Ah, dilemma.

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I've finally got hold of all the upcoming auditions for the area, and there's two shows I'd particularly like to do: Room Service (the basis for the Marx Brother movie of the same name) and The Underpants (the newish adaptation by Steve Martin). Unfortunately, they run concurrently and therefore I can't do both.

The problem falls in the fact that while The Underpants opens a couple of weeks before Room Service, the auditions fall a month later. With 12 male roles, I figure I've got a pretty good shot for something in Room Service, whereas my odds for one of the 5 men in The Underpants are considerably slimmer--frankly, I'm only a likely candidate for one role (maybe two), but it would be ideal. Honestly, I'd rather do The Underpants than Room Service, but I'd rather do Room Service than sit around the house between February and April.

Oh, and there's also Scapin, which would also be fun, but I've no idea when auditions are--or if they're even open to the public.

I'll probably just audition for shows in order and take the first offer than comes around; I'm neither talented enough nor well-known enough to go around picking and choosing roles. Unfortunately, that's the pattern that's gotten me driving to Mississippi for Shrew when I could be fifteen minutes from home doing A Midsummer Night's Dream, and not having to build my own set and work with teenagers who have no idea what they're doing.

Anybody care to set me straight?

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That was the funniest line in Armageddon. Pity it had to come from an audience member.