On Sunday, I had the pleasure of auditioning for the musical improv team Operocka. And I do mean pleasure — it was the most fun I’ve ever had at an audition!
I’ve been trying to get on a musical improv team for years, but always run into conflict. In Chicago, I came down with a horrible cold the day of auditions for a popular team. Luckily, the musical director had heart me sing before and passed me through to callbacks in spite of the fact that I literally had no voice. The day of callbacks I woke up unable to catch my breath and ended up in the hospital with an IV pumping me full of four bags of liquid to rehydrate me.
(Incidentally, a note for doctors and nurses operating IV’s. IV’s make you have to pee — a lot. So it is a good idea to check on the patient often and help them get to the bathroom so they can relieve themselves. If you are not doing this, and can’t figure out why the patient’s heart rate won’t go down, it’s because she has to pee really really badly.)
The next time I auditioned for a Second City house team. It was during the run of my one-woman show at The Apollo Studio Theater. The team was rehearsing the same time I did my show and I would miss the first four. I got an email from the director saying he wanted badly to cast me, but couldn’t because of the time conflict.
Finally, now I’m getting my chance to make up songs onstage — and in a rock opera style, no less.
Can. Not. Wait.
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