Thinking about it, this audition turned out to be the biggest, the most important of my life. Here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n
Before leaving Atlanta I had gotten a name and a number to call when I got to New York, Pan Asian Rep, Tisa Chang. I called as soon as I got to NY and was told to see Tisa at her apartment a few days later. Her apartment is on Riverside Drive, and when I walked in the first thing I saw was the view of the Hudson. A million dollar view. And then I looked at Tisa, who was carrying her infant son, Auric Abuba, born just a few months before. Okay, New York City, I thought. We talked for a few minutes as she fed Auric, and then it was time. I whipped out my Iago from Othello, which begins, \u201cAnd what\u2019s he then that says I play the villain, when this advice is free I give,\u2026\u201d and on and on, for a whole page or so. Tisa has Auric in her arms and is pacing around the entire time, rocking him, burping him, and Iago goes on and on, until finally, he\u2019s finished. And so is Auric. <\/p>\n
Well, I nailed it. I think. I couldn\u2019t tell. She thanked me, I left, went home, went over the auditon. Ah, well. <\/p>\n
She called me a couple of days later and offered me a role in a new play reading for Pan Asian, and the rest, as they say, is history. This was the beginning of a long, fruitful, relationship with Pan Asian Rep, which turned out to be a true artistic home for me. I wouldn\u2019t be who, and where, I am today without Pan Asian and Tisa Chang. Yep, biggest and most important.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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