UC Irvine! MEGA Auditions...

I am pretty much settled in. Still getting used to the campus and I'm using a kids bike until I can find one my size on craigslist.com. I'm in Arroyo Vista (so I'm not far from Arroyo Grande... hehe. just playing) on the completely opposite side of campus from where everything like classes and events happen, but that's okay. I will get lots of exercise. :)

Tuesday was my MEGA audition for the 2010-2011 UCI Drama season of: Into the Woods (ensemble roles only), The Crucible, Edward II, Mary Stuart, and The Restoration Comedy.

As it turns out, I signed up for the 5:30pm slot but they didn't have ANY record of my signing up!! But it turned out alright; they just put me in with another group of six instead of the normal five who were supposed to go in. So, I went sixth, after everyone else in my group had auditioned and left. I had been planning on doing my 16 bar cutting of "I'd Give It All For You" at the end - so after my two monologues - but then some people out in the waiting room were saying they were asked to do song first, so then I decided to do song last.

But then I gave the pianist my music and I walked to the "X" in the middle of the room, slated JUST my name like they wanted and began my moment-before for my first monologue, without saying anything, and the pianist started and I jolted out and totally forgot that I was doing song FIRST now... sheesh! And he said "Oh, you are doing song last?" and I said, "NO! You are right; song first; sorry" but it was all surprisingly not stressful and light-hearted.

So, I sang the song (AWESOME, by the way! I was shaking more than I have EVER shaken for an audition, and it only started as soon as I opened my mouth to sing, but you couldn't HEAR the shaking, which is new for me. Usually when I audition, I shake so much that I lose my pitch - but that is the ONLY time I ever do. But I ROCKED! Then I did my monologues and finished at exactly 30 seconds to spare, which is strange because I always went 10 seconds over in practicing!

Then I turned to leave, and 180'd quickly saying "Don't forget your music, Lizz!" and as I was walking to get my music binder, I think I heard a woman whisper, "She's a cutie" or something, but something good. :-D

And as soon as I exited the building, I did a little dance and exclaimed, audibly while a girl was passing (probably on her way to HER audition), "That was my BEST audition EVER!" :) I think I freaked her out, cause she was like, "uh, ok. cool"

Then today, as I was walking in the "halls" one of the Heads of Acting stopped me to remind herself of my name and tell me how great she thought I did. :)

I am sooo glad I have these bangs now! No one else has them, so it helps distinguish me a little.

Phew! I love it here!