Find your spine

With my sleep back to normal, I was able to focus on the TBA general I had on Monday. For those not in the Bay Area, TBA stands for Theatre Bay Area. It's a great group that I am a member of, and among the countless things that they do, they host general auditions for the Bay Area. It's all weekend, with Equity being seen on Monday. You are asked to prepare material no longer than 3 minutes, being two monologues or one monologue and a song. I obviously choose to do two monologues. Casting directors from theater companies come to watch, and it's a great way to be seen by a bunch of them in one day.

So many Me's

Many actors I know and have worked with, have their own warm-up routine that they do. I don't. This is not necessarily a good or bad thing, but there are some days when I wish I had a routine to calm me down and focus. What's one to do? YOUTUBE! I punched 'actor vocal warm ups' into the search box and the first one that popped up was the one for me.

How relaxing is that?! I love her pep talk at the end. 

Paper towels are my secret weapon. So, so sweaty.

I felt really good about my monologues and the general vibe of the whole day. Cole and our friend Anthony, met up with me after for a drink and then we caught The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on IMAX.

The following night, I attended the premier of 'Looking', the HBO show that filmed in San Francisco. I was allowed to bring a guest, so I let Cole tag along (I'm so kind). They played the first two episodes, and we were able to see my face, but my lines were cut. That's how it goes, and you can't get upset over it. The after party was a blast, and the free booze was a lovely touch.

This guys job was to just dance all night. I helped him out a bit.

Thanks for reading!     

Melissa