Actor Growth

Guess there is a first time for everything. The other day I went to an audition as a result of an advertisement I read where the production was specifically looking for Asian talent. They had a website and everything and the location appeared to be in the downtown area which to me meant it sounded legitimate and all. I even corresponded with the people through e-mail ahead of time and everything seemed okay.

Once I arrived I buzzed the building in question as there are several companies listed as tenants. To my surprise, no one answered and so I was left debating if this was just a false posting or if the people that were supposed to be there simply didn’t show up.

I wasn’t used to getting a number to contact the casting person before going to an audition as usually I can just contact the agent for all that. But in this case I didn’t have any since I just took initiative to respond to the posting directly. What I did was that I went online with my cell phone and located the phone number of the business in question. When I dialed it though I was simply greeted with an automated voice message.

Therefore, I just left a message expressing how I arrived and there didn’t seem to be anyone there. I further expressed that if they still wanted to call me in I would be in the area for another hour or so. I did send an e-mail when I got home way after and they were telling me that they were there the whole time.

I guess that is a lesson learned that if you reply to postings digitally and that is the only way the two parties have communicated with each other that you should make sure that you have the tools to do the same on the road incase of a mishaps like this. Another day another experience I suppose.