Tis the season of auditioning. Nowadays, I talk to my friends in New York and they are going on four or five auditions a day. I'm in school and in Boston, so opportunities are much slimmer, but I have also felt the heat of the rush for summer work. It is just around this time that all of the regional theaters hold their open calls. This involves a lot of early mornings, a lot of belting at 9am, and a lot of waiting. Hundreds of people show up to these calls, but what gets me is that these theaters suddenly develop a huge superiority complex once they arrive in the big apple to hold their auditions.
It's kinda funny in way. The mule barn po-dunk non-equity theatre from nowhere, USA will hold an open call in NYC and hundreds of people will line up and suddenly this theater is like, "Wow, everyone is just dying to work for us!" While this is undoubtedly true for many, it is more accurate to say that they are just dying to work. Period. That same hundred plus group of people will be at the next podunk mulebarn audition the next morning just as eager.
So I think it would be a good thing to say that during this time of the year, in this economy, we should all, actors, directors, and producers alike take a deep breath and realize that we are all fighting for the same thing. We are all working toward the same goals: to create, to entertain, and maybe, just maybe make money (and when I say make money, I mean break even). No need for anyone (theatre or actor alike) to pretend like they are the next Broadway sensation. We already know that we are all destined for greatness. That's why we do this.
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