The $400 Audition
Yesterday at around 10:45am, I was pulling into a parking lot at LAX, gettting ready to fly east for a much-needed weekend in NYC with Jody.
Then I noticed I had a new voicemail.
It was my agent, with my first pilot audition. Ever. And only my second or third audition this year. It was scheduled for 5:15, and was I still in town?
I had to weigh the pros and cons, but quickly decided to say and go on the audition. For one thing, it's been quiet, and I wanted to get back in the saddle. For another, it was actually a very good part for me. For a third, it was with a casting director who does a lot of stuff in LA.
The audition was only a pre-read—meaning, I'd meet the casting director, and she'd get a sense of me, and then decide if she wanted to bring me back for producers the next day.
I cancelled my Continental Ticket (I have a year to use it), spent the afternoon going over the script and sides, met the woman at 5:15 and had a great audition with her. She laughed at my bits, she chatted with me a little, said good work, etc. There was a great vibe in the room. And you can tell where this is going.
I went home and sat around waiting to hear whether or not they'd be having me back the next day. FInally, at 7:00pm I got the call from my agent with the dreaded words: "It isn't going to go any further." Sigh.
Ah, well. I was glad to have done it nonetheless, and I really do think I made an impression on the CD.
I went to the Jet Blue website and found a redeye leaving in an hour and a half. Grabbed my still-packed bag, shot up to Burbank and made it with 30 minutes to spare.
Cost of the original ticket: $338.80
Cost of the new ticket: $748.80
Difference: $410.
Ouch.
Oh, and not only was it a redeye, but we had stop in Denver in the middle of the night to add fuel, because it was too windy for us to take off at Burbank with a full tank. The cabin crew announced Denver as a "tech stop" for refueling, and told us that if we tried to leave Burbank with a full tank in the Santa Anna winds, we wouldn't have enough "climb performance". Which I guess is a nice way of saying "we won't make it off the ground."
At least the ticket's a write-off, right?
Then I noticed I had a new voicemail.
It was my agent, with my first pilot audition. Ever. And only my second or third audition this year. It was scheduled for 5:15, and was I still in town?
I had to weigh the pros and cons, but quickly decided to say and go on the audition. For one thing, it's been quiet, and I wanted to get back in the saddle. For another, it was actually a very good part for me. For a third, it was with a casting director who does a lot of stuff in LA.
The audition was only a pre-read—meaning, I'd meet the casting director, and she'd get a sense of me, and then decide if she wanted to bring me back for producers the next day.
I cancelled my Continental Ticket (I have a year to use it), spent the afternoon going over the script and sides, met the woman at 5:15 and had a great audition with her. She laughed at my bits, she chatted with me a little, said good work, etc. There was a great vibe in the room. And you can tell where this is going.
I went home and sat around waiting to hear whether or not they'd be having me back the next day. FInally, at 7:00pm I got the call from my agent with the dreaded words: "It isn't going to go any further." Sigh.
Ah, well. I was glad to have done it nonetheless, and I really do think I made an impression on the CD.
I went to the Jet Blue website and found a redeye leaving in an hour and a half. Grabbed my still-packed bag, shot up to Burbank and made it with 30 minutes to spare.
Cost of the original ticket: $338.80
Cost of the new ticket: $748.80
Difference: $410.
Ouch.
Oh, and not only was it a redeye, but we had stop in Denver in the middle of the night to add fuel, because it was too windy for us to take off at Burbank with a full tank. The cabin crew announced Denver as a "tech stop" for refueling, and told us that if we tried to leave Burbank with a full tank in the Santa Anna winds, we wouldn't have enough "climb performance". Which I guess is a nice way of saying "we won't make it off the ground."
At least the ticket's a write-off, right?
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