January 22, 2012

It's been 3 weeks in my new apartment and I'm loving it. All the boxes are gone and most things now have a place. It's feeling like home!

I had a callback for BIG FISH last Friday. It was a lot of fun. We same dance combo as before, but Susan Stroman was there. After we danced twice and she asked about acro, she had everyone sing. I went in and sang, and then she asked for a second song, so I sang a ballod. It was a song I hadn't sung in a long time so it was nice to revisit it! Then I did some acro to remind her of what I do. Then she handed me a few sides and described the character to me. I left the room and looked over the 3 scenes that she'd handed me. After a while, I went back in and did a couple of the sides. I felt like I was making choices, some of which I was happy with and others not so much. Then she gave me some notes and I did the scenes again. I felt like I took the feedback well and made the changes she asked for. So that made me happy. I always get nervous being handed sides, but it was fun! As I was leaving, she told me "Great audition today!" So I felt really good about the callback. I haven't heard anything so that's not the most promising sign but I'm certainly grateful for opportunity to be seen by Susan Stroman again. Keep your fingers crossed for me...

I spend last weekend in the mountains of Virginia with the Bustamantes. They rented a cabin in the woods and we had a great time. We took a hike in the woods and built a camp fire, went to church and went out to eat, roasted marshmellows and made smores. There was even a hottub! It was a really wonderful weekend, until... The adorable doggie Toquinho got away from the family and ran into the front yard. He was hit by a car and didn't make it. It's so sad and has left a big hole in the hearts of all the family. He and the entire family are in my prayers!

We got our first snow of season this weekend! We haven't had any snow since Halloween and here we are mostly through January already. It was exciting to wake up and see the snow falling. It was beautiful, but not too much to be a headache. We even walked around and went out to brunch. And I got to try out my new snow boots that Shannon had gotten me for Christmas!

Well, I'd better go transfer my laundry into the dryers. Have a wonderful week! :o)

January 13, 2012

It's Friday the 13th! I've finally caught a free moment that I can update my journal in this, the new year! So Happy 2012 to you. I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Mine was really nice. I went down to North Carolina for Christmas and was able to spend it with my family. Couldn't ask for anything better. Then I had to hurry back to NYC to start packing boxes. My lease was up at the end of December so after a few very busy days of packing all our stuff, signing the new lease, running errands, etc, I was relieved when Dec. 31st finally arrived. I moved to Brooklyn on New Year's Eve and celebrated the strike of midnight in our new digs with a couple great friends. What a wonderful way to bring in 2012!

I've had a few auditions so far this month. The first was Arena's MUSIC MAN on January 3rd. I had been looking forward to this audition for months. I've wanted to work at Arena Theatre for a long time and thought this would be the perfect show since I've done it so many times. At the audition, we did a couple different combinations. We did a 76 Trombones combo and a Footbridge Ballet combo and then they made a cut. I was so bummed when they didn't call my name it stay. Not exactly how I wanted to start off the new year!

My next audion was earlier this week for the tour of ANYTHING GOES. The audition was packed! Everyone showed up, and it was in such a small studio, so it made for an interesting morning. But the combo was fun and quick. They didn't make any cuts, so it was just in and out and on with your day. And then on Wednesday I went in for the workshop of BIG FISH. Susan Stroman is directing and choreographing it! She wasn't at the audition that day, but I was excited to see that Chris Peterson was. He set A CHRISTMAS CAROL the year that I did it and I haven't seen him since, so it was nice to see him! It was a fun audition. It was a vaudeville type combination and then I got to stay and sing. And it was so great to spend time with all my friends I hadn't seen in so long. It was like a reunion!

I'll certainly keep you updated on all the auditions and goings-on here in NYC. Have a wonderful Friday the 13th. Let's make it a great day!