Just Add Hair... and an audition.

Today, I put hair on the Crucible poppet (the voodoo doll I made for show). I think she's soo cute... I almost want to make another just for me.  :)

I sat down with one of my instructors today about getting into MT II (Music Theatre workshop II) and the Music Theatre BFA. I basically sat down and said, "So... the reason I came to UCI was for the BFA program and I found out last quarter that only 8 are accepted into it. What do I need to do for you to see that I belong in that program?" We had a good chat. He looked back at his audition feedback for my last MT II audition and said that I had a dash next to my name and the dash means YES, so he thought I was good enough for the class but it probably just meant the competition beat me out. So, he told me about how I can really nail the audition and competition with a more upbeat, comical song because they've seen my sentimental and dramatic side now and "I know you can sing that" is what he said. He also said that the audition made me look like a singer who acts so he went through his list of shows and gave me a few song suggestions.
And I left feeling soooo much better about my craft and my UCI goals. And with a new direction on how to approach and achieve my BFA goal.

Also, tonight I auditioned for the musical A New Brain and The Glass Menagerie. They are both UCI workshops. The Glass Menagerie is being directed by Adrian Balbontin whom I met at PCPA when he was a directing intern. Now he's here at UCI as a grad student. He likes me, so that's good. Not that it would help me get a part - I wouldn't want to be cast based on anything but my audition - but what I mean is, it's nice to know there is someone here in some kind of authoritative position who KNOWS I am a good actor. And while I stumbled upon a few words in my monologue, it was definitely my best musical audition to date because of the ease with which I just let out my voice! My acting could have been better, but that's the problem with being out of classes or plays for so long. Thankfully, I am now in Intermediate Acting class, which reminds me a lot of a mix between Aaron Metchik's acting class and some of my favourite acting classes at PCPA.

This quarter is going to be good. I can just feel it. Thank you, God!