I'm back....sort of!

Yesterday I went to my first musical theater audition in quite some time. It was pretty uneventful. It was for an equity production of Camelot at the John Engelman Theatre out on Long Island. Although it was an open call...I got the feeling they really weren't interested in non equity women. They cut our audition down to 8 bars and didn't call any of us back. I started singing my 8 bars on the wrong key but quickly switched up and in the end...felt OK about what I did. My boyfriend, Gary, came with me for moral support and we struck up a conversation with 2 girls next to us in the waiting room. One girl had just graduated form AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy) and the other was on a temporary leave of absence from the same school. They both talked about how much they loved the school and what an amazing experience it was. I'm jealous of people that obtained quality musical theater training because mine was such a joke. I was drooling with envy until, on the line to get into the audition room, the monitor told one of the girls that she would have to cut her resume to fit her headshot. Meaning, that her resume was stapled to the back of her headshot and not trimmed down. A big NO NO in the professional world of performing. I couldn't believe that someone who went to AMDA did not know that basic rule. After she had cut her resume to fit, I heard her singing through the door. She had a lovely voice but I wonder how many people she had turned off in previous auditions with her unprofessional resume?