Today we auditioned for roles in The Merchant of Venice in Advanced Acting. I was up until two last night memorizing Portia's part of the audition scene.
Anyway, my audition went pretty well. I got paired with Batman Boy for my first reading, so he took Bassanio and I took Portia in the scene where he chooses the correct box and the two get married.
Maybe a little background on Batman Boy would be helpful here. He's pretty much the default for romantic leads in drama at our school, because he's talented and gorgeous. I've decided to call him Batman Boy because he has a minor obsession with the Dark Knight. Actually, my friend Alice dressed up as Batman for Halloween. I commented a picture of her in costume on facebook saying: wow, you make the best Batman since.....well, me. (Batman is my favorite superhero and I was Batman in 7th Grade). Anyway, Batman Boy writes on my wall: A little birdie told me you were Batman once. That's rad. See what I mean? Cute, but awkward. Anyway he's dating this girl I went to elementary school with.
Well back to the audition. Paul and Mike, the teachers in Advanced Acting, are big fans of saying: "I need more HEAT!" So, as far as my audition went, Batman Boy and I had something happening. Maybe not the strongest chemistry ever (Expelled Boy still wins in that department), but definitely something.
The other girl I'm competing with for Portia is this senior girl who is new to the class, and she's actually really sweet. We do speech and debate together too. Anyways, she's gorgeous, blonde to my red hair, and she and Batman Boy have been friends since preschool. They can turn the chemistry on and off because they are so comfortable together. My acting is much stronger than hers, but she looks like Portia more than I do (blonde), and she and Batman Boy are close. We'll call her Glinda the Good Witch I guess.
In Advanced Acting, we cast the shows ourselves. Mike and Paul give us a list of the characters and we write who we want to play each role on the sheet. I talked to Glinda afterwards, and we talked about the casting we had seen. Most people had seemed to cast me as Nerissa, the female supporting role (pretty damn good for me considering it's my first year in Advanced Acting and I'm just a Junior) and Glinda as Portia. Well, we'll see, I mean Paul has the final decision, but if most people cast me as Nerissa I will probably get that role. Which I will definitely be happy with. :) Yay for things going my way.
Anyway this is about to be a really busy run for me, so I probably won't get anything up for a while.
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