Twin Cities Crazy

11:25AM - doing my doody

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1:53PM - whew!

alright, so this morning's callback was a little nervewracking but it seemed to go fairly well. I was very nervous, but I had a lot of fun! Being onstage with those other very talented improv performers was a real treat and one I really would love to be a part of over and over again. I really hope I make it. They had us perform a couple of the scenes they sent to us and after that we did improv games and stuff. I made the most out of my energy I think and I got a lot of laughs and am just really excited to be doing some improv and stuff again. I really had fun doing the improv workshop for maple grove snr high and I need to get over to stepping stone to see if they'd like to use my talents for any of their teaching positions. Oh man, would that be fun or what?! Well, first things first, I need to get into this brave new workshop deal. that would rock my face off. I'd get paid. I would be doing what I love. I would be making people laugh. ROCKIN! Tonight I get to go out to a bar after I have a blast at a wedding this afternoon! woohoo! Yay, so much fun stuff going on. I can only hope that bnw calls me back as soon as they did last time (*crossed fingers).

Current mood: energetic

Current music: ditty bops

10:53AM - welcome!

Hey, I'm Lisa and I crated this community for those of us auditioning in the twin cities to log our adventures in doing so for others to learn about or to just enjoy reading about the inner lives of struggling actors in the twin cities. For some, the twin cities may be local, for others, this might just be an enjoyable read, and that's a-ok. Hey, maybe someday, people will be flooding this site trying to find backlogs of entries of their favorite actors, or underground celebs in the TC area! Welcome, and feel free to post your adventures/findings/etc. Also, I guess this is stupid of me not to say, but this could also be a networking tool if we choose to use it that way.
~Lis

Current mood: amused

Current music: fergie ferg

10:32AM - Callback Anticipation

I just got an email from Julia at Brave New Workshop with all of the scripts to look over for callbacks and stuff. Oh my goodness are they funny or what?! If anyone needs any great female monologues that are hysterically funny, let me know because there are one or two in there that are really really good. I also watched all the video clips that BNW has on their website and those are also very funny! I'm really excited to audition for them again, if not to get in, then just to perform improv again. It's been a long time and I can only hope that I'm not as rusty as I feel. I want to be performing GOOD improv, witty, smart, funny, and completely off the top of my head! Man, I'm excited. Also, I haven't performed the game musical in a very long time and it would seem as though that is one of the games we might be playing yikes! Fun stuff, though! Very talented group of people, I'd be honored to be a part of it.
I haven't heard back from the Jeweller's Shop people (namely Chris Kidder). I probably didn't get in, but when he says that he'll call us by wednesday either way, I guess I assumed it was this past wednesday and that he would actually call us. Hmmm.. whatever, just a little aggravating.
I talked to Kris Stoffer at valleyfair and I'm sort of a stand-in person in case they need an extra body for october, but I don't really have any formal training so I'm not of much use to them other than a body to fill in where they need.
In other news, I found an apartment that I really like on Emerson Avenue S in Minneapolis near uptown and lake calhoun. It'll be right across the street from some very good friends of mine which I'm super excited about because I love them to pieces!!! I am going to adore going over and having wine with them! I am so excited for that. I am very happy to be in the twin cities and even though the theatre season for auditioning is starting to dry up a little bit, I have those last couple of leads that could get me that much farther toward my goal, and that is all that matters. I have to go now to make up some hand-outs for an improv thingy that I'm doing for Jen Farrell's class in Maple Grove! Adios!!! ~Lis

Current mood: amused

Current music: Fergie Ferg

3:37PM

I got called back!!! Yah! Brave New Workshop called me today at around two something and said,"well, we really liked what we saw, you're very talented and we'd like to see more of you. We don't know which day quite yet, but it'll be either this up coming saturday or the following saturday. Which works for you? I'll send you a couple of sketches to look over for the callback and there'll be some improv involved. What is your email again?"
Yeah, that's awesome! Brave New Workshop. Wow. Ya know, that's been my goal since March to get into that place once I get to the cities. Once I get into brave new workshop (now OR if not now, then in the future) I don't know what my next goal is going to be?! This would be awesome because we'd be the corporate troupe, so we'd get paid. That would ROCK to be part of the BNW AND get paid for it!? Holy cow. I finally found out about the cast list for the Unusual Suspects improv at Morris and wow, it's a great lineup this year. Can't wait to go back and watch the work they're doing! Well, now that I'm done ranting, it's time to sit around and wait for the call from the OTHER show I auditioned for and see how that goes. Bleh. Whew. Called back.....yessss.

