Marin Fringe Theater Festival Audition

My audition for the Marin Fringe Theater Festival was last night. I had been in Bolinas, but had to come down the hill and home and transform from gardener/hayseed to vivacious comedienne, and use the new Karen of Davis hair technique...the director is Greg Young, the play is, "What About the Couch?" a 12-minute 2-character piece about a couple and the potential new couch she wants to buy and their relationship after the kids leave the nest. Lots of quick repartee, dark comedy. I was last to read, first time that has happened to me, as I am usually early.

At the end of the play, the character, June, after hubby Mel announces that their good friend Todd has just keeled over dead, says she is going to give up cheese. I have recently given up cheese (except for the occasional pizza or treat) and I have been saying this to anyone who will listen, for weeks. I will know whether or not I got this one by Saturday. Thirty people read for this and Greg is having a tough time making up his mind. There could be callbacks. Let's hope the women didn't all give up cheese!  He had me read with a much younger man (who could easily be aged like fine Parmesan) and we did three scenes. By the last scene, suddenly five actors from another play rehearsal moved into the room and set up on a stage a few feet away and started rehearsing a play in Russian! I did not look up nor waver from my concentration/character/reading. 

I had a ton of fun, anyway. At the end Greg said we had brought ideas into the reading he hadn't thought of, and I said, "I'm sure the 2 actors here can play this in any way you could ever think of!"

Please, if you have a moment, say a prayer or do a puja  for your friend the character actress!