Open Calls

Every once in a while I decide that going to an Open Call is a good idea, even though it means waking up at 5am, standing in line for six hours, and then singing for less that a minute, trying to stand out in a group of 700 people.

This morning, the new production of Godspell on Broadway is holding an open call. Like, a true open call. No union affiliation will be given priority. It's first come, first serve, from 10am to 5pm.

10am? I decided to get there at 6am.

Unfortunately everyone else decided this was a Justin Beiber concert, and camped out overnight, and by the time I got out there, there were already over 200 people on the sign-up sheet.

And if I had all day, that wouldn't be too much of a problem, but I have a pilot to shoot today. So I came back home, got McDonald's breakfast, and returned the concept of the Open Call back to the "just out of college" years of my career.