February 18, 2009

  • Declining and Life

    So, I just turned down a part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I was offered the role of the Butler and, after considering it for a day, I called the director and declined. Why, you might ask? Well, I also auditioned for Midsummer Night's Dream with Collingswood Shakespeare and it's a show I'm more interested in. *wrinkles nose* Originally, there were two auditions for Midsummer and my concern was that they'd offer me a part before I could audition for Joseph. Well, they decided to add another audition at the last minute (probably didn't get the turnout they wanted) and HP&P is pretty firm about giving limited windows to accept their roles. So, I declined, explaining my reasons, all the while wondering whether I was making the right choice. I tried to contact the Midsummer director to find out whether I was even in consideration for a part, but he never got back to me. So... I weighed it all in my head and decided that I was best off taking a chance. If I don't get into Midsummer, I can probably still snag an ensemble part in Joseph, or I could answer any one of the number of other auditions in my environs.

    So... other than that, not much going on. *shrug* I'm much preferring the beginner Capoeira classes. The shorter length is more suited to my lower stamina, I'm learning a good bit about the basics that I missed, and best of all, I don't feel like I'm slowing down the people around me. :) Also met a girl who'd been doing Capoeira for as long as me, but was also shaky on basics, so I don't feel quite so bad about it. So, yeah, good times. Got a brushup rehearsal for Measure for Measure tomorrow and performances Friday through Sunday. I feel good about it.