If you are too sick to audition, don't go! Even if it is with the
casting director you have been trying to meet for years, don’t go – it is so
not worth it. The fact of the matter is, if your illness will affect your
audition in ANY way, don't go. An audition that was less than your best is
never excusable because you were sick; it is simply an audition at which you
were less than your best. SINGERS, this is particularly addressed to you! Being
sick means you have far less control over your voice. And, trust me, casting
directors are already sensitive to getting sick themselves because they see
hundreds of actors for any given project. The last thing they need is your
runny nose, your cough or a voice that doesn't sound remotely like your own
healthy voice.
I had a client who auditioned for a Broadway comic musical with a
severe cold; she just had to go. She was
lucky and was called back - OR WAS SHE? When she returned for her callback, she
was healthy and sounded nothing like she did before. It was her sick audition
voice they fell in love with, but now she couldn't replicate it. Needless to
say she didn't get the job. I hope that
none of you ever have to ask yourselves “Am I too sick to go to the audition”? Forever health to all of you.
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