Archive for August, 2007

CRASH! (And Kenny Rogers)

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Contrary to what you may think from the exclamation point in the title, the “CRASH!” is not actually a good thing. Haha.

Last Wednesday (already 5 days ago…wow) I was rear-ended while driving home. Completely not my fault! There’s construction on 152nd – I was going NB – and I stopped because of traffic. Too bad the guy behind me wasn’t paying attention. My bumper was scratched and dented (apparently some other brake things behind the bumper were broken, although clearly my knowledge of car parts is lacking), and the other cars hood was completely smashed up.

He seemed okay (we traded information and he took off towards the airport, smashed hood and all), and I pulled over to the side of the road to await the firetruck and ambulance that soon pulled up.

Oh – I’m okay. My back still hurts, I’ve got headaches, my leg is sore, my shoulders ache and I’m insanely tired all of the time – partially from the meds – but I’m okay. Went to the clinic that afternoon, had an hour long meeting with ICBC the next day, and missed a promo show for Kenny Rogers that night, as well as a day of filming Thursday.

The thing is, that yes, it hurts, but damned if I’m going to let this stop me from performing. So I’ve taken it fairly easy since the accident, and I’m not bending over backwards in rehearsal like I was literally doing before, but I am going to do this show. The full run. So I will be stretching like crazy, and I may have to lie down between scenes, because I don’t doubt that this will hurt for a while. Hopefully I can get some massage therapy or something out of this. I’m not keen to find out how much I’d hurt if I wasn’t on painkillers. So I’ll stay on them :P At least for now. Not into the whole drug addiction thing. Even though Just Dropped In IS about…well, you know.

I’ve got 9 days until tech, 10 until we open, and you can bet your bottom dollar that sore or not, I will be on stage, raring to go!

Showtimes:

  • Thursday, Sept 6, 8:45pm
  • Saturday, Sept 8, 1:00pm
  • Thursday, Sept 13, 5:15pm
  • Friday, Sept 14, 9:00pm
  • Saturday, Sept 15, 10:45pm
  • Sunday, Sept 16, 4:30pm

Where? The Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island

Tickets? $12 in advance, or $10 at the door. (You also need a $5 Fringe Membership, but that’s good for all Fringe shows you want to see!) There are also Frequent Fringer passes – visit www.vancouverfringe.com

Come on out and support the theatre community! (By “come on out,” I really mean “Come to The Kenny Rogers Experience,” and by “the theatre community,” I’m saying that you should REALLY come out and support me – and I am part of that community!) See you then, and yes, yes we will be singing The Gambler.

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On Audition Locations

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

While my agent (or rather, lack-of-agent) status hasn’t changed, I have done a number of auditions, and I’d like to think that I know a thing or two. Then again, there are some things that people know instinctively, right from the beginning.

Take apartment/house auditions. Not a fan. If you can’t hold auditions in a theatre or studio space, fine. But there are always common rooms or community buildings or someplace other than your living room. As soon as I find out that I’m going to be auditioning at someone’s house/apartment/basement suite, amidst their stacks of DVDs, piled-up dishes and free weights – well, I don’t get a very good feeling. The let’s-meet-at-a-coffee-shop-for-your-audition auditions don’t go so well, either. I did quite a few of them when I started auditioning, and every once in a while an house address slips under the radar, undetected, but…

Bluntly speaking, I don’t feel that auditions held in a space where someone lives are professional in the slightest. If they happen to live in a studio loft, or one of those apartments like The Arc where everyone is some sort of artist, that feels different. But when you’re auditioning, and you see their beanbag chair and recyclables on the counter…different again.

See, I booked an apartment audition gig, and almost immediately after I got started, I wanted it to be finished. That’s never a good sign. I’d also had a coffee-shop audition cast in my favour, and it’s a pity, because I’d have loved for the film I was playing the title character in to be wonderful! A house audition I was asked to be a part of, I turned down, because I just couldn’t do it again. That one, I didn’t realise was at a house. Note to self: familiarize self more with residential areas of Vancouver.

So maybe I’m being ridiculously general, but when it comes down to it, apartment auditions and the like have warning flags all over them. If you’re holding auditions, take a look at what other locations are available to you for casting! House auditions don’t feel professional. Not to me, anyway. Professionalism is big, and it’s hard to take you seriously when all I’m noticing are the slippers on the ground, and your friend on the computer 4 feet away from me.

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