Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Audition

Monday after work I went ice skating for the first time in over a year. There is a neat little ice arena in Culver City and my friend Jody and I have been talking about going skating forever. They have open skating all afternoon, so we skated and then explored Culver City a little bit.

Yesterday after work I went to lunch with my friend Jan, who is on of the other actors from "The River." She is from Paragould, Arkansas, but is currently living and working as an actor in LA. We went to Unos, caught up on the last two weeks, and had some 'girl talk'

This morning I had an audition for the dancing Magic Carpet in Disney's Aladdin musical at Disneyland. It is a Broadway caliber show in their state of the art theater that is eventually supposed to end up on Broadway, and the contract pays REALLY well. The audition was a lot of fun. There were about 8 casting directors/choreographers in the room and they taught a group of about 30 of us a jazz combination. Then they divided us into groups and we performed the dance. The whole thing took about an hour and a half. I've seen the show and it would be a great part for me, although it is an 11 month commitment.

Tonight I'm going to see a friend of mine in a play at Theatre of Note and then Friday I'm getting new headshot photos taken! So far it has been a really busy but productive week.

Monday, July 21, 2008

1980s

Since I went to Las Vegas last weekend, this was my first weekend back in LA after shooting "The River" in Arkansas.  It was busy, but a lot of fun.

Friday night I went to see "Mama Mia!" and I really enjoyed it.  The play is better but the actors in the movie did a great job.  It is a fun movie and the it kept my interest.  

Saturday night I went to a 1980s theme party at my friend's apartment.  About 40 people came and we danced to 1980s music, had root beer floats, and played games like Simon Says.  It was a blast because everyone was in spandex with big hair and side pony tails.  

Sunday was pretty relaxing.  I went to the park and played Risk with some friends.  We went and saw "Hell Boy II" after the game and then 12 of us met up at Outback for our friend's birthday dinner.