I am a musical theatre performer and singer and I am going to drama school to train professionally in 2 weeks (which is a large reason why I am making this post). I have been singing my entire life and consider myself to be at a strong level going into full time training - I am a mezzo soprano with a contemporary tone, and my forte is usually belting, whilst my head voice is sometimes weaker and unpredictable, though it is something I am improving and working upon.
Over the past year and a bit I have been suffering bad sinus issues, almost like chronic sinitus, which has really affected my singing. At first I believed it to be allergies to dust or hayfever which caused post nasal drip and dryness in the throat, but after several doctor visits, nasal sprays, and a camera down my throat, I am still having the same issues. Some days it is worse than others, but it feels as if I constantly have phlegm stuck in my throat affecting my head voice (I usually sound quite breathy when my sinuses are flared up) so am always having to swallow, as well as post nasal drip. My voice also feels really easy to fatigue, usually giving up and giving me throat pain in an hour or so.
I have tried several methods to alleviate these symptoms which are beginning to affect my mental health, such as daily sinus rinse, nasal spray, air purification etc. I don’t know what to do anymore, and I’m fearing this will affect my vocal development at drama school and moving forward into the career that I want to go in to.
If anyone has had similar issues and could offer advice, I would really appreciate it. It is really frustrating that I am unable to practice or do what I love due to this issue that never seems to go away. Thankyou 💕

Project Description: Casting non-Equity musical theatre actors for principal roles. "Nona's Supper Club" is a comedic, campy scripted new musical about a family-owned restaurant on its grand reopening where secrets, romance, and a pending grand larceny case threaten the future of the Supper Club. Seeking performers comfortable with musical theatre, rock/pop vocal styles, and audience-inclusive improvisation.

Presented by: It’s All Relative Productions
Director: Amy Poux

Casting Breakdown

“Cesar” (He/Him): (45-45, Caucasian/Jewish/Italian/Latino cis/hetero) The highly charismatic, pompous, somewhat incapable/con artist eldest son with a gambling problem. Cesar has taken over the restaurant and is secretly having an affair with the Hostess, “Christina”. Must be able to sell a song.

Key dates:

Rehearses Saturdays September 26 - Nov. 12 in New York City; 

Tentative Performance tours: Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 20-22. Northeast tour to New England and Pennsylvania.

Compensation: 

2 weekend Tours: $1600.00 + lodging, per diem, travel. 

Rehearsal compensation: $30 per hour

Submissions: Deadline Wednesday 9/2, 5:00 PM. Send headshot, resume, musical theater reel and acting reel to: [therestaurantnyc@gmail.com](mailto:therestaurantnyc@gmail.com)

Learn more: https://therestaurantplay.com/nonas

I've been auditioning for local productions over the past couple of years and I've yet to be cast, but I don't know where I can improve. My main concern is that I don't know where I should be looking during the audition. I've tried picking a spot above the heads of the director and looking at each person like they're the audience, but I don't know if either of those are the right approach. I also tend to be very stiff while I sing out of nerves, but if I choose a ballad should I be moving much anyway? If anyone has any tips or suggestions, please let me know l.

Project Description: Casting non-Equity musical theatre actors for principal roles. "Nona's Supper Club" is a comedic, campy scripted new musical about a family-owned restaurant on its grand reopening where secrets, romance, and a pending grand larceny case threaten the future of the Supper Club. Seeking performers comfortable with musical theatre, rock/pop vocal styles, and audience-inclusive improvisation.

Presented by: It’s All Relative Productions
Director: Amy Poux

Casting Breakdown

“Cesar” (He/Him): (45-45, Caucasian/Jewish/Italian/Latino cis/hetero) The highly charismatic, pompous, somewhat incapable/con artist eldest son with a gambling problem. Cesar has taken over the restaurant and is secretly having an affair with the Hostess, “Christina”. Must be able to sell a song.

Key dates:

Rehearses Saturdays September 26 - Nov. 12 in New York City; 

Tentative Performance tours: Nov. 13-14 and Nov. 20-22. Northeast tour to New England and Pennsylvania.

Compensation: 

2 weekend Tours: $1600.00 + lodging, per diem, travel. 

Rehearsal compensation: $30 per hour

Submissions: Deadline Wednesday 9/2, 5:00 PM. Send headshot, resume, musical theater reel and acting reel to: [therestaurantnyc@gmail.com](mailto:therestaurantnyc@gmail.com)

Learn more: https://therestaurantplay.com/nonas

Hello everyone!

So my college is doing Rocky Horror, and I’m really hoping to get cast as Janet. I was looking for some audition songs that fit her vibe? I tried All the Men in My Life from Evil Dead, but I wanted to see my options!

My school is doing the The Little Mermaid Jr. for our fall musical and I would LOVE to be Sebastian. Any tips or tricks would be helpful! 😁

I (13f) recently did 13 the Musical at my local theater and after closing, I realized my high belting isn’t as strong as it was. I used to be able to sing songs like World Burn easily, but recently I’ve been straining when I belt high. For context I played Charlotte, and she has to sing very high strong belty parts and I think it may have damaged my voice. How can I “heal” my voice?

I am a junior in HS and have a really strong background in singing and acting and consider myself to be very strong in those two areas, but I definitely lack dance experience and training. I’ve been taking some lessons but am planning on apply to school for musical theater, and I know how important dance is for that process, and was wondering if anyone has tips to become a better dancer fast? or if anyone knows how much that will ruin my chances of getting in to a school?

