Yes, I took the plunge, and faced the challenge...TO AUDITION FOR A LOCAL PLAY!!

(Not as bad as the one portrayed in one of my favorite horror flicks)

I was pretty tired from my gig the night before with my band at Fishlips, but I don't like to flake, and I was getting some pretty good encouragement from my friends, so I went for it..

About 3pm, I stopped at Starbucks to pick up and iced cafe con' leche, extra sweet, downed it in two gulps, and drove to The Empty Space on Oak street  in Bako, next to my favorite pizza joint, Pizzaville, and the only Filipino food restaurant in Bako!

Without thinking about it too much, I walked over to the entrance, where a really pretty long-haired girl greeted me nicely, and asked if I was there for the audition. She then pointed me to the script section printed on a table, and asked to pick one.

Easy enough. I found the play I was looking for, "F**K & Eat Cake."

Love the title...

It's part of Project: Murder, a series of short scenes for late-nights at The Empty Space.

I was also asked to audition for the part of a cop in another play. What the hell, let's do it..

After a couple minutes, I walked into the theatre and was asked to sit in front of about
8 people, there to see what I had going on.

"Whenever, you're ready, just start," politely instructs director Julie Jordan-Scott .

Before I went into my first line, I asked Julie about the play and how my character "Samuel," was all about.

"A few drinks in his system...," said Julie.

Nursing a hangover, my audition was pretty easy to say the least. I had a few drinks in my system from the night before, and if "Samuel," needed to be played with a buzz, well, I had a little more with my venti iced cafe' con leche, and three tequila shots easing their way out of my system..

"New York, huh?" was my first line, and the rest is history..

Looking back, I wasn't actually too nervous. I enjoyed myself.

I'm not expecting anything from the audition, especially because there are way more experienced people in Bako, nursing their acting bug to a butterfly..

Goodtimes!