Houston Day 86 - Cast at Last

So begins another at-home week.  I have been emailing and calling lots of people, putting as many feelers as I can out there about getting involved with theater projects and voiceover work.  The weekend saw me at three auditions - one a callback for Aside Productions, who cast me in their production of "And Then There Were None" (yay!), the second for Houston Grand Opera who employ actors as extras in their shows (that was fun), and the third which wasn't really an audition and requires more explanation.
I was searching casting websites (which are usually rubbish, although occasionally you get a good gig) and found a call for actors, singers and dancers.  It listed a company name and some descriptive terms about the show, and that was all.  A google search told me that they're a Christian company, but no more details about this project.  I sent in my headshot asking for an audition, and got one, and was planning to find out more details at the audition.  Then I got an email saying they've just decided to cast everyone and we're to go to a production meeting.  It was a really strange feeling, to be told I've been cast in something that I have pretty much zero idea about.
Now Dad's getting ordained in September and he and I both really want me to be there for that.  So when I was told that rehearsals start straight away for the show in December (which turns out to be an epic cross-cultural nativity story), I had to weigh up whether it was worth cancelling the trip for, and I decided it was more important to go and see Dad.
So I booked my flights today (yay!), went to a pilates class at Hope Stone, an amazing place I'm hoping to get some work at, went to see my friend Annie in one of the billion antique shops on Westheimer Rd.  Evenings still see me getting pretty depressed and anxious, which is not great for Lucas either.  I just hold in my mind memories of other times when I've not known where on earth I was going to turn or how I was going to get through something, and then with some effort and some time it's passed.  I know it'll pick up eventually.  Just for the moment I kind of feel like I've lost a limb.  I can still function and survive, but I won't be starring in any metaphorical ballets anytime soon.
On the plus side, I will be starring in Aside Productions' "And Then There Were None".  They specialise in doing new takes on shows, and this one is switching all the genders of the characters.  Brings out some interesting sexual politics.  So I will be playing the role of Phillip Lombard, who in this show will be a woman! Rehearsals start in December for performance in January.  They're a not-quite-professional company, mostly made up of uni students & recent grads.  I went to see their production of "Songs for a New World" which was unfortunately spoiled for me by the fact that I couldn't hear the piano, and I don't think the cast could either.  But the acting was really strong, and I really like all of the people I met at the callback and the show, so I'm hopeful that doing this show will be a really positive experience!