Principal's Office

A few months ago, I saw a tweet from Iqbal Theba, the actor who plays Principal Figgins on Glee, saying he would send an autographed photo to anyone who was a principal at a school. "From one principal to another!"

At the time, I was working as the head of student services at a private film college. I tweeted back to him asking if that would qualify. He said yes! So I sent him a letter through the mail on the school's letter head asking if he would send me an autograph.

Lo and behold, it has arrived!!!!

He's so totally cool! I loved that he signed it right across his forehead. How very gleeky of him!

Even though I'm not working at the school anymore, I think I may hang this up in my new cubicle on Monday. I'm sure my new boss will think I'm a weirdo. Better to get that out in the open now. :)

Down But Not Out

It looks like TPTB over at Glee have quietly nixed the whole kit and caboodle.

Read the entire article here. The most important part of the article, and the part that has me still excited is:

"While the reality show is dead, Murphy and his producing team still plan on choosing several winners from the online casting competition and giving them a spot on Glee (at least for one episode)."

THAT is EXACTLY what I asked for in the introduction to my song/scene submission. To refresh your memory, click here. It was Take #1 that I used.

And I quote, "I really love Glee, and I would give anything to have an opportunity to be a part of the cast. Even if it was just for one episode."

Perhaps someone saw my video and thought I had a great idea? WOULDN'T THAT BE FREAKING AWESOME?

Oh yes my friends, I'm still in this....

Call Me!

The buzz on the net is that callbacks are happening next week.

I am praying with every cell in my body that their people are going to call my people.

I know it's a long shot. I know it's pretty much one in a million. But if it's going to happen for someone, why not me?

As Debbie Harry once sang.... CALL ME!!!

(Please and thank you.)

It Can Still Work

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Do not continue reading if you haven't watched last night's Glee episode "Theatricality".

It was revealed to Mr. Shue that Shelby is no longer able to have children and part of why it was so hard to give up Rachel was because she always wanted a daughter.

I was upset at first when I was watching this unfold. But then I got to thinking a little and here are some suggestions on how I can still be woven into the Glee universe.

1. Shelby could have been lying to Mr. Shue to garner sympathy from him. After all, he was concerned that Shelby was going to use her new found mom status to mess with Rachel's head, thus messing with New Directions and their chances of beating Vocal Adrenaline at regionals.

2. Shelby could have given birth to my character, but resented her for ruining Shelby's chances at stardom and disowned her from the beginning. Then it makes sense for Shelby to be saying she's always wanted a daughter.

3. It's likely Shelby has sons. My guess is they will set up a situation where Rachel falls in love with her half brother. Totally awkward(!) but would make for a great storyline.

4. I could play Shelby's slightly younger sister.

Actually, maybe that's the angle I could and should pitch. I could be Rachel's super awesome nice aunt who becomes the mother figure for Rachel that Shelby refuses to be. And that could set up a wicked (pun intended) dynamic between the three of us.

Hmmm.... I think I may have to change the title of this blog now.

Rachel's Mom

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Do not continue reading if you haven't watched last night's episode of Glee called "Dream On".

It was revealed that Shelby, the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, played by the amazing Idina Menzel, is indeed Rachel's mom!!! Oh it was such a delicious and wonderful scene.

That now creates a teeny problem for my idea of playing Rachel's sister. I may look a little too old to play Idina's daughter. She's only 4 years older than me in real life. The time line would have to go like this:

1970: Shelby is born
1986: Annie Jenkins (my character) is born to a teenaged Shelby, ruining her dreams of Broadway
1993: Rachel Berry is born to Shelby

Here's a visual. Maybe I don't look too old....

And They're Done, Again

Voting and submissions were shut down about 5 minutes ago. I finished off with 79,052 gold stars. I really hope that's enough to get someone's attention over at Team Glee.

In total, 33,096 people "auditioned". WOW. I knew there were a lot of gleeks out there but holy moses, that number is larger than the population of my hometown!

THANK YOU (again) to all of my friends for your amazing support. I promise I will figure out a way to properly thank you all for your dedication to this. I hope none of you develop carpal tunnel from all that clicking!

My fingers and toes are now permanently crossed until I hear yay or nay.

All of Me

So I did a search on my name to see how many Ann-Maries have submitted an audition video.

I tried different variations: Ann Marie, AnnMarie, Anne Marie, AnneMarie, Anne-Marie and of course, the way I spell my name (which is the proper way!!!) Ann-Marie. I am the only one with a hyphen. So even though there are other AMs, I'm still the only Ann-Marie. :)

In total there are 11 of us, including myself.

Collectively, we are original in that none of us submitted "Lean on Me". Thank goodness! I would be ashamed of us if any had done that super cliche song.

The breakdown is as follows:

3 - True Colours
3 - Don't Rain on my Parade
1 - Just Can't Fight This Feeling
1 - Hold On
1 - Rehab
1 - Couldn't figure out how to upload her song so her monologue was posted twice. Doh!

None of them are even close to the number of votes I have. So I am totally appointing myself to represent all AMs in the Glee audition process.

I'm glad to know that in a sea of over 28,000 submissions, I'm still an original!