Comedy of Errors: Auditions
Monday, March 30th, 2009Firsthand thoughts and comments from the actors/actresses who stepped on stage to audition for this summer’s play “Comedy of Errors”:
“I felt good going in, competent. But then, as you’re performing your monologue you find yourself in a surreal moment of flappy arms. For those not familiar, this is when you notice your hands and arms making all manner of unnatural gestures, you feel as if you’re waving about like a Bacardi-smashed Canadian goose. Half your brain is the character whose words your saying and the other half notices if the nice person behind the table writes something on what you’re sure is your audition form…something like “drunk bird school of acting.”" - Maria Mogavero
“The story goes that Dustin Hoffman got a bit flustered on the set of Marathon Man upon meeting Lawrence Olivier for the first time. Dustin Hoffman was a follower of the philosophy of Method acting back then, and in the big dentist’s chair scene he was feeling a little off his game. He had to act scared to death by Olivier’s character, a former Nazi dentist. At some point, Olivier decided to lighten Hoffman’s mood. He went up to the young Hoffman and said: “My boy, why not just try acting?” This is a great piece of advice for anyone. And I got to know the feeling first hand..” - Joshua Rosenschein
“It’s funny how different the waiting room feels once your audition is over. That audition after-glow seems to carry you through it unscathed. And if you’re lucky, it’ll stick around for a while after you leave the building too.” - Allison Smith
Stay tuned for more from behind-the-scenes of Comedy of Errors…