I had my callback for the Equity production of Over the Tavern on Monday.

I talked about this audition and my worries about the callbacks in my previous two blogs (links at the end of this entry). I was pretty anxious about the callbacks. I almost didn't get my sides because I never check my school e-mail (I used that address because it's much more professional than my regular one. Because of this instance, I am creating one to use just for acting/professional stuff). There were two sides; both of them involved the character I was going out for, Annie, crying. In the play, Annie cries a lot. In all but about two of her scenes, she's crying. For awhile now, tears have never been a problem for me to scare up, but I'm always afraid that the day I'll need them most, I won't be able to conjure up any.

The danger of this was very real on the day of the callback. Nothing I did made me tear up (and I'm one of those people that tears up at a cute commercial). I was really panicking when I had been trying for a few hours to cry, just to get some sense memory, and nothing was happening.