Monday, July 27, 2009

Auditions: The Worst Part of the Performing Arts

I know, I haven't posted anything in months and I'm sorry about that. I promise I'll write about everything thats been going on very very soon but right now, I have one thing I need to write about.
This has most definetly been a very interesting weekend. We opened and closed for SYP's, The Magic Fishbone, adapted and directed by Claudia (directed for my cast anyway) but another very surprising thing went down.
On Thursday for my sister and Friday (right before I left for the show) for myself, Alyssa and I got calls from a modeling and acting agency. They wanted us to come in for a presentation and interview with them on Sunday at 10:30! They had contacted 164 people in the Twin Cities that came in to get interviewed and they were going to pick 50 of those to go through their training school (one weekend per month for six months) called Barbizon. The catch is they wanted over 2,000 dollars per person for a sort of tuition fee. They've had a lot of now famous actors/actresses and models go through them, though. Then, once you 'graduated' from Barbizon, you'd go on to their agency where you would be availible for their hundreds of clients to use for photo shoots, fashion shows, and commercials or ads. Too bad nothing is for sure in this world so you may never get good jobs or gigs through this but the training would be very helpful if you chose to try your luck with a different agency. The person who interviewed us was one of the head-hanchos herself! Ms. Owens. She was very kind and seemed to like us! She made a few comments about IF we were to be accepted, what divisions we would be best suited for. The divisions (that I know of anyway) are as follows: petite division (for people 5'4" and under, for fashion I believer. She mentioned I would be perfectly suited for this one ;D), high fashion division (same thing as petite except for girls 5'8" or guys 5'10" and taller. Ms. Owens commented that my sister would be good for this.), hair (their LARGEST divison), plus size (people with a girls pant size 16 or larger), and commercial and print (t.v. ads and ads for stores. She also said the both of us would be well suited for this). They told us they'd call tonight between seven and nine and they followed through. We got a call from Barbizon a little after eight tonight. The lady who called us talked to my mom for several minutes (with me peeking over her shoulder to see what she was writing down :D). They talked about my older sister, Alyssa, first. I believe she was talking to Ms. Owens... but anyways! She said that my sister was extremley qualified! She would qualify for all the division besides petite and plus sized!! AND she was the only one there who had freckles which was very commonly requested from clients! They wanted her in!! Then, the two talked about me. My mom was told that there many, many girls in my grouping and that they planned on going over them all again tomorrow morning so we'd be getting another call around the same time the next evening. *sighs* I love the performing arts. I wouldn't be the same person if I didn't have them in my life but auditioning and waiting for results is the worst! A very nice thing about Barbizon, though, is they try to contact you as soon as possible, which is very appreciated! Ms. Owens did comment that I was very qualified for it, though. Still, I shall have to wait 'til tomorrow night, butterflies dancing in my stomach all the while.