Thinking About Harold Auditions
This is probably the cutest, and barfiest post ever. The main point though is not to get down on yourself and give up. A large portion of the best improvisers were rejected in the past. Use that as motivation to work harder and really knock improv out of the mimed park. Also, realize that whoever you did your callback scenes with will end up being your future mate. I only got to do group games in mine so I’m moving to Saltlake City. Good luck all.The days when people find out if they made Harold Teams at UCB are always so odd. It’s like the most exciting day for some (!!!!yay you guys!!!!) and a miserable day for others (it’s okay dudes).
It was hard to realize it at the time I auditioned (almost exactly 6 years ago) and didn’t get on a team, but these things are really just a small step in the larger landscape of life, as intense as they seem at the time. After auditioning (pretty sure I did a scene with my now-dear friend John Reynolds) I got a callback, to which one guy showed up drunk. Surely you can imagine the quality of improv that came out of those 25 minutes.
I did all my callback Harold scenes with a guy who was extremely smart and funny - he was supposed to call me the next day if he heard anything, but didn’t because he felt bad when he found out he made the new team (Dillinger) and I did not. Six years later, that guy is my husband. So you know, you just never know what’s going to come from these things.
