watching movies/tv, and reading numerous acting books.

I’ve almost chosen both of my comedic monologues.  Very close.  I haven’t given much thought to the dramatic classical monologue lately.

My dramatic contemporary monologue was fine until I found a different version of it.  Weird.  I looked through my old acting class folders and found the Sooze monologue from SubUrbia that my former acting teacher had given me.  It had a few extra sentences about Sooze’s brother going to a donut shop.  This part of the monologue is not in the play I bought, which I guess is the revised version.  Now, I’m not sure if I should stick with what I’ve been doing (admittedly, it’s too long at three minutes and I was thinking of cutting the second half out) or going with this new development (this would make the first part of the monologue long enough so that I could skip the second part).  But I don’t know.  I guess I’ll have to play around a little bit more and see what feels right to me.

School starts soon, so I’m getting nervous.  I have to start busting my ass in oh so many ways.

Must work out more!