Parade.

My first attempt at a School of Theatre Audition. I'm not sure what got into me, but I signed myself up for an audition spot and prepared a song. For parade, I was trying out for the part of Mrs. Phagan. She was basically the only female character who could pull off an alto voice. I choose the song, "My Child Will Forgive Me." I downloaded the song offline, I bought the CD (which is amazing) and practiced until the day of the audition. I finally hit the notes after getting over the fact that my neighbors in my apartment complex could probably hear everything. That was my first mistake, I only sung the song with the CD in front of my roommate. Any musical theatre major would know to expect a piano playing at any random part in the song during the audition in front of about 10 people. Not me. That's exactly what happened. See that man in the picture above? That was me. I was incredibly nervous, this was my first attempt at throwing myself out there since high school. I started the song at the beginning...without listening to the piano. After conversing with the pianist, I began to sing at the right part with the right words. I completely messed up, but I was elated. I walked out of that room on top of the world. I called everyone and told them about how I went in and completely ruined my chances. I actually went in and did it! I may not have done it well, but I did it! First major step accomplished, I had attended my first real live audition.