Current mood: ecstatic

Current music: Hooked on a Feelin

3:28PM - Brave New Beginnings

So, my stepmom gave me the idea to start blogging about my experience as an actor, since I rarely know what to write with these things and because I don't really like blogging about the boring that IS my real life because it's just a little depressing sometimes (never really changes).
Today, I auditioned for two different shows. Well, kind of. I auditioned twice today, anyways. I auditioned this morning at eleven for the Brave New Workshop corporate troupe. This troupe would perform at different corporate functions for companies that rented them out. If I got in, I would make some money, which would be an awesome part time job. I started preparing on Wednesday, never a good idea to start preparing less than a week ahead of time for an audition...note to self, and anyone planning on auditioning in the near future. I had to prepare two one-minute comedic monologues for that, and 8 bars of a capella music. This is because this troupe in particular does a lot of sketch comedy as well as musical comedy plus improv. This is perfect for my resume if my goal is to be a part of some really awesome comedy group like second city or SNL or some such thing. My audition went alright. I am happy to have gotten to be the first one to audition, but a little nervous as well. The two people who auditioned me laughed in the right places and told me I had a nice voice, always good. Crossed fingers for that one, I was really nervous for that audition!
Secondly, I auditioned at the Loading Dock theatre for a show called "the jeweller's shop" which is paid and sounded like a cool show. It was written by Pope John Paul II? Whatever, contemporary drama with some music involved. That's cool. I just did a monologue from proof that I've used before at auditions and sang for him the same song I sang this morning "wouldn't it be loverly". He seemed to really like me. For a guy with a (what seemed to be) dry sense of humor, he skipped in front of me on our way into the theatre for the audition. He was very nice, and picked on me, which made me feel more comfortable. He told me he would post the cast list on wednesday but we'd be called either way, if we got in or not. This is cool. I have a good feeling about this play, even though I would RATHER get into BNW and would DEFINITELY take both. We shall see. I hate this waiting game. The next blog I do will be in two days when I haven't heard from either and I'm waiting, waiting, waiting very impatiently and being nervous. Jeeesh. Well, that's my experience for now, until next time! Adios.

1:21PM - go write a book

I was told to "go write a book" by Cole today when I asked if he wanted to pick out a book, or if he wanted me to. Cole is a very funny kid. He thinks that girls poop white, that his mom is going to be home everyday when he gets home from school (no, she's not), and that carrots are NOT vegetables. He is a character and a half...he also thinks that the dog across the street, Toby, is his boyfriend because "right now [he] just has girlfriends". I love kids' reasoning. When he gets mad at me, I ask him why and he all of a sudden will get really quiet, and whisper "I don't know". I'll ask him what I want to do and he'll always reply "nuffeen". I ask him why and he says, "because I'm a boy". Very funny kid, I'm really blessed to have gotten such a wonderful family to nanny for. I was thinking about where I'm going to live, and I may have to get a permanent second job in order to pay for my own place. Then there's always the "marry todd quick" thing, and move in with him....uhhh...hmmm...yikes! He did say last night "we don't ever hang out anymore or talk". I don't know when we would even have time! Or a place to talk! We don't even have our own place period. We don't get privacy because we're staying with a family. That's fine and dandy, but I'm craving my privacy. I'm really jonesin for the time that I get to just sit in my own apartment and read for a while! Yessss! Oh, I want that sooo bad! Ok, well, I'm gonna get back to work now. I mean back to play. ~Lis

Current mood: thoughtful

Current music: David Long and Mike Compton

3:00PM - I wanna be a supermodel

Ok, not really, but I could stand to lose a couple so that I felt a little sexier. What is that feeling that you get when you just feel fat? It's weird because I don't really get that feeling when I'm at a certain weight, but when I gain just even ONE pound more, I can feel it before I can see it on a scale or in the tightness of my pants. I don't know what that is. Perhaps it's that women's intuition everyone talks about. Strange how being a nanny can make you want your own kids sometimes. Other times, I'm just really happy to be going home and knowing that these are someone else's children. I love life overall...and that's all there is for now!