In March I wrote about attending the equity chorus call for the national tour of Memphis. Well, in the middle of April I received an email from Telsey casting to come in for a call back! Hooray! After a long harrowing ordeal to get to NYC, I arrived an hour late for my appointment and had to go in the next group.
Unlike some other equity callbacks, this call still had a ton of people, and the first group took a very long time in the audition room. However, once they were done the later group of girls, and there must have still been 50 of us, went into the room to learn the combination. The combo turned out to be the same combination learned at the chorus call, with a few differences. Mainly that there were two different variations that you had to learn and then based on how you were lined up you did one or the other. A bit much to have to remember in an audition situation. But we learned them and then went five at a time. They then made a cut, and I was kept.
For the second combination all the girls were brought back into the room and told to put our heels on. The asst. choreographer, Edgar Godineaux, then taught us a second combination which was very fun! It was a cute combo, which I can only describe as being in the style of a Motown doo-wop singer. It was a little longer, but despite being exhausted I managed to pick it up. When it came time for my audition, I gave it all I had at the time, didn't mess up, and thought I did pretty good.
Unfortunately when it came time to move on to the next thing, about nine of us girls, were called over by the casting director and told that "It wasn't a bad thing, they were just considering us for another track, and that they didn't need to hear us sing today" Booooo, there were still about 50 girls left so I was a little disappointed not to sing. At the time, I wasn't sure if I had just been cut or if they really were considering me for another track in the show. But as of last week, offers went out for the tour, so I guess it was a cut. Its all for the best though, but I sure do love that musical! Maybe next time!
Unlike some other equity callbacks, this call still had a ton of people, and the first group took a very long time in the audition room. However, once they were done the later group of girls, and there must have still been 50 of us, went into the room to learn the combination. The combo turned out to be the same combination learned at the chorus call, with a few differences. Mainly that there were two different variations that you had to learn and then based on how you were lined up you did one or the other. A bit much to have to remember in an audition situation. But we learned them and then went five at a time. They then made a cut, and I was kept.
For the second combination all the girls were brought back into the room and told to put our heels on. The asst. choreographer, Edgar Godineaux, then taught us a second combination which was very fun! It was a cute combo, which I can only describe as being in the style of a Motown doo-wop singer. It was a little longer, but despite being exhausted I managed to pick it up. When it came time for my audition, I gave it all I had at the time, didn't mess up, and thought I did pretty good.
Unfortunately when it came time to move on to the next thing, about nine of us girls, were called over by the casting director and told that "It wasn't a bad thing, they were just considering us for another track, and that they didn't need to hear us sing today" Booooo, there were still about 50 girls left so I was a little disappointed not to sing. At the time, I wasn't sure if I had just been cut or if they really were considering me for another track in the show. But as of last week, offers went out for the tour, so I guess it was a cut. Its all for the best though, but I sure do love that musical! Maybe next time!
