To The Promised Water Monologue

In 2012 I arrive at a place called First Stage at 3:30 in a room filled with over 150 kids. I have to check in at a desk and a lady takes my picture and then gives me 2 forms to fill out. I give them to my mom as I am too jittery to write or even think. I’m auditioning for a play called To The Promised Land, and I’ve fallen in love with it’s script. At this moment there is nothing more that I want them to be cast as the main character named Ruth. The only problem is that I'm shy, I’m short , and I suck at acting, at least I believed I did. An hour later I am seperated from my mother and filed into a room with over 100 children. We're all crammed in one small room sitting patiently, but impatiently quietly watching as each kid gets up and performs the same memorized lines for the casting director and a panel of three other people: the Writer, Director, and an Intern. …show more content…
The kids in the room with me are more experienced in acting and they already know how to do everything. I look around and see one kid pulling a chocolate bar and water out of his backpack, “Why didn’t I remember to bring that?” I think. It’s now been 2 hours since I’ve first arrived and I still haven't said my monologue or really spoken to anyone. At this point many kids have been told they can go home,which in actor terms means that they're not needed for any part. I smile at this but immediately feel bad that this makes me happy. After a few more minutes a man in his late 40s comes to talk to me and seven other girls who are left in the room. I soon learn that these girls are going for the same role that I want, and the only thing setting us apart is our height and talent. “I’m screwed” I