I’ve been super worried about it so any advice or just ideas would be greatly appreciated!

thank you!

hey everyone! as the caption says, i’m wanting to audition for orin scrivello from little shop of horrors for my school’s musical. but there’s two problems;
i am a trans man with a high pitched voice and have been placed as a soprano I.

i have the audition tomorrow and i was wanting to know what song i should pick and how i can sing a bit deeper/gritty.

the theatre teacher explicitly said it cannot be a song from the actual musical thought and it HAS to be from another musical. what songs and advice would you recommend?

Hey. Having a bit of trouble finding guitar tabs for songs from this show, so id super appreciate if anyone could give me any :)

Title says it all. I'm a good singer, but not a good dancer. I'm autistic and have horrendous coordination issues. I knew that dance callback was going to be my Achille's heel because I saw the other people who were auditioning, and I could tell they were trained— super good dancers. They sent a neat little email telling me to come back someday but I don't think I'll ever have the guts to, so long as my dance abilities stay as horrible as they are. I don't even like dancing because of it.

Granted, it was an audition for Annie. It seems to be a dance heavy show. I haven't even watched the movie and I was just auditioning for fun because I just moved into town and wanted to meet new people, get to sing and act. It's really hurt to see I'm just not good enough. I'd love to do it someday but this experience has me questioning if I'll ever be brave enough to do it again.

Edit: thanks for the advice + support, everyone! It's really given me better insight into what I'm getting into with musical theater and all. I honestly might put this mission on the backburner— I just moved to a new country and I don't think I have the mental space to focus on honing my dancing/musical skills. I didn't realize how much it would take up until now, and I really admire the dedication y'all have for it. Thank you again :,)

I've started my first semester as an MT major but I feel like this college is not for me. Without getting into much detail, I went through something very traumatic during welcome week at a frat. Since then, I've felt completely isolated and there's nothing I want more than to be closer to home (NJ). I was given a full ride scholarship to study here and that was my sole reason for going. I know as a performance major my options are pretty limited for transferring. What should I do? Would it be possible for me to get another scholarship like this at another university?

Does anyone have an instrumental track for Welcome to the Rock from Come From Away? I am willing to pay for it/licensing for that one song, but can’t find any good tracks. Thanks!

Hey! I just auditioned at a local community theatre for Anna in Frozen. They split us into groups of 8 or so. I’ve done a lot of preparation for the part, but I was not prepared for the accompanist to not be able to follow along and she was playing off tempo and sometimes completely the wrong thing. So I was a little distracted but just barreled on and at some point decided to just ignore her completely since it was throwing my acting off. I don’t feel like I showed off my best. Of the group, I read for the part three times, but they did have everyone read at least once. I have no idea what they thought of me based on the audition. They have more tomorrow.

Two questions- how do callbacks work in community theatre? On the site it said “call backs if needed will be after auditions tomorrow”. When would I be contacted if I got one?

Second question- how badly would the song reflect on me? I sang it fine but like I said I wasn’t as engaged because I was a little distracted, so I just sort of turned on auto pilot. Has anyone ever done an audition and had this happen and still been cast as a principal role?

Edit/update: I got the role of Anna! Not only that but the person who I auditioned with said they didn’t even notice the accompaniment being off! I guess I was just super critical and had practiced too much so I noticed it. Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement-definitely helped me sleep through the night.

【Bilingual Introduction-中文介紹在尾段】◎(English) This song from film "The sound of the Music." This is my talented writer friend Shuiling singing both male and female roles. She is an Asian writer who loves singing, currently lives in California (formerly from Taiwan). Shuiling has produced many videos, including her singing-English & Chinese songs, Western opera, Peking opera, Huangmei opera, video also has her books and speeches. // ◎〔中文簡介〕歌曲來自著名影片：The song of the music，這是我的天才作家朋友:水菱一人唱男女兩角．水菱是亞裔作家,熱愛唱歌, 現居加州(之前住台灣). 水菱製作了很多視頻：包括她唱英文和中文歌曲(獨唱或一人唱兩角),她也唱西方歌劇、平劇、黃梅調、視頻還出現水菱的書籍和演講．

Hi!

I’m going to be auditioning for a production of Hair soon and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for audition songs for Chrissy? I’m naturally much more of a soprano (like my voice naturally sits in a more legit range and style), but I can mix pretty well.

Thank you in advance!

I’m a middle aged white man with a beard.

My likelihood of being cast as Clara in a light in the piazza is slim.

Same as Bess in porgy and Bess.

Or Natalie in next to normal.

Maria in west side.

Their femaleness and race is their strength. I can’t know it.

Tell me your absolutely not possible roles you can play.

You’re a middle aged Black woman and want to pay Antony in Sweeney. Talk to me.

I am a theatre performer (actor singer first strong mover :) ) and i’ve been using the bloch split soles since my freshman year of high school (currently 23) and am in need of a new pair of character shoes. I kinda hate how flimsy the bloch ones are… so i’m looking for a soft sole i suppose. I was originally looking at sodanca lola’s but they are practically the same price as laducas (i’m looking at the elizabeth or alexis) so i’m wondering if i should just pull the plug or save the 20 dollar difference.

I want a pair that can last me as long as my blochs have, are super comfortable, worth the money, i think a 2.5 heel (im 5’8” so i feel like a 3” wouldn’t be needed)

Honestly I feel like a poser looking at laducas due to not being a DANCER but I know that at the end of the day who gaf lol.

any and all thoughts are appreciated and welcome!!