ballerina04's advice column

I'm a very experienced actor. I've been acting since I was 7 and I've been in two proffesional shows, "Les Miserables" and "The Phantom" (a 70's musical version of the phantom of the opera, the andrew lloyd webber show was based off this). Now I'm about to be in the Wizard of Oz. Ok, so we had our auditions. I wanted to be the West Witch/Almira Gultch REALLY badly, so I practiced and studied the show and the movie and the witch like hell. Soon the auditions came and I gave it all out. By all the other girls, I was the very best, everyone thought I was going to get the part. Then the cast list came out. And well what do you know! I didn't get it. a BOY who auditioned for the scarecrow got it! I'm just a human set piece (to be specific, a tree, a flower, and a tornado dancer) and the Lion's haircutter. I'm really sad and upset. And the boy didn't even WANT to be the Witch! I've never been good at auditions, and this was my first perfect audition and I got the smallest part I've ever had in my life! How can I deal with this?! What can I do?! Can someone help me? and please don't say "every role is important" I've been told that a million times by our director. sorry this was long but I'm really sad

My friends at dance have had this happen to them before. I know you're upset and everything, but you really shouldn't be. Just know you did your best.
The director just was looking for something else, and found it in that boy. Talk to the director, and try to find out what you can improve on next time. See if you can understudy the part, or ask if he needs help with his lines. Try to take this as a learning experience. Either way, you're going to have fun being in the show. You just can't let it ruin your time. If you need to talk more, feel free o send me a message or IM me anytime.

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(Rating: 5) thx

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