Maria entered the stage, looking very cheerful as she approached Roger, and the Casting Director.
Maria: Hi, my name is Maria McConville. Thank you for seeing me.
Casting Director: Thank you for coming in. Will you be doing a monologue, or a scene?
Maria: A monologue, if that's okay with you.
Casting Director: It is. You can begin when you're ready.
Maria: *Puts her hands in her pockets* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: Great work so far. I want you to keep going, but I have a suggestion.
Maria: Yes?
Casting Director: Your hands in your pockets are distracting.
Maria: They are?
Casting Director: Yes. It makes you seem very stiff.
Maria: Oh, it's just that, I never know what to do with my hands.
Casting Director: Do what you do naturally.
Maria: Naturally?
Casting Director: *Nods*
Maria: Okay. *Takes her hands out of her pockets, but starts spinning her arms around in circles* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: What is this?
Maria: Well. *Stops her arms* You told me to do what I do naturally. That's what I do when I talk to boys, so...
Casting Director: It is?
Maria: Yeah. What do you do?
Casting Director: Not that. I don't know anyone who does that, except for maybe, an insane person. Try something else.
Maria: Like what?
Casting Director: Something else. Anything that does not include your hands in your pockets, or your arms going around in circles. Do something more natural.
Maria: Okay. *Her right hand slowly moves towards her head* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? *Moves her left hand slowly up, and down, rubbing her belly* Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: This is definitely different.
Maria: It's more natural. Right?
Casting Director: Yeah, okay, thanks for coming in.
Maria: Thank you for seeing me. *Walks away, feeling very pleased with herself*
2 B Continued
Maria: Hi, my name is Maria McConville. Thank you for seeing me.
Casting Director: Thank you for coming in. Will you be doing a monologue, or a scene?
Maria: A monologue, if that's okay with you.
Casting Director: It is. You can begin when you're ready.
Maria: *Puts her hands in her pockets* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: Great work so far. I want you to keep going, but I have a suggestion.
Maria: Yes?
Casting Director: Your hands in your pockets are distracting.
Maria: They are?
Casting Director: Yes. It makes you seem very stiff.
Maria: Oh, it's just that, I never know what to do with my hands.
Casting Director: Do what you do naturally.
Maria: Naturally?
Casting Director: *Nods*
Maria: Okay. *Takes her hands out of her pockets, but starts spinning her arms around in circles* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: What is this?
Maria: Well. *Stops her arms* You told me to do what I do naturally. That's what I do when I talk to boys, so...
Casting Director: It is?
Maria: Yeah. What do you do?
Casting Director: Not that. I don't know anyone who does that, except for maybe, an insane person. Try something else.
Maria: Like what?
Casting Director: Something else. Anything that does not include your hands in your pockets, or your arms going around in circles. Do something more natural.
Maria: Okay. *Her right hand slowly moves towards her head* Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? *Moves her left hand slowly up, and down, rubbing her belly* Deny thy father, and refuse thy name.
Casting Director: This is definitely different.
Maria: It's more natural. Right?
Casting Director: Yeah, okay, thanks for coming in.
Maria: Thank you for seeing me. *Walks away, feeling very pleased with herself*
2 B Continued