World's Worst... Time for a Callback

I couldn't resist. I went to the audition with Orrick last night not intending to read, but soon I was volunteering to jump on stage and filling out audition forms. In the end, both Orrick and I were called back. For Wednesday night. A night I've already commited to an improv "rehearsal."

Having been at every improv meeting so far, I considered using the "miss rehearsal" pass that other members of our troupe have enjoyed, but for fear of missing game changes and for dire need of working with members who promise finally to arrive, it's the callback that I'll miss.

Fortunately, the improv fundraiser and the show in question are being produced by the same theatre, so the rehearsal conflict may carry some weight with the director.

Interestingly, for this version of the Cooney script, the director has flip-flopped the generally-produced character traits of the two Smith wives. Barbara, usually played as a strident woman, will be the more motherly of the two, Mary the more severe. With these traits in mind, the director read me last night for the role of Mary; and should I get the role, my resume will get a familiar tweak.

In September, I played the part of Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit; but a year earlier, I had played Charles' first (and dead) wife, Elvira. Earning the role of Mary in this script (pardon my vagueness, but it is necessary to keep Googlers at bay) would parallel my having played John's other (and current) wife, Barbara in the original script to which this is the sequel. I'd think it was rare enough to have played each wife in a particular show by being cast twice and differently; but it may be rarer still to have managed the feat twice!