When I got the callback for the lead in the hilarious web series, Nanny Interviews, the director said in the email, it's down to you and one other actress. I thought, Ugh! Why did you have to tell me that?! Pressure is on! And of course I ran into the awkward situation of seeing the beautiful other actress when I arrived a bit early. Turned out to be the lovely and talented Jill Saunders, who I didn't remember at the time, but had actually known through mutual contacts years ago.
Today at my favorite (ahem) place to audition, CAZT, I had a callback, where I noticed only one other actress had been called back for the role I was auditioning for. Here we are again!
Not exactly... the casting director came out to talk to some of the actors about the wait and to answer questions, and turns out the other actress was here for her first call!
What do I do with this information? I'm interpreting, "We like you Beth, but we're not fully ready to commit." OK, me no likey that line of thinking.
I think I'll just ignore it and take my "I got this" energy in the room!
Did I break my CAZT curse of NEVER booking at that place? Stay tuned...
Oh my acting career! To say it's been a dry spell for me the past few months would be quite the understatement. Not just in terms of booking bupkis, but also in terms of auditions. Or rather complete lack of auditions! So, I've stewed about this long enough. Time to take some action! Earlier this week I shot off this email to my reps:
I've been wondering... do you think changing my look might help me out? I'm really open to almost anything at this point: short hair, change hair color, become a scientologist, anything! Let me know if you have any thoughts on that.
But I'd also like your two cents. What if I cut my hair? Say chin length? Shorter (keep in mind my ears REALLY stick out)? Blonder? Are there just a few too many blondes out here? What if I went brunette? A redhead? I'm open!
Here are some more pics of what I look like now, that I just happened to have online:
http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/bethshea
Thanks and Happy Tuesday!!!
