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I think if you're never going to work or see him again you should consider telling him off.

I know the feeling.

My current college director doesn't give me a chance unless he's forced to. He's always making me redo my projects and criticizes me the most.

Thank god he's leaving this year.

Something like that happened to me. When I was in Jr. High, all three years I tried to get the director to do Guys and Dolls. She said it was 'inappropriate'. Now, HOW is Guys and Dolls inappropriate? Grrrr....Well, near the end of eighth grade on the big board that says the upcoming events in town, in big black letters "Glen Crest Spring Musical- Guys and Dolls" Glen Crest is our rival school. Grrrrrrr....They get everything. Seriously, they get the money, better teachers, more activities...they just had a film festival! You know what my alma matter got? A big assembly talking about the drug problem in their school. We're the school people are afraid of. And it's swell. stare

The director at the camp I went to, I do not like (she didn't have much respect for me, probably because I was probably one of the minority of the campers who didn't go to one of her acting, singing, or dancing classes during the year.) For Gypsy she casted this one girl as a boy in Dainty June's Farm Boy song and as a secretary that happened to be in the same scene. She came on as the secretary, then had to leave and do a 5 second costume change then come on at the beginning of the song, and run off in the middle of the song (someone randomly running off stage dosen't look too good) to change back into the secretary costume. It was kind of unfair to the people who didn't have a scene until the next act who could have been the secretary and to the girl who had to do it.

I'm glad that my drama teacher at my school is great. The play we just finished up yesterday, Bye Bye Birdie, was not only terriffic, but sooooo many people came and loved it (One of our best crowds was made up of a little over 400 people. Even at the last performance yesterday, which had the smallest crowd, was made up of a large group of people). Not to mention that the band rocked (I turned pages for the piano). I can't wait to see what stuff is planned for next year ^^

Luckily, my director has a *lot* of faith in us. Hell, we did La Casa de Bernarda Alba this past spring, which almost no high schools do.


I disagree. Word tends to travel fast - if your director even knows one person, the next time you audition for something that director may very well know that you were extremely rude to that guy. You're not gonna see this director any more, so I say just suck it out.

I have a major beef with our director (thank god he is graduating). I will admit, he did an excellent job of directing but he pretty much knew who was going to play who before the auditions started. And when he posted callbacks, I didn't realize it at first but, it was for the characters he wasn't sure of, and even then it was mainly based on how the person looked. Granted, we had some excellent people. But... it was unfair to anyone who was new.

Thank god we have someone sane directing next year!

Sorry to tell you, man, but son-of-a-b***h directors are a way of life. I'm just glad you came seeking advice before you told this director off. I told a director off once. Now the Emerald City Players will probably never look at another audition from me again.

I was trying for Becky in "The Homecoming". They said I played her too darkly. Didn't make me happy. I called social descrimination (some may call me a goth xp ) and promptly got my a** kicked. Painfully embarassing.