A castmate and I were musing about our respective moves to Chicago and how our 21 year old selves would view our current lives. While I sort of wrote this blog post to my 21 year old self, I also know that I couldn’t have learned these things by reading a list. I really had [...]
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11 Things I Have to Tell Myself About Theatre…and Nachos
Posted in Auditions, Career, Chicago, Inspiration, Midwest, Musical Auditions Series, Network, Projects, Theatre, Uncategorized on April 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Gone for a Soldier – My Spring 2012 Reading List
Posted in Art, Books, Career, Chicago, Inspiration, Music, Musical Auditions Series, Projects, Seasonal, Theatre, Uncategorized, tagged Civil War, Reading List, Spring, Theatre on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I am an avid reader. And now that I have a Kindle? Oh my god. I’m a reading machine WITH a reading machine. I sometimes get so overwhelmed by titles I have to read or watch that I come up with complicated spreadsheets to keep track. True story. And I’m fine with it. I know [...]
Musical Auditions: Part 2: The Audition Day
Posted in Art, Auditions, Career, Chicago, Music, Musical Auditions Series, The Musical Project, Theatre, tagged Chicago, Musical Auditions, Musical Theatre, Musicals, Theatre on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Part 2 of a series about Musical Auditions. (Click here to view Part 1: Preparation) We all have our own little rituals when it comes to stressful situations. Some people do a little yoga, some meditate, others pray. Some people seem to be immune to audition nerves and bully for them. For me, I like [...]
Auditions: Musicals – Part 1: Preparation
Posted in Art, Auditions, Books, Career, Chicago, Music, Musical Auditions Series, Projects, The Musical Project, Theatre, Uncategorized, tagged acting, Advice, Auditions, Chicago, Musical Theatre on January 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is the first post (sort of) in a series about how I prepare for auditions. I actually enjoy auditioning now, but for years it caused me much stress. Was I doing it “right”? Why was I so nervous? How do other people do it? I’ve been lucky enough to experience both sides of the [...]
Sing, Sing a Song – Part Two of Musical Theatre Repertoire
Posted in Art, Auditions, Career, Chicago, Music, Musical Auditions Series, The Musical Project, Theatre, Uncategorized on May 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
At first I was loathe to write this post. Why would I want to reveal my sources for cool, obscure and powerful audition material? But love and be loved in return, right? If you are a purist, these suggestions may not be for you. These are non-traditional sources. Some have a bit of a well-duh [...]
Singer, Know Thyself
Posted in Auditions, Chicago, Music, Musical Auditions Series, The Musical Project, Theatre, tagged Auditions, Musical Theatre, Musicals, Repertoire on May 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After a very long time out of the auditioning world, I am slowly coming back around. Due to many different factors such as shows with a long run, offers on projects, etc. it’s been a really long time since I’ve had to break out 16 bars. So I pulled out my enormous audition binder this [...]
