For those of you who do not know, I will explain the audition process. There are two days of initial auditions. This year, we had to prepare a one-minute excerpt from a song of our choice that best displays our talent, in the same genre as the show. Then, on the second day, the callback list comes out that night. A callback is when the director picks a smaller amount of people to re-audition with selected music and cold reads. This is done to see specific characters and the chemistry between actors when reading. On the third day, before callbacks, are the dance auditions. Colette, our choreographer, teaches us a small dance routine that we then perform in smaller groups. From there, she selects people to stay to learn a more advanced routine. Finally, the cast list comes out no later than a week after auditions are held.
The audition process is long and rigorous. We never know what our director is thinking. Most of the time, they already have the cast list in their heads, and then callbacks change it all. The moment the cast list comes out is always a confusing one. But in the end, no matter the role, everyone has fun doing what they love on stage.
Audition decisions are extremly stressful. Your presenting something that you've worked so hard on and find out if what you worked on was a waste of time or worthwhile. However, recently I've learned that its not always about the result, sometimes its about the journey to the result, or what you've learned from the journey.
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