Callbacks

Sorry for the procrastination with updating this gem. It's due to my lack of procrastination with final projects and whatnot. Ah, end of the semester. I'll try to keep this short-ish, since I know my friends readers are sporting a short attention span until their brains recover from final exams.

The callbacks for my play happened rather quickly, and with very little notice of what I was supposed to do. No one really gave me any tips or pointers as to how to run a callback. Sure, I've been to callbacks a bunch of times... I've also been to the orthodontist a bunch of times, but I wouldn't pretend that qualifies me to examine someone else's teeth. You get the point.

I called back six actresses whose auditions I really enjoyed for very different reasons. I was confident that every one of them could bring something different to my characters that would make them great to watch...which ultimately made it that much harder to cast. My three characters are three best friends--so which actresses work well together, which have a good dynamic together, and which can handle the rhythm of my dialogue in a funny-but-natural sounding way? SO MUCH TO CONSIDER. Just thinking about it turns my face into a perfect recreation of the Home Alone poster.

Like I said, any of the actresses I called back could have played any of the characters well. What I finally went for was who had the right amount of energy...I'm a fan of enthusiasm, and I'd like to think that my writing holds true to that. I'll know for sure if I made the right choice come spring semester when rehearsals begin. Until then, I have good expectations.