In Search of the Cast-Audition Day (Take II)

It's Saturday June 19th, The Team heads to the city for the second audition (hopefully final). We're looking forward to meeting the prospective cast members. There is a street fair, we browse knowing that we still have time before the audition begins.

We took our time walking slowly to the audition site. The film production crew was already there waiting - we check in noticing that there are people sitting in our reserved holding area. We're still early so we hesitate hoping that they will soon be finished.


While the film crew sets up, a member of The Team peeked into the room. They were still sitting there -- waiting -- for us!!

Oh wow, the people in the room are waiting for us. Aimee jumped right into her post and it was on....


The casting director was ready to begin. Nastassia knocked on the door to usher in the first actor. Most of he actors were great. The Team worked smoothly. We had such a fabulous time without a moment to spare. It was a strong, impressive turnout - we were very pleased.



In fact, the actors were still coming in while we were leaving. I wondered if we may have missed a great talent. All in all, it was a far cry from the first audition. This was such a success!! The Team was very happy ;-)


Now on to the next task, selecting the new addition to The Team - The Cast. Who will be a part of bringing the journey to the stage? Coming soon!!

Dawn

In Search of the Cast - Audition Day

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Our first casting call placed on the Internet - Craigslist and Backpage began with a flood of submissions. The casting director advised me to also place an ad in the Back Stage paper but due to the responses we were receiving, I felt that it was not necessary. However, the turnout on audition day was not as impressive. The Team being a fab. force, kept a positive and enthusiastic attitude.



It was Saturday morning, May 22nd and there we were setting up and preparing for the big rush of actors/actresses who are eager and excited to have a chance to be a part of The Day That Changed My Life's cast.



We all worked really hard, looked forward to meeting the actors, and we were pleased to have had the first experience of our first audition. Yes, it was very exciting but we were only able to fill to cast members and we had many more roles to fill.



Without missing a beat, we planned for the next audition. This time I listened and followed the suggestion that was given by the casting director who said "Place an ad in the Back Stage - print and online."

The ad was placed through BackStage for print and online June 1st. On the evening of June 7th, the ads were published online with the print ad to follow on Thursday the 10th. That night of the 7th, submissions were coming in with impressive numbers and in no time we had pages filling up with new pages added to accommodate the increasing number of entries. Needless to say, we were over the roof with excitement.

The Team remained focus -- we knew what happened the last time. Will the next audition be a success?!!

Dawn