Thursday, May 21, 2009

My Showbiz History


Been a while since I've updated! saw this post from a friend and I had to do one!!!


LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:
Boyz in the Hood, Played Little John as a favor to a friend

LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR:
A Midsummer Nights Dream, in a class in high school

DID YOU GET IT?
Got the part of Bottom because everyone laughed hysterically when I used my "donkey voice"

LAST SONG/MONOLOGUE YOU USED AT AN AUDITION:
"Fat Temple"

FAVORITE MUSICAL(s) EVER:
HAIR!!

FAVORITE PLAY(s) EVER:
Harvey,

FAVORITE ROLE YOU'VE PLAYED, AND FROM WHAT SHOW?
Clyde, from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I got to smoke a fake cigar and shoot things from my real slingshot onstage!

FAVORITE ROLE OVERALL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY:
At this point...Anything Shakespeare that would be good for a fat man!!

SUPERSTITION:
DO NOT whistle backstage or before a show! if you do then Mrs. Fields will yell at you A LOT!!!

YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS:
Finally direct my play : ( plans fell through last time : (

FAVORITE DIRECTOR YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH:
Fieldsy! my best teacher EVER!!

WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW?
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. I was Mr. Beaver

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO?
yes. In the King and I.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO?
no...thank goodness

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW?
yes. It was cause I missed my cue to come out...I bowed after the directer...but it was ok, he's still my friend.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK?
Yes, but I was on a tour with the Boy Scouts of America so I didn't get to go anywhere cool

HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA?
Drove through it once.

WHAT'S THE SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
Ever ytime without fail my throat gets dry right before I stand up in front of them

WHAT'S THE BEST PART OF AN AUDITION?
auditions suck....not a lot good about them unless you get the part.

NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN:
Boyz in the Hood. it was locally written and we only did it so we didn't have to pay royalties.
not to great a show

NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS:
don't really want to do a show for years

WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT?
might audition for something locally here soon. But I'd really like to direct my play : (

DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS?
a lot. mostly cause I knew them in High school

ON A SCALE OF 1-10, HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID?
Never been paid to do a show

SOMETHING EMBARASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?
Opening Night of Midsummer... I jumped up on a platform and my modified bell bottom pants slit right up the seam leaving a hole a foot long. I was so nervous I changed all my blocking to face that side of my body away from the audience and I flubbed a few lines.

WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH?
THat dumb lady in charge of some costumes in Beauty and the Beast! I about keeled her!

WHAT IS YOUR ONSTAGE PET PEEVE?
actors not being loud enough : P

WHAT IS YOUR BACKSTAGE PET PEEVE?
Stupid actors or stage crew being in the wings in everyones way when they don't need to be there

EVER BEEN NAKED ONSTAGE? WOULD YOU?
never had...and depending the circumstance... it's possible

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN KILLED?
No...I was one of only two characters that survived in Deathtrap!

BEEN DRUNK?
two characters have drunk alcohol on stage... never drunk though

PLAYED SOMEONE HALF YOUR AGE?
nope

PLAYED SOMEONE TWICE YOUR AGE?
when I was 12 Mr. Beaver easily
The Frior and the Sexton in Much Ado about Nothing
Porter Milgrin in Deathtrap

CRIED?
Cried in The King and I...everyone cried...

FIRED A GUN?
nope...set a bunch up for Deathtrap though

BEEN DRENCHED?
nope

BEEN IN A DREAM SEQUENCE?
nope

BEEN KISSED?
by six girls...all at the same time In Midsummer!