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You know that tone your parents use when you're not exactly sure what you did but based on how they're speaking you assume you're a huge disappointment? Like, the second you came out of the womb they've just been thinking "pfffffft boooooo no thank you".

That tone.

Now imagine that you just sprinted a marathon while waving your arms in circles and screaming at the top of your lungs. You're exhausted just thinking about it, right? You're sweating in places you didn't know had sweat glands and no amount of Speed Stick can apologize for how you smell.

NOW...imagine your parents speaking to you in that tone of voice after having watched what you just went through.

WELCOME to the life of an actor, where you can always assume you are never good enough.

"GOOD" DOESN'T WIN TONYS PEOPLE! Then again, neither do the fourth re-mountings of a touring children's musical. Yet somehow, the expectations are the same.

And MY GOD I will pour sweat from my kneecaps and toenails until I meet them or I will personally wipe your ass with my equity card.

But aside from the first run of our show in costume (and I look GOOD in a powdered wig) after which we're pretty sure our director questioned his entire existence and put our names on his "Never Cast Again" list...it was a pretty good day. And with two more days of rehearsal before our first show I can say

we are officially screwed.

Sorry 'bout it Generic Jr. High in Boofoo, CT. See you on Monday!

And in the middle of the train wreck, they held auditions for a replacement Franklin (don't go PLEEEASE). The response from the creative team?

"We saw people...we...saw....some people...there's...potential."

Only the cream of the crop for this show kids.

Well, gotta go memorize my lines. I'm not used to having more than 5.

Can I belt in Starbucks,

TJB: Making It