Wednesday, August 27, 2003

The Piro is Having a Fall...

I auditionned for a school musical on Monday, and callbacks were today of which I attended. The musical they are doing is Cinderella. Unfortunately, I have a very strong doubt that I am no Prince Charming.      When I first finished with auditions the first day I talked to the director a bit and she said she was probably going to combine the roles of the Steward and Herald into one part, and that is what she thinks she is going to cast me as.      I came into callbacks today, and all I had to do was sing part of a song by the Herald (The Prince is Having a Ball). So I am very sure that this is the role I am being given. I know I should probably be happy with it, but I am sure that I would make a better Prince Charming than any of the other guys.      I am one of the better actors of the guys that auditioned, and I am probably the best vocalist out of them all. There might be one who is a tiny bit better, but I am not sure... He was not that good in Clue, but it seems he has gotten somewhat better. That, or he just auditioned with a song he knew he could do easily.      I know that ever since Clue the director is always thrilled to have me back, yet ever since I have been given such secondary or even tertiary roles. I do not get it. If she always wants to ensure that I come back, and I know she does, then that obviously means I am good. I do not know why it seems that she is not really using that.      For the play last year, I was the only one who did any research on the kind of person my character was (an idealistic artist). Thus, I was the only one who was prepared at all when it came to the director asking us what our character was like and such. Everyone else pretty much just made something up right there.      I hate to sound like a prima donna, but I do not like being cast as smaller roles. Bigger roles give me more work to do, and thus keep things interesting. For the play last year the director said I pretty much had my role down and done a while before the actual performances were. Thus, everything began to slow down. I had nothing to work on. I would always go up to the director after practice and ask if there was anything I could work on, but there never was. I never wanted to accept that. >_O I have a feeling this one is going to be the same way. *sigh* this is my senior year. Usually seniors get a bit of a "handicap" when it comes to being casted unless someone else is significantly better, and no one was. The guy who will probably be cast as Prince Charming is only a junior. I have only ever had two lead roles. Once in eigth grade, and the other when I was a junior when I did Clue.      I do not know... this just kind of makes me upset. I am going to have to check out exactly how prominent my part is. My part in the play last year was really pushing it. It was barely worth anything.      Meh... I have lost my train of thought.

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