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Ogunquit Playhouse
02/22/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Great place to work. They had their open auditions this weekend. I hope you made it, but if you could not, do not fear. They are also holding Equity Principal Auditions Monday through Thursday and an Equity Chorus Call on Friday. If you are...
Everyone has to start from somewhere
02/21/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Once again, I found these awesome clips of people who are successful auditioning. I love watching this stuff.For me, it is so easy to forget that these actors had to start from nothing to get somewhere. I am so grateful that youtube has these...
My New Decision
02/20/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I have decided to stay in New York. This is a big decision for me because I have been performing and traveling for these shows to different states for a little more than three years. It has been a blessing. Now, I am back in New York. I am training...
Health or Audition?
02/19/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
This is a hard one to choose. I have had this happen to me many times - when I want to go to a bunch of auditions and I am feeling a little under the weather at the same time. This leaves me in a pickle where I really cannot make up my mind. I have...
A Tuesday Night of Acting #2
02/18/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Wow! Great acting class yesterday! I learned so much. I will begin with the great exercises I learned that have to do with getting into character. 1. Sad at the top of a scene:Face a wall and silently hum a song that gets usually gets you in a down...
Never Assume
02/17/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Just because you have worked at a wonderful theatre once or even more than once, you can never assume that you will be cast automatically. It is an unfortunate truth, however, it is the truth. You have to really watch what your expectations. It does...
The Callback is Today
02/15/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
... and I can't make it. I have to work. In this economy, a job means money and money is what I unfortunately need to survive at this time. It sucks. I am super happy to have this great job and my boss is flexible and understanding enough to let me...
Revamping My Audition
02/14/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I have been reworking my audition book and it takes so much time. It’s ridiculous and a bit annoying. I have gotten rid of some songs that didn’t do anything for me and I added new songs that really compliment my abilities. I’m at a good...
Weekend Auditions
02/13/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I do not like weekend auditions. I make a point to keep the weekends open to actually make an income. Yes, that's right, we all have to freakin work side jobs/survivor jobs/whatever you want to call them. It's ridiculous to have auditions over the...
Pissed Off At Audition
02/12/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Forgive me, but I totally got pissed off at an audition today. I don't like admitting it and totally wish I was perfect, but I had it for the day. It was the audition for a production of "Les Miserables" at Hilton Head at Chelsea Studio. The fact...
A Tuesday Night of Acting
02/11/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I, once again, had an amazing acting class last night. The class is fantastically small, so we each get plenty of individual attention. I love the deep work each student gets to do! We had to create a scene and bring it to class. We were given a...
Stage Beauty
02/09/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I highly recommend this movie to stage performers. i thought I was renting a romantic film and I was so wrong. The roomy is about how women finally got the right to perform on the stage. For those who don't know, in the beginning, it was men who...
Auditioning for Disney Cruise Line
02/08/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Yep! The audition is tomorrow. I think it is at Ripley Grier at 10am, but double check with backstage just in case. All I have to say about this audition - one thing above talent - it is about typing. They are casting for several shows in a single...
Finding Time to Rehearse
02/07/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I need to work on things for this career every day and I am having a hard time finding the time. I need a place in Manhattan to work. I do have these random points in the day where I have the time, however, I do not have the money to constantly pay...
Auditioning for High School Musical is Fun!
02/06/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Dude, I just totally went in to audition for High School Musical and had such a blast. We did this hip hop choreography with high energy and I felt like it was put together for me because I loved dancing it so much. Then, I got to read for the role...
Patti LuPone Stopping the Show
02/05/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Patti Lupone stopped the show? I can't believe it! I don't ever want to get away with such bad behavior. Yes, the people taking photos during the show were totally wrong and probably learned their lesson during the whole thing, but Patti was just as...
Museums hurt by current recession
02/05/2009 by Kyla Myers @ artistspassion.com
If you think teachers are underpaid, you should try working in the art world. My sister in law is the Curator of Education at a non-profit museum here in Texas. Non-profits have little money to spare so their staff is even more underpaid that other...
What Time was my Callback?
02/04/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
There is nothing worse than forgetting or not showing up to a callback. I recently got called back for High School musical and I couldn't, for the life of me, remember if it was Wed or Thurs. I should have written it down. I do know now that he said...
I Got a Callback for That?
02/03/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I have been coughing. It's from my nasal drip and it is a pain in my ass. My voice is still working, but it's a little unpredictable after all of the coughing. That being said, I went in for the audition for The Fireside Dinner Theatre's production...
Even They Had To Audition
02/02/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Wow! These people are huge stars now. It is so interesting to watch this and see them before they got big. If I watched these videos and did not know they were now stars, I would not think much of their work. These are not powerful auditions. This...
Elizabeth Browning Acting Studio
02/01/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
In my hunt for ANY place that offered free classes in exchange for my work, I came upon the Elizabeth Browning Acting Studio. What a find! "Great acting is not acting - it is the ability to be fully human and express that humanity with truth,...
I Wonder What it is Like
01/31/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I wonder what it is like to already be a star by now. I wonder what it's like to actually be in the audience of the Tony awards and being nominated. I wonder what it's like to walk up on that stage after hearing that you won best actress in a...
Beware of the Coughing
01/30/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
Coughing is a danger zone for a singer. It is just plain bad news. It is like scratching the back of your throat over and over and over and over again. Eventually, it gets all red there. You think your vocal quality is going to be the same?...
Auditions for Ariel for A Little Mermaid
01/29/2009 by Jenna Kantor @ alwaysauditioning.com
I would be at this audition if I was good for the role. Dude, I would get to be the beautiful red-headed cartoon I was in love with when the first movie came out! For those who know me, yes, I did get to be Ariel with Disney Cruise Line years ago. I...
Getting to know you...
01/28/2009 by Kyla Myers @ artistspassion.com
Hi, my name is Kyla and I am the new writer for this blog. I am very excited to get the opportunity to write about art. I inherited my love of art from my mother who dragged me and my brothers through endless museums as small children. Mother also...