It's a little before 8am PST as I start to write this blog post. I'm writing it for two reasons:
1. It's a good example of what actors go through getting ready for auditions.
2. I'm trying to stay awake!
Zach was working on his homework yesterday when we received an audition notice for today. The audition is at 4:20pm in Studio City. I love this because it's after he gets out of school and the audition site is (maybe) 3 miles from our place.
We checked out the casting info and determined his look for the audition. I decided to take care of the audition clothes laundry after I returned from Monrovia with Dana. Monrovia is in the San Gabriel Valley. The headquarters of Trader Joe's is located in the town and it's also the home of Green Dot and Original Tommy's.
We got home around 8pm and discovered two additional events for today. Each event requires a different look and feel. Zach had to stop working on homework in order to get everything together for today. The rundown for today includes:
11am-Noon
English test at school
Noon-2pm
Nap!
2pm
Wake up and get ready for the first audition. The first audition is for a "true crime" TV show so we had to study the details of the case last night. The audition will be an "interrogation improv" where the "police" (casting director) will grill Zach about his part in the crime.
The character is a older/rough teen so we need his clothes and hairstyle to reflect that look.
4:20pm
First audition in Studio City.
4:30pm (I hope!)
Change clothes from the first audition so he can get the look ready for the second audition. He needs to look young for the next audition so it's time for brighter colors and a different hairstyle. (Yes, I've reached the point in my life where I'm able to change hairstyles for a teen actor.)
I hope to hit the road by 4:40pm because we're going from Studio City to Santa Monica on the 405 in rush hour traffic. This will not be a fun drive.
5:40pm
The second audition of the day. The Artist needs to have a monologue prepared for this audition so we spent a good 45-minutes reviewing possible choices last night.
6pm (I hope!)
Leave Santa Monica (still in the heart of rush hour) to head back to the Valley. I don't care what time of day you're driving through Santa Monica. There is no easy way to get out of the city and back to the 405 or the 10. I'm adding in an additional 30-minutes of travel time devoted to just trying to get out of Santa Monica.
He'll have to change clothes again before his final stop of the day.
7:30pm
Meeting with a casting director. Zach received an email yesterday asking him to stop by and meet with a casting director. This person casts Nick/Disney type shows so Zach will need to dress (and fix his hair) in the style of the teen actors you see on the various Nick Teen and Disney XD shows.
We started preparing the looks and scenes around 8pm last night. Zach started his homework again around 11pm and finished at 1am. Dana had a 7:30am meeting this morning so she had to go to bed. I spent the night doing laundry, making copies of scenes, mixing and matching clothes, preparing headshots and resumes, doing more research for his crime audition and returning emails from casting directors.
I'm about to wake Zach up so we can go to school for his test. After that, a power nap and time to be AN ACTOR!
Zach's IMDb. The more you click, the better his ranking!
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