On Broadway

So, these last few weeks have flown and to be honest, they have been quite serendipitous.

I decided to write down on my career wish list along with singing vocals on a Snoop Dog track and writing with Kanye West, that I wanted to be on the TV show "GLEE" and have them write a part for me as the Australian exchange student... or something like that.

The week after I had verbalised this amazing idea and put it to paper, I had heard from two of my students from two different schools that I teach at, who had both sent me a link to a school in New York. One student said she was thinking of doing a course there, and the other student had noticed they were auditioning around Australia for talent based scholarships to study in New York... CHA-CHING!

So I got myself organised, applied to audition, picked a monologue and a piece to sing and got myself psyched. I had been emailing the director of admissions and had made sure I was organised with the pieces i'd chosen and that they were suitable. I'd been practicing every day leading up to it, i'd worked through my monologue with the most experienced actor friend I know, and just got into the right frame of mind. I just wanted to get this right.

Audition day came on Monday and I had been able to keep myself fairly busy up until the audition which was great, otherwise i'd get anxious and not be able to keet a clear head.

So I got into the audition and met the two ladies that were running things. They loved my voice and we talked about broadway and New York, they offered some fantastic feedback and were able to tell me a bit about their course and what they do in terms of getting their students ready to start on Broadway.

So, basically they've offered me a place in their program, AND they will be seriously considering me for a scholarship! The scholarship is what I need, I don't have the cash to put myself through a course of theirs, I mean the original plan was to get to New York, set up camp in Sam's loungeroom and start auditioning for stuff and get my original gig off the ground. The scholarship would just make it so much easier!

So keep fingers crossed for me, I guess I will hear from them all in good time. I felt like I did my best at the audition with what I had so I can't ask for more.



byeee tx