I\u2019ve had quite enough rejection, thank you very much. Today I found out I didn\u2019t get cast in a play. Again. That\u2019s three plays I haven\u2019t made it into, in case you are counting. At least I got called back for this one, but getting a call back and not a part is kind of just leading you along, giving you hope, so that when it doesn\u2019t happen, it hurts that much more.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to be bitter or feel sorry for myself, but when my theater friends post how excited they are about getting into THAT play that you just tried out for, it\u2019s hard to be happy for them right now. I know the disappointment and sadness are not permanent. It\u2019s not like I lost a loved one, so I need to suck it up and move on. It\u2019s not like I was on the Amazing Race and got eliminated right before the next to last round because someone U-TURNED me, right? I mean, let\u2019s put things into perspective here.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m tired of auditioning. I\u2019m tired of putting myself out there only to be tossed aside like someone\u2019s leftovers. I\u2019m tired of being compared to others who are better dancers, better singers, better looking, and more talented. I know I\u2019m not young, skinny or coordinated, but I do have some talent. Or at least I did.<\/p>\n
Is this God\u2019s subtle way of telling me I\u2019m too old and too fat to be in any plays? Is this an answer to my mother\u2019s prayer that I would just go to the family camping trip for once?<\/p>\n
Or is there some other opportunity waiting for me?<\/p>\n
I have a call back tonight for one last show at Alpine\u2019s community theater. I haven\u2019t done a show there for two years. My last experience with them was less than wonderful, but maybe this time they\u2019ll want me for more than just a babysitter of a million little kids. Trying to keep up a good attitude.<\/p>\n \u201cLife will knock you down more times than you can possibly imagine. Don\u2019t knock yourself down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve had quite enough rejection, thank you very much. Today I found out I didn\u2019t get cast in a play. Again. That\u2019s three plays I haven\u2019t made it into, in case you are counting. At least I got called back for this one, but getting a call back and not a part is kind of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8925,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8923\/revisions\/8925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI went to that callback and it was so much fun. There were tons of people I know from different shows. We all got to sing and read for several different parts, and it didn\u2019t feel like a competition (even though it really is). I had a great time reading Yenta to my friend Michelle\u2019s Golde. I don\u2019t know if they will choose me, or if I\u2019ll be a generic \u201cWoman\u201d in the chorus whose main job it is to herds kids, but I hope it will be a good experience.<\/em><\/p>\n