Emperor Audition Prep

Tomorrow we officially start holding auditions for The Emperor's New Clothes. I say "officially" because we've already auditioned three people who couldn't make it this weekend. But tomorrow is when the rest of the 65 actors (both adults and children) will show up to sing, dance, act and generally strut there stuff. That means we need signage, paperwork, tables, supplies, video equipment, and a myriad of little and not so little necessities. I'm on the hook for some of the signage. If I'm going to see Bat Boy tonight, I'll need to either get my signage done early, or resign myself to doing it late tonight.

Meanwhile actors are still signing up for appointments and generally jockeying for position. What do I mean by that? It's simple. We use an online audition schedule where actors can sign up for the audition appointment time of their choice. They can also cancel their appointment. All from their computer desk top. This means that as the day of the audition appointment nears, actors start looking for more amenable appointment times. Usually, we see people dropping their Saturday appointments for Sunday appointments, or trading in their morning appointments for afternoon appointments. Often times, that's because they're looking for a few extra hours to work on their audition monologue and song. More power to them.

Oh, well. Better start working on my signage.