It was inevitable. This day had to come. I just didn't realize it would hurt so much!
Little Miss Erin has decided to take advantage of her new work schedule and wake up early to try to get into EPA auditions that will ultimately change her career. Ok, I'm stopping this third person writing- it's annoying.
This morning I got up at 7:00am, took the train to NOLA studios, found the audition room and hoped someone might show up for the official sign-in sheet before I had to leave to attend my dear friend's FlyWheel class on the UWS. Sadly, this did not happen, but I wasn't about to miss out on a free class (normally $34) that would burn over 700 calories and enjoy a bit of Britney in the morning!
After class, I shower and race back down to NOLA studios. Many more folks have shown up but I'm still only #15 on the non-Equity list. Things are looking ok. Then the hours start flying by! Only when you have somewhere you're required to be, do the hours fly by! If I didn't have anything to do today, those hours would've ticked by with every single solitary second. Dreadful! But Nooooooo, not today. All of a sudden, it's 11:00AM, then Noon, then 1:00PM.
I hear the monitor tell the most recent Equity actor to saunter in that they can either go right away in the next group or any time after lunch. Repeat. Any time after lunch. This means from 2:30pm until they conclude at 6:00pm the field is wide open! The monitor then fills the rest of the audition slots with EMC actors, leaving only 2 on the list to come back after lunch.
Let me explain this to anyone (family) who may not understand why this is heartbreaking. The first folks seen at an Equity Principal Audition (EPA) are Equity members. I am not this... yet. Then the folks with points towards joining the union, also known as Equity Member Candidates (EMC), are called into the room. THEN us lowly non-equity folks, who've been waiting for hours will get in the audition room. Often, Non-Eq actors are not seen and we wait in vain. But today- yes today- I would've definitely been seen.... if I didn't have to come in to work.
The ironic part is if I'd been working my old schedule of 7am-3pm, I would be able to attend the audition and get in the room. Zinger!!
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