Courage

I was really brave today. I called the Orem Hale Centre Theatre and made an appointment to audition for "110 in the Shade" on March 23rd. I'm already freaking out about it, and it's still a week and a half away!

But there are some specific reasons I'm auditioning:

1. I haven't been in a show since high school, and I've wanted to be in one again for a long, long time. Being in a musical is just so much fun. I love it.
2. I want the opportunity to meet new people and break out of myself a little bit. I've kept mostly to myself the past few months, and I don't spend a lot of time with people other than my roommates. I want to change things up a bit and prove to myself that I'm not a wuss.
3. This is the biggest reason I'm auditioning for this specific show: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson are playing the lead roles for the first two weeks of the show. In case you don't know who those people are, I will enlighten you. Audra McDonald is a three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, and Will Swenson is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor (who also happens to be the same guy who was in "The Singles' Ward" and "The RM"). When else am I going to have an opportunity to perform on stage with actors of that caliber? Never, that's when. If I don't at least try, I'll regret it for the rest of my life. I really will. 

That, my friends, is Audra McDonald. And she's amazing. Hence the three Tony Awards. And hence the coolness of the opportunity to perform with her.