Don't Quit!

This morning I thought that I would take my "Smash the Mirror" song out for another spin, and attended another EPA at AEA. It was a pretty easygoing morning at Actors' Equity and I was able to get a descent slot before I had to go into the office.

The only negative at AEA was that something was wrong with the heating system so they had to call some repair guys down. While I was waiting with my fellow auditioners to go into the audition room, a woman started yelling at the repairmen:
"Don't you dare make it colder in here! If it gets any colder in here, I'm gonna get Wicked!"

She was quite the character and became the "common enemy" for those of us in line. We couldn't help but giggle under our breath and exchange amused glances with one another over this woman who continued to badger these men.

When it came time for me to go into the room, I was quite relaxed and I felt really good about my audition, which incidentally, was for a fairly well-known casting director. He was also very easygoing and personable, which made for an enjoyable audition experience.

When I was through, he said, "I'm glad that we didn't have any mirrors in this room - otherwise you would have surely smashed one of them."

(Let's hope he meant that in a good way.)

This evening I attended two improv comedy shows - and also had the opportunity to catch "Don't Quit Your Night Job" - a show that I've been meaning to see for some time. Broadway stars doing improv - is this right up my alley, or what?

The wife of a friend of mine is one of the co-creators of the show, and after running into him this evening at the Magnet Theater, he offered to reserve a couple of tickets for me. Sweet!
The show was sort of a variety show, consisting of some sketch, some monologue, some magic, some musical improv and A LOT of audience participation - most of which was very blue.

It was cool to see how actors improvise vs. how comedians improvise. I had a really good time at the show and it was entertaining from start to finish. I couln't help but wish that it was me doing the musical improv up there - but hopefully that's not too far off!