Every time my wife's parents are in town, I seem to get an audition. This was my first audition with Joe Blake and my first family trip-style audition. Everyone loaded in the car to drop me off at the casting studios. Once I was out, they ventured on to do a little shopping. There were no advance sides for this audition, but I discovered at the sign-in that it was a 4-person scene, which is a fairly large audition scene. Instead of signing in immediately, I settled down to fill out my size card and go over the sides for a bit. The tough part wasn't so much the lines, each character had about 2 fairly easy to remember ones, but which character to prepare for? A few minutes after I signed in, the session assistant assigned roles and matched us up. My three cohorts and I were on deck and used the time to run it a few times. The recent training with Carolyne paid off again. I made a choice that worked for me and the scene. My scene partners were great. We were all distinctly different. We did it a couple times in the room and were done. On the way out, I saw a friend of mine going in on the same spot. Good luck to him! Also, in the waiting room for a different project, I saw Geoffrey Owens who played Elvin on The Cosby Show.
So, the reason it was a family trip is that we went to the La Brea Tar Pits after I was done. It also happened to be the first Tuesday of the month, so we got into the museum for free. The Tar Pits are cool. It's amazing to see this slice of the prehistoric world still churning right in the middle of all these office buildings and busy streets. A lot of people say it isn't worth the time, but I think it's one of those things everyone should see while they're here.
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