3a. Weirdest callback ever, and not because I had to do anything funny but essentially because it wasn't a callback but just singing a different song.
I arrived early today at Chelsea per my traveling fiasco the day before and checked in with the monitor. I still had a good 45 minutes, but they seemed to be running early and I got prepared just to be sure.
Cohoes asked for a different song in the style of the show, so I decided to sing Prima Donna as it shows off my Soprano really well.
As I was waiting I noticed that people were just going in and out of the audition not really staying or coming back for sides or other songs, that was strange to me, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention to the time actually passing in the room. My turn finally came up and I went in, gave the pianist my song and tried to sing her my tempo, remembering that everyone had said she liked to play a bit fast. I hadn't had trouble the day before but today was another matter. She gave me the first note, I began to sing and SHE'S OFF!
It was so fast I didn't expect a song from Phantom of the Opera could be played as a jazz piece.... I tried to reign her in and control the tempo but whatever, I still sounded good and my High D's came out just fine.
There was a slight pause after and then they smiled and thanked me and that was that. No reading of sides, no extra singing, not even a single question about me or the production. It was like an initial audition all over again.
You know call backs really are an emotional extreme. There's the happy side which is the "Yay! I got a callback that means they like me!" but then there's the anxious/paranoia side afterwards which is the "Did they like me? Are they going to cast me?"
And then you wait,
and wait
and wait
and WAIT until you hear of someone doing the show or realize rehearsals just started and you're not there.... *sigh* Such is the Never-Ending No of life...
Well until next week, I'm talking CATS.
Ever Hopeful,
Jillian
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