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still felt unprepared.
I took a shower, because I had to
but also because I thought it would
make me feel better. It didn't. I smelled
coffee and my stomach churned. This
was not a good sign, I thought.
I ran through my presentation
again, got dressed, slapped on some
makeup that barely hid the bags under
my eyes, grabbed my kid and headed
out the door. After depositing Jonah
with his grandmother, I took off for
the studio and rehearsed again on the
way, dodging traffic and finishing just
before pulling into the parking lot.
The first person to walk out of the
studio was a chef with a local kosher
catering firm. As he packed his equip-
ment into his bag (he made challah
bread pudding), his hands trembled.
"I wasn't nervous before I went in,
but now it is really hitting me," he
confessed, crushing my self-esteem and
building my case of nerves.
- The next lady, preparing the
umpteenth dish of French toast the
producers surely have sampled over the
past two days, came out looking worse
than the first guy. This was not looking
good.
After setting up my display, I real-
ized that a table full of producers was
sitting in front of me, like a firing
squad waiting for the fateful com-
mand.
Mindy Soble, one of the producers,
explained that I was going to be given
10 minutes for my presentation, which
would be videotaped. I would be asked
a few questions and then be notified
within a few weeks of the results.
Then, something weird happened. I
just started to talk, repeating my
monologue as if I was reading it right
from the paper. After making two
small errors, I was done. After the pro-
ducers asked a few quick questions, I
was packing my things.
It was over. After nearly a month of
worrying, my audition — the first
since third grade, the one I had ago-
nized over for two weeks — was fin-
ished.
I decided that I would not agonize
about the potential for callbacks, that I
will not drive myself crazy during the
next few weeks as I wait for the results.
I have done the best I could do at the
moment and that is truly all I wanted.
If I don't get the part, at least I can
say that I tried, that I got to experience
my first manicure and, after 20 years, I
finally got up my courage again to try
out for something that I wanted to do.
Although the wait over the next few
weeks has begun, the hard part is over.
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