Well, I was supposed to be going to auditions tonight or tomorrow night, but my mom talked me out of it. I still really want to go, but my mom does have a point. Here is her theory-

The audition that I have semi-opted to miss is only for a series of one-acts at a very rarely-known community theatre. The audition I have next week is for a commuity theatre that isn't very well-known, either, but for Brighton Beach Memoirs. *Here, I make those weird scale-hands and move them up and down* One acts? Brighton Beach? One acts? Brighton Beach?

Well, if it was up to me, it'd be both. But seeing as how I know nothing about these one acts (they're orignails that won a contest) and Brighton Beach is very well known AND I want to play Nora more and more with every passing day, well, it just makes sense that I wouldn't compromise my potential rehearsal schedule with another, lesser (er, well, not at all) known play.

But... well, what if I don't make Brighton Beach? This is a very good possibiliy, as I know the crowd that frequents this theatre. I mean, I think I'd be a good Nora, but... I don't know.

The best I can do is be the best Nora I can be, I guess. I'm working on putting together an audition outfit that has a touch of the time period. I might curl my hair a little and I'll definitely wear a skirt and maybe a touch of redder lipstick. Also, I may have to watch a weepy movie to get myself in the frame of mind for the one scene. I have a rule that I only rehearse an audition scene twice or three times, because if I do it more than that, it ruins it for the audition (as proved with my audition for Our Town.) So I rehearsed the scene where Nora fights with her mother about her career. And, well, I thought I did really well with it. I was in tears, no problem. But then... it didn't work so well the next time around. I mean, I think I'll be able to do it if we do the whole scene at auditions, but that's never a guarantee. And if we start in the middle, it'll be harder to get the tears without that steady build-up of tension. I really want to rehearse it again, but I don't want too ruin